FL FL - Hiromi Kazuni, 25, Lee County, 10-Jul-1986

https://www.findthemissing.org/cases/show/4931

Case Information
Status Missing
First name Hiromi
Middle name
Last name Kazuni
Nickname/Alias Rachael
Date LKA July 10, 1986 - 18:00
Date entered February 04, 2010
Age LKA 25 to 25 years old
Age now 50 years old
Race Asian or Pacific Islander
Ethnicity
Sex Female
Height 63.0 to 64.0 inches
Weight 110.0 to 115.0 pounds
Circumstances
City Fort Myers
State Florida
Zip code 33908
County Lee
Circumstances Hiromi was last seen selling puppets for the Unification Church on Fort Myers Beach. Last person to see her was at Dino's Resturant at 6 p.m.

Physical Characteristics
Hair color Black
Head hair Short
Body hair
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Left eye color Black
Right eye color Black
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No known distinctive body features
Distinctive features as described below

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Clothing and Accessories
Clothing and accessories are unknown
Clothing and accessories are described below

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Clothing Pink Shirt
Gray and White Striped Pants
Footwear
Jewelry Watch (Unknown Type)
Eyewear
Accessories Black Purse

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Dental
Status: Dental information / charting is available and entered

DNA
Status: Samples submitted - Tests not complete

Fingerprint Information
Status: Fingerprint information is currently not available

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Police Information
Title
First name
Last name
Jurisdiction County
Agency Lee County Sheriff's Office
Address 1 14750 6 Mile Cypress Parkway
Address 2
City Ft. Myers
State Florida
Zip code 33912
Phone (239) 477-1200
Email
Website
Case number 86-045669
Date reported July 11, 1986
Comments
Reports
Case Report (html version)
Printable Poster (pdf version)
Email Poster Email Address

Contacts
Case Manager
First Name Rose
Last Name Sacchetti
Email namus.14@findthemissing.org
Phone 727-549-6067 x130
Regional Administrator
First Name Rose
Last Name Sacchetti
Email namus.14@findthemissing.org
Phone 727-549-6067 x130

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http://www.charleyproject.org/cases/k/kazuni_hiromi.html

Charley Project says she was selling puppets for the Unification Church aka the Moonies.

Bump. There more information here (it's a transcript, so you'll have to scroll down): http://ftpcontent.worldnow.com/wbbh/newsscripts/121014_nbc_9a.htm

DNA should be particularly good in this case as the sample is from her identical twin sister.

The Doe Network: Case File 1950DFFL



Hiromi Kazuni
Missing since July 26, 1986 from Lee County, Florida
Classification: Missing

Vital Statistics

• • Date Of Birth: December 17, 1960
  • Age at Time of Disappearance: 26 years old
  • Height and Weight at Time of Disappearance: 5'8"; 140 lbs.
  • Distinguishing Characteristics: Asian female. Japanese. Black hair, black eyes.

Circumstances of Disappearance
Kazuni was last seen in Lee County on July 26, 1986.
She left Japan in 1984, and had been living in Miami. She was last seen selling dolls on Fort Myers Beach near Dino's Pizza at 18.00.

Kazuni was selling the small dolls for donations to the Unification Church.

Details of disappearance updated:

Hiromi Kazuni – The Charley Project

Kazuni was last seen in the parking lot of Dino's Restaurant on Fort Myers Beach in Lee County, Florida at 6:00 p.m. on July 11, 1986. The restaurant was closed for the summer at the time. She had been going door to door at various businesses and residences in the area, selling Garfield hand puppets for the Unification Church. She was carrying the puppets in a large back shoulder bag.

Residents and store employees past Dino's Restaurant along Kazumi's route don't recall having seen her, suggesting she never made it past the restaurant. She has never been heard from again.

Kazuni was born in Japan and her parents still lived there at the time of her disappearance. She joined the Unification Church in 1981 and was a faithful member. She had been selling the puppets with a small group of church members, but she was alone at the time of her disappearance. Her case remains unsolved and foul play is suspected.

Poor Japanese girl came to America to help and met death ...
rest in peace Hiromi

16 July 1986, The News Press, pg 20


17 February 1988, The News Press, pg 20

I doubt the Unification Church was involved, but that doesn't rule out someone from the congregation. However, I'm more inclined to think it was a stranger.

I don't wish to make assumptions, but as a young Japanese woman in America on her own, Hiromi may have lacked street smarts and knocked on the wrong door. Poor girl was just trying to do something good for her church.