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Finding Amanda: Team Leader Berquist Tells the Story

“When the father of a missing girl asks you something like that, you don’t say ‘no.’ So I said, ‘Of course I’ll be there.'”

Amanda Eller Speaks From Hospital Bed After Two Weeks Lost in Forest

After 17 days missing, over two weeks searching, and thousands of volunteer hours logged, Amanda Eller is alive and doing well, according to family and friends.

Day 16: Reward for Amanda Eller Bumped Up to $50K

Amanda Eller’s parents, John and Julie, and friends are offering up to $50,000, for information on the possible abduction of Amanda Eller.

Day 15: MPD Discloses Forensics Report on Amanda Eller’s Phone

John Eller, Amanda’s father, told Maui Now yesterday evening that the MPD got the forensics report back on Amanda’s phone.

Two Weeks Missing: ‘We are Nowhere Close to Stopping’ the Search for Amanda Eller

Dr. Amanda Eller, a Maui physical therapist and yoga instructor, has been missing for two weeks as of Wednesday, May 22. 2019.

Day 12: Search for Amanda Eller Expands Into Rougher Terrain

As the areas close to base camp fill in, searchers are moving further out. The rougher terrain compounds into a more demanding search.

Boyfriend of Missing Maui Woman Asks for Prayers

In a brief interview in the Makawao Forest Reserve this evening, Benjamin Konkol, the boyfriend of missing Maui woman Amanda Eller took a few moments to talk…

Day 11: Volunteers Continue to Fill in GPS Search Map

Over 100 searchers, about 25 support staff, a dozen drivers, several drones, rappellers, divers, and one search-and-rescue canine team participated in Saturday’s search for Amanda Eller.

10 Days Missing: More Scent Dogs Used in Search for Amanda Eller

Additional scent dogs along with divers, drones and rappellers, have been utilized in the search for Amanda Eller.

Search for Amanda Eller Highlights: Official Timeline, Media Q&A

Maui Police are asking ANYONE who was at the Makawao Forest Reserve on May 8, to call police. Eller’s boyfriend has been cleared as a person of interest at this

Six Days Missing, Where Could Amanda Eller Be?

Konkol said he felt “pulled” in a particular direction and noted that the area northeast of the parking area “keeps coming up.”  He described Eller as his “soul partner” and said he felt like she was “very much alive.”