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In the summer of 2013, a quiet community in Kirkland, Washington, became the center of a heart-wrenching story involving the disappearance of five-year-old Maximus Morness Kawabata. The young boy, known affectionately as Max, was last seen on July 25, 2013. His disappearance was not a case of a child wandering off, but rather a non-custodial parental abduction. Max, a U.S. citizen, was taken by his mother, Chie Kawabata, to Japan in violation of multiple court orders. This distressing event unfo ...Read More
Last Seen: Jul 25, 2013

Victim Details

Oct 18, 2022

Feb 02, 2023

Maximus

Morness Kawabata

16

5

47 inches

60 lbs

White / Caucasian

Male

Jul 25, 2013

Kirkland

Washington

King County

98034

No

119984

Kirkland Police Department

Kirkland

Washington

King County

98034

11750 Northeast 18th Street, Washington

4255873400

Local

Law Enforcement

13-37689

Kirkland Police Department

4856

Brown

Hazel

Hazel

06/17/2026


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