HONOLULU (KHON2) — The Honolulu Police Department Forensic officials have confirmed the remains found off Ke Iki Beach matched the DNA profile of missing teen Joseph Fujioka.

Fujioka was last seen Friday, January 17, 2025, just after 9 p.m. when he left his home to pick up 17-year-old Samantha Chun from her home in Mililani.

The two went to Ke Iki Beach where they walked out onto the sand and laid a blanket out and started a fire.

The teens failure to return home that night and into the next morning sent their families and officials into an intense search.

On January 18, 2025, at about 2 p.m. Honolulu Fire Department divers reportedly recovered possible human remains about 200 yards offshore from Ke Iki Beach.

On January 21, 2025, the Medical Examiner’s Office announced they could not establish whether the remains were of human or animal origin and further testing was to be conducted.

HPD Scientific Investigation Section Forensic Biology Unit announced the next day they completed the analysis and were able to confirm the tissue analysis was human.

The unit alerted the family and at around 8 p.m., January 23, 2025, Joseph Fujioka was the confirmed DNA match of the tissue sample recovered.