Uploaded August 2025 | Updated September 2026, 2 hours ago
Read the story: civilbeat.org/2025/08/kauai-man-died-on-birthday-after-airport-staff-encounter
On a February morning before dawn, a newly homeless man on Kauaʻi headed to the airport to charge his phone and contact family members about the birthday breakfast they’d planned for him just hours later.
At some point, staff called police for help in dealing with a disorderly man in the lobby.
By the time that police arrived at 4:30 a.m., airport security guards were found sitting on the corpse of Harley Morris, according to a wrongful death lawsuit filed by his family.
Learn more about his life and his family’s search for answers at civilbeat.org.
Read the story: civilbeat.org/2025/08/kauai-man-died-on-birthday-after-airport-staff-encounter
On a February morning before dawn, a newly homeless man on Kauaʻi headed to the airport to charge his phone and contact family members about the birthday breakfast they’d planned for him just hours later.
At some point, staff called police for help in dealing with a disorderly man in the lobby.
By the time that police arrived at 4:30 a.m., airport security guards were found sitting on the corpse of Harley Morris, according to a wrongful death lawsuit filed by his family.
Learn more about his life and his family’s search for answers at civilbeat.org.
