As the search goes on for Laura Vogel, a Maui woman who disappeared two months ago while camping at the Pauwela Lighthouse, new attention is being given to an earlier disappearance in the same area.

Astara Evenstar disappeared on Jan. 10, 2004, when she was 15.

Evenstar, a student at Baldwin High School, was hanging out with friends at the lighthouse, police said.

Her friends saw her talking on a cell phone near the cliff's edge. About two minutes later, she vanished.

No sign of her has ever been found, police said.

Other things have gone wrong there.

» In 2000, an intoxicated man apparently walked off the cliff and fell to his death.

» In 2006, a teenager died after he was apparently run over during a fight.

Maui Lt. John Jakubczak said the spot doesn't have a bad reputation, although homeless have lived in the area for about 20 years. The lighthouse sits on a cliff about 80 to 100 feet above rocks that are covered by seawater during high tide.

Vogel's family hopes one day they can bring home their beloved 43-year-old daughter, a Maui tutor with a master's degree in wildlife biology. About 20 family friends will search again at 10 this morning.

Vogel's mother Joan Vogel, of New Mexico, said she heard about the other girl and mysterious deaths.

“;You wonder,”; she said. “;That's all you can do. You got to wonder what kind of element is there.”;

Vogel wants to find out what happened to her daughter so it doesn't happen to someone else.

“;We don't want anybody else to go through what we've been going through,”; she said.

When she recently visited the lighthouse, she found it “;absolutely beautiful,”; she said. A photographer was shooting photos of a model, dress blowing in the wind.

But after sunset, the atmosphere changed.

“;At night, it turns into something completely different,”; she said. “;I guess there is a lot of drugs.”;

Vogel was an experienced outdoorswoman—an avid backpacker, hiker and surfer—and likely didn't stumble off the cliff, her mother said.

The night before she was reported missing, Vogel talked with her mother by phone. She spoke excitedly about her brother visiting Hawaii, a new house-sitting job and her camping experience.

“;She was just really upbeat and looking forward to everything,”; her mother said.

Vogel later texted a friend that she was “;meeting all the locals.”;

Friends reported her missing after she didn't show up for a tutoring job the next morning, Feb. 22. The ensuing search has been extensive, with dogs, drones, divers, helicopters, horses, personal watercraft and four-wheelers.

Vogel's van was found about 200 yards from the lighthouse, near a homeless camp, with her camping gear inside. Her wallet and cell phone were never found, but part of a phone similar to hers was discovered nearby.

With a lack of evidence of foul play or that she fell, police will “;continue to look into this until we can find out what happened to her,”; Jakubczak said.

Vogel also dialed a number the night she disappeared. The number belonged to a man who said he had lost his phone weeks before. Police said they don't have any new leads.