MEDIA RELEASE

Big Island police are looking for a 13-year-old girl reported as missing from her Hawaiian Beaches home since December 2, 2006.

Her name is Mikki Matsuyama. She is described as Japanese, 5-foot-2, about 90 pounds with brown hair and brown eyes.

Police ask anyone with information on her whereabouts to call Officer Bryan Tina at 966-5835 or the Police Department's non-emergency telephone number at 935-3311.

Tipsters who prefer to remain anonymous may call Crime Stoppers at 961-8300 in Hilo or 329-8181 in Kona. All Crime Stoppers information is kept confidential.

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