HAWAII POLICE DEPARTMENT
EAST HAWAII JUVENILE AID SECTION
ACTING LIEUTENANT GLENN UEHANA
PHONE: 961-2254
JUNE 1, 2005
C05006581

MEDIA RELEASE

Big Island police are looking for a 16-year-old boy reported missing from his home in Hilo since March 2, 2005.

He is Derek Rapoza Jr. Rapoza is described as being 5-foot-5 in height, weighing about 160 pounds with a medium build and having black hair and brown eyes.

Anyone with information on his whereabouts is asked to call Officer Peter Kualii of the East Hawaii Juvenile Aid Section, at 961-2373 or the police non-emergency telephone number at 935-3311.

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

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