1-12-23 Police Seeking Runaway Arieana Balbin

By Denise Laitinen | Published: January 12, 2023

Hawai‘i Police Department
South Hilo Patrol
Officer Shane Hanley
Phone: (808) 935-3311
Report No.: 23-001184

Media Release

Hawai‘i Island police are asking for the public’s assistance in locating 13-year-old Arieana R.K. Balbin of Kurtistown, who was reported as a runaway.

Balbin was last seen in the 16-2400 block of Ainaloa Drive in Kurtistown, on the morning of Tuesday, January 3, 2023. 

She is described to be Polynesian with a fair complexion and a thin build, 4 feet 6 inches tall, 90 pounds, with black hair and brown eyes.

Police ask anyone with information on Balbin’s whereabouts to call the police department’s non-emergency line at (808) 935-3311 or contact Officer Shane Hanley at shane.hanley@hawaiicounty.gov.

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