Hawai‘i Police Department
Hilo Patrol
Lieutenant Paul Kim
Phone: (808) 961-2213
Report No: 22-005912
Media Release
Hawai‘i Island police are requesting the public’s assistance in locating a 12-year-old missing girl, Kailea Kekipi of Hilo. She was last seen at 9 p.m. on Wednesday, January 19, 2022, in the 1700 block of Kino‘ole Street in Hilo wearing a long-sleeved black shirt and blue jeans.
Initially reported as a runaway, Kekipi is considered endangered due to her age. She is 4 feet 11 inches, 97 pounds, with shoulder length black hair and brown eyes.
Police ask anyone with information on Kekipi’s whereabouts to call 911 or the police department’s non-emergency line at (808) 935-3311.