Hawaiʻi Police Department
Juvenile Aid Section, Area I
Detective/Sergeant Gavin Kagimoto
Phone: (808) 961-2276
Media Release
Hawai’i Island Police are searching for a 17-year-old Hilo teen reported as missing. Ashley Panela was last seen in Kurtistown on (October 7).
He is described as being 5-feet-8-inches, approximately 140pounds, with short brown hair and brown eyes.
Police ask that anyone with information on his whereabouts call Officer James Steffen of the Juvenile Aid Section at (808) 961-8810 or the Police Department’s non-emergency number at (808) 935-3311.