Hawai‘i Police Department
Puna Patrol
Sergeant Aaron Kaeo
Phone: (808) 965-2716
Report No.: 22-098113
Media Release
Hawai‘i Island police are asking for the public’s assistance in locating 37-year-old Terriphena Yazzie of Mountain View, who was reported missing. She is considered endangered because she is in need of medication for a medical condition.
Yazzie was last seen in the area of Airport Road/Kekūanāo‘a Street in Hilo, on Wednesday, November 2, 2022, at 12:00 p.m. She is known to frequent Mountain View and the Banyan Drive area of Hilo.
No photograph of Yazzie is available, however she is described as being of Native American descent, 5 feet 6 inches tall, 130 pounds, with long reddish-brown hair and brown eyes. She also has numerous tattoos on her legs and back.
Police ask anyone with information on Yazzie’s whereabouts to call the police department’s non-emergency line at (808) 935-3311, attention Officer Craig Derasin.
Tipsters who prefer to remain anonymous may call the islandwide Crime Stoppers number at (808) 961-8300. All Crime Stoppers information is kept confidential.
