2-20-23 Police Seeking Missing Woman Denese Fishburn

By Denise Laitinen | Published: February 20, 2023

Hawai‘i Police Department
Puna Patrol
Officer Taylor Cruz
Phone: (808) 965-2716
Report No.: 23-017864

Media Release

Hawai‘i Island police are seeking the community’s assistance in locating 73-year-old Denese Fishburn of Pahoa, who has been reported missing and is considered endangered as she has a medical condition that requires medication. 

She was last seen on Monday, February 20, 2023, around 2:30 p.m. on Ginger Circle in Nanawale Estates subdivision in Pahoa. 

Fishburn is described as Caucasian, 5 feet 6 inches tall, 176 pounds, with blond and white hair and brown eyes. She was last seen wearing an olive green sweatshirt with a turtle on front, multicolored tights with a diamond pattern, and pink slippers.  

Police ask anyone with information on her whereabouts to call the police department’s non-emergency line at (808) 935-3311.

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