3-06-23 Police Seeking Runaway Kelis Garmon-Mercado

By Denise Laitinen | Published: March 6, 2023

Hawai‘i Police Department
Hilo Patrol
Sergeant Michael Santos
Phone: (808) 935-3311
Report No.: 23-001843

Media Release

Hawai‘i Island police are asking for the public’s assistance in locating 17-year-old Kelis Garmon-Mercado of Hilo, who was reported as a runaway.

Garmon-Mercado was last seen in the 1700 block of Kino‘ole Street in Hilo, on Thursday, January 5, 2023, at 9:45 p.m. wearing a blue hoody sweater and black shorts.

She is described as local, 5 feet 6 inches tall, 250 pounds, with black hair and brown eyes.

Police ask anyone with information on her whereabouts to call the police department’s non-emergency line at (808) 935-3311 or contact Officer Aaron Abalos at aaron.abalos@hawaiicounty.gov.

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