3-13-23 Police Seeking Missing Hilo Man Mervin Nihau

By Denise Laitinen | Published: March 13, 2023

Hawai‘i Police Department
Hilo Patrol
Officer Lauren Pacheco
Phone: (808) 961-2213
Report No.: 23-025123

Media Release

Hawai‘i Island police are requesting the public’s assistance in locating 56-year-old Mervin Nihau of Hilo who has been reported missing. He has a medical condition that requires medication.

Nihau was last seen on Amau Road in Hilo on Saturday, March 11, 2023, around 7:00 a.m. He is described as Hawaiian, 5 feet 11 inches tall, 175 pounds, brown eyes and gray hair. 

Police ask anyone with information on Nihau’s whereabouts to call the police department’s non-emergency line at (808) 935-3311 or contact Officer Lauren Pacheco

at lauren.pacheco@hawaiicounty.gov.

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