Hawai‘i Police Department
Hilo Patrol
Lieutenant Paul Kim
Phone: (808) 961-2213
Report No.: 22-035831
Media Release
Hawai‘i Island police are requesting the public’s assistance in locating 16-year-old Kelis Garmon-Mercado of Hilo, who was reported as a runaway.
She was last seen at her residence on Monday, April 25, 2022, and is believed to have left the residence in the late evening. She was last seen wearing a black-colored jacket, blue and white leggings, and carrying a black-colored backpack.
She is described as local, 5 feet 6 inches tall, 300 pounds, with brown hair and brown eyes.
Police ask anyone with information on Garmon-Mercado’s whereabouts to call the police department’s non-emergency line at (808) 935-3311 or contact Officer Lisa Ebesugawa at lisa.ebesugawa@hawaiicounty.gov.