Hawaii Police Department
Hilo Patrol
Sergeant Michael Santos
Phone: (808) 961-2213
Report No. 22-056465 and 22-056852
Media Release
Hawai‘i Island police are asking for the public’s assistance in locating two female runaways, 15-year-old Uilani Ahuna (Report #22-056465) and 17-year-old Kelis Garmon-Mercado (Report #22-056852).
Ahuna was last seen on Wednesday, June 29, 2022, at 4:10 p.m. in the 1100 block of Waianuenue Avenue in Hilo wearing a black “NB” jacket, blue shorts, and slippers.
She is described as Hawaiian with a slim build, about 5 feet 1 inch tall, 100 pounds, with long brown hair and brown eyes.
Garmon-Mercado was last seen in the 1700 block of Kinoole Street in Hilo on Thursday, June 30, 2022, at 7:33 p.m. wearing a pink hoodie, a black tutu, and blue slippers.
She is described as Caucasian with a large build, about 5 feet 5 inches tall, 290 pounds, with black curly hair and brown eyes.
Police ask anyone with information on Ahuna’s whereabouts to call the police department’s non-emergency line at (808) 935-3311 or contact Officer Noah Serrao at noah.serrao@hawaiicounty.gov. Anyone with information on Garmon-Mercado’s whereabouts can also call the police department’s non-emergency line or contact Officer Bryson Arquitlola-Takiue at Bryson.arquitola-takiue@hawaiicounty.gov.
