Hawai‘i Police Department
South Hilo Patrol
Officer Roger Carvalho
Phone: (808) 935-3311
Report Numbers: 23-070073 and 23-072333
Media Release
Hawai‘i Island police are asking for the public’s assistance in locating two female teens, who were reported as runaways in separate incidents in East Hawai‘i.
Fifteen-year-old Uilani Leaverton, (Report #: 23-070073) was last seen on Friday, July 21, 2023, at 5:35 p.m. in the 1100 block of Waiānuenue Avenue in Hilo wearing a camouflage long-sleeve shirt and black shorts. She is described as Hawaiian with a fair complexion and medium build, about 5 feet 6 inches tall, 145 pounds, with long, wavy brown hair and brown eyes.
Fourteen-year-old Meela Kobashigawa, (Report #: 23-072333) was last seen on Saturday, July 22, 2023, at about 10:30 a.m., in the area of Malanani Place in Hilo. She is described as Japanese with a light complexion and thin build, about 4 feet 10 inches tall, 95 pounds, with shoulder-length red dyed hair and brown eyes.
Police ask anyone with information on either teen’s whereabouts to please call the police department’s non-emergency line at (808) 935-3311 or contact Officer Roger Carvalho at roger.carvalho@hawaiicounty.gov regarding Leaverton’s whereabouts or Officer Lawrence Kobayashi at lawrence.kobayashi@hawaiicounty.gov regarding Kobashigawa’s whereabouts.
