Hawaiʻi Police Department
Puna Patrol
Officer Conrad Bidal
Phone: (808) 965-2716
Report No. 23-076935
Media Release
Hawai’i Island police are asking for the public’s assistance in locating 19-year-old Keona Taniguchi of Kona who was reported missing by his family on Friday, August 11, 2023.
He is known to frequent the Kona area and was last seen on Monday, August 7, 2023, in the Pāhoa area.
Taniguchi is 5 feet 6 inches tall, 120 pounds, with brown hair and brown eyes. He has a tribal tattoo on his left shoulder and left hand.
Police ask anyone with information on Taniguchi’s location to call the police department’s non-emergency line at (808) 935-3311.
Tipsters who prefer to remain anonymous may call the island wide Crime Stoppers number at 961-8300 and may be eligible for a reward of up to $1,000. Crime Stoppers doesn’t record calls or subscribe to caller ID. Crime Stoppers information is kept confidential.