4-09-22 Police Seeking Additional Suspects in Custodial Interference Investigation

By Denise Laitinen | Published: April 9, 2022

Hawai‘i Police Department
Juvenile Aid Section – Area I
Lieutenant Robert P. Pauole
Phone: (808) 961-2254
Report No.: 22-030793

  • Monika Santos
  • Journee Cortez
  • Paul Abiley Jr.

Media Release

Hawai’i Island police are seeking the public’s assistance with locating additional suspects —two women and a man—in a custodial interference investigation involving an 11-month-old infant, Alixea Fernanadez-Santos. 

Monika Santos, age 50, of Mountain View is 4 feet 11 inches, 157 pounds, with brown hair and eyes. (Photo No. 1)

Journee Cortez, age 25, of Kurtistown is 5 feet 3 inches, 200 pounds, with brown hair and eyes.  (Photo No. 2)

Paul Abiley Jr., age 31, of Kea‘au is 5 feet 9 inches, 155 pounds, with black hair and brown eyes.  (Photo No.

If anyone has any information on the location of the additional suspects, please call 911 or police dispatch at (808) 935-3311.

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