Puna boy reported missing 04-08-02

HAWAII COUNTY POLICE DEPARTMENT
JUVENILE AID SECTION
LIEUTENANT RODNEY AURELLO
PHONE: 961-2254
AUGUST 8, 2002
H-01750

JAMES BALAI
…missing since March 22

MEDIA RELEASE

Police are looking for a 13-year-old boy who has been missing from his home in Keaau, Puna, since March 22, 2002.

The missing boy was identified as James Balai Jr.

Balai is described as being of Filipino-Hawaiian descent, being 5-feet-7 in height, weighing about 150 pounds and having black hair and brown eyes.

Anyone with information about his whereabouts is asked to call Officer Nelson Acob of the Puna Patrol at 966-5835 or the police non-emergency number at 935-3311.

Those who wish to remain anonymous may call Crime Stoppers at 961-8300 in Hilo or 329-8181 in Kona. All Crime Stoppers information is kept strictly confidential.

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