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Police Seeking Hilo Runaway Cruz Deanda

August 27, 2025 |

Hawai‘i Island police are asking for the public’s assistance in locating 14-year-old Cruz Deanda, who is reported as a runaway. 

Deanda was last seen on 29th Avenue, in the Hawaiian Paradise Park subdivision, Kea’au, on Friday, August 22, 2025, at 5:00 p.m. and was not reported as a runaway until recently. 

He is described as a Caucasian male with a fair complexion, thin build, about 6-feet tall, 160 pounds, with brown hair and brown eyes. 

Police ask anyone with information on Deanda’s whereabouts to call the police department’s non-emergency line at (808) 935-3311 or contact Officer Lauren Antolin at Lauren.antolin@hawaiipolice.gov.

Department:
Hawaiʻi Police Department
Division:
Puna Patrol Division
Officer:
Officer Lauren Antolin
Phone:
(808) 935-3311
Report Number:
25-077330

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