Media Releases

Hawai‘i Police DepartmentOffice of the ChiefChief Benjamin T. MoszkowiczPhone: (808) 961-2244 Media Release The Hawai‘i Police Department announces the identification of a suspect via DNA evidence in the 1991 murder of Dana Ireland. Age 23 at the time of her...

Hawai‘i Police DepartmentHilo PatrolOfficer Krimsen AbillaPhone: (808) 935-3311Report No.: 24-067773 Media Release Hawai‘i Island police report that 26-year-old Kendra Lynn Masang of Hilo, who was previously reported as missing, was located in Los Angeles, California, on Friday afternoon, July 26,...

Hawai‘i Police DepartmentArea II Criminal Investigation SectionLieutenant Michael HardiePhone: (808) 326-4646, Ext. 266Report No.: 24-067279 Media Release The Hawai‘i Police Department reports that 16-year-old Carmella French, who was previously reported as an endangered runaway, was located in Kailua-Kona on Friday,...

Hawai‘i Police DepartmentHilo PatrolOfficer Keisan TamuraPhone: (808) 935-3311Report No.: 24-067970 Media Release Hawai‘i Island police are asking for the public’s assistance in locating 39-year-old Shadrach Unea of Hilo, who was reported missing on Friday, July 26, 2024. He is considered...

Hawai‘i Police DepartmentKa‘ū Patrol DivisionOfficer Melissa D’AngeloPhone: (808) 939-2520Report No.: 24-067279           Media Release Hawai‘i Island police are asking for the public’s assistance in locating 16-year-old Carmella French, who was reported as a runaway. French is classified as an endangered runaway...

Hawai‘i Police DepartmentHilo PatrolOfficer Krimsen AbillaPhone: (808) 935-3311Report No.: 24-067773 Media Release Hawai‘i Island police are asking for the public’s assistance in locating 26-year-old Kendra Lynn Masang of Hilo, who was reported missing on Thursday, July 25, 2024. Masang was...

Hawai‘i Police DepartmentHilo PatrolOfficer Krimsen AbillaPhone: (808) 961-2213Report No.: 24-064046 Media Release Hawai‘i Island police are asking for the public’s assistance in locating 25-year-old Destiny Escobar of Hilo who was recently reported missing. She was last seen on Monday, July...

Hawai‘i Police DepartmentKona PatrolSergeant Marco K. SegobiaPhone: (808) 326-4646, Ext. 253Report No. 24-066603 Media Release A 54-year-old woman who died on Monday, July 22, 2024, after a possible drowning in Kailua-Kona has been positively identified as Jennifer Kathleen Purcell of Albuquerque,...

Hawai‘i Police DepartmentHilo Patrol  Officer Shane HanleyPhone: (808) 935-3311Report No.: 24-067432 Media Release Hawai‘i Island police are asking for the public’s assistance in locating 32-year-old Marcello Silva Da Costa of Kailua-Kona. Silva Da Costa was last seen in September 2023...