Police Seek Help Locating Mother and Child in Custodial Interference Case

Hawai‘i Island police are requesting the public’s assistance in locating 48-year-old Sarah Coultas and her six-year-old daughter, Violet Coultas-Benson. Coultas is wanted for questioning in connection with a custodial interference investigation.

The pair were last seen together on Sunday, July 6, 2025, at 4 p.m., at the top of Miloli‘i Road in South Kona. Coultas most recently lived in Pa‘auilo and worked in Hilo, but she may frequent the Kona and Ka‘ū areas.

Coultas is described as Caucasian, 5 feet 11 inches tall, 160 pounds, with straight brown hair and hazel eyes.
Coultas-Benson is described as Caucasian, 3 feet 10 inches tall, 43 pounds, with blond hair and hazel eyes.

Coultas may be operating a silver 2005 or 2006 Toyota Corolla with a faded hood; license plate is unknown.

Police ask anyone with information on the whereabouts of Sarah Coultas or Violet Coultas-Benson to call the police department’s non-emergency line at (808) 935-3311 or contact Detective Carrie Akina at (808) 326-4646, ext. 278, or via email at carrie.akina@hawaiicounty.gov. Those who prefer to remain anonymous may call Crime Stoppers at (808) 961-8300. All Crime Stoppers information is kept confidential.