Police Seeking Missing and Endangered Woman and Her Daughter
Hawai‘i Island police are requesting the public’s assistance in locating 50-year-old Shawndell Cortez, of Kailua-Kona, and her 7-year-old daughter Amina Bivings, who were reported missing. Cortez is considered endangered due to a medical condition.
Cortez is described as Filipino, 5 feet tall, 180 pounds, with a light brown complexion, long straight blonde hair, and brown eyes. She has a multicolored rose tattoo on the left side of her chest, a faded black cross on her left middle finger, and the name “Daniel J” tattooed across her left hand.
Bivings is described as Puerto Rican, African American, and Filipino. She is 4 feet tall, 50 pounds, with a medium brown complexion, curly light brown hair with blonde tips, and brown eyes.
The pair were last seen in the Kailua-Kona area on Sunday, August 3, 2025, at around 12:00 p.m.
Anyone with information on their whereabouts is asked to call 911 or the Hawai‘i Police Department’s non-emergency line at (808) 935-3311.
- Department:
- Hawaiʻi Police Department
- Division:
- Area II Criminal Investigations Section
- Officer:
- Detective Bradley Llanes
- Phone:
- (808) 315-5829
- Report Number:
- 25-075290
