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3-20-24 Police Seek Missing Puna Woman Kuuipo Thomas

March 20, 2024 |

Hawai‘i Police Department
Puna Patrol
Officer Melani Cline
Phone: (808) 935-3311
Report No.: 24-026731

Media Release

Hawai‘i Island Police are asking for the public’s assistance in locating 33-year-old Kuuipo Thomas of Pāhoa who has been reported as missing.

She was last seen in February 2024 in the area of Pāhoa town walking around on foot, but wasn’t reported as a missing person until recently.

Thomas is described as being Caucasian with a thin build, 5-feet 8-inches tall, 120 pounds, short blonde hair and hazel eyes. Thomas has a “hatchet man” tattoo on her right shoulder and the words “Hakuna Matata” tattooed on her left wrist.

Police ask anyone who may have any information on the whereabouts of Thomas to contact the Hawai‘i Police Department’s non-emergency line at (808) 935-3311.

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