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1-09-24 Police Seeking Runaway Kainalu Castro-Santos

January 9, 2024 |

Hawai‘i Police Department
Hilo Patrol
Officer Shane Hanley
Phone: (808) 935-3311
Report No.: 24-002233

Media Release

Hawai‘i Island police are asking for the public’s assistance in locating 15-year-old Kainalu Castro-Santos who was reported as a runaway.

Castro-Santos was last seen in Volcano, on Sunday, January 7, 2024.

He is described as Hawaiian with a medium complexion and build, about 5 feet 5 inches tall, 150 pounds, with a shaved head and brown eyes.

Police ask anyone with information on Castro-Santos’ whereabouts to call the police department’s non-emergency line at (808) 935-3311 or contact Officer Shane Hanley at shane.hanley@hawaiicounty.gov.

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