UPDATED MEDIA RELEASE (11/3/09)

The Hawai’i Police Department has located 18-year-old Chauntell Kuuipo Lum Ho of Hilo, who was reported missing.

She was found Monday afternoon (November 2) in Hilo in good health.

MEDIA RELEASE

Chauntell Lum Ho

The Police Department is searching for an 18-year-old Hilo woman reported missing since early Sunday, Nov. 1.

Chauntell Kuuipo Lum Ho was last seen at Liliuokalani Gardens wearing a purple dress. She is described as Filipino mix, 4-foot-11, about 170 pounds with brown eyes and brown hair.

She was last seen leaving with a Caucasian male known only as “Isaac” in a small white pickup truck with leaves painted on the tailgate.

The case is classified as a missing person investigation.

Police urge anyone with information on Lum’s whereabouts call the Police Department’s non-emergency line at 935-3311. Tipsters who prefer to remain anonymous may call Crime Stoppers at 961-8300 or 329-8181.