Update: Hawaii Island police said Friday morning that they have located 63-year-old Jan Shon Liao, who was reported as missing. She was found in good condition.
Hawaiʻi Island police are asking for the public’s help in locating a Pahoa woman who was reported missing.
Jan Shon Liao, 63, was last seen at about 10 a.m. Thursday in the parking lot of a retail establishment on East Makaʻala Street in Hilo, according to the Hawaii Police Department.
Liao is described as Chinese, 5 feet, 1 inches tall, weighing 130 pounds with short gray hair and brown eyes. She was last seen wearing a white long-sleeved shirt, red vest, dark-blue shorts and a white baseball-type cap. She was also carrying a blue handbag and multi-colored shopping bag.
Police also noted that Liao has a medical condition that requires medication.
Anyone with information her whereabouts is asked to call the department’s non-emergency line at 935-3311 or Detective Levon Stevens of the Area I Criminal Investigation Section at 961-2377 or Levon.Stevens@hawaiicounty.gov.