Police locate runaway teen

Tyra Dalija-Airinios
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Update: Hawaii Island police reported Tuesday that Tyra Dalija-Airinios had been located in good health in Puna.

Hawaii Island police are asking the public’s assistance in locating a female juvenile who was reported as a runaway.

Fourteen-year-old Tyra Dalija-Airinios was last seen around 12:30 a.m. Tuesday at her Pahoa home, according to the Hawaii Police Department. She is described as being 5 feet, 2 inches tall, weighing approximately 100 pounds, with black shoulder-length hair and brown eyes. She has a one-inch scar on her right temple and was last seen wearing ripped blue jeans and a jeans jacket.

Anyone with information on her whereabouts should contact the department’s nonemergency line at (808) 935-3311 or Puna Patrol Officer Michael Sailer at (808) 965-2716.