Missing Pahoa woman still sought by police
Police continue searching for missing 29-year-old opihi picker Shanice Ogata-Staudinger of Pahoa.
On the morning of Sunday, July 9, Ogata-Staudinger was reportedly picking opihi with a relative in the area of Kahakai Boulevard and Papio Street in Pahoa, at a spot commonly known as “Hau Bush.”
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Ogata-Staudinger became separated from her relative and failed to return to their prearranged meeting spot later that afternoon.
Emergency personnel conducted an extensive area search, including police with a scent-discriminating canine, the Hawaii Fire Department’s helicopter, and the U.S. Coast Guard. However, Ogata-Staudinger was not located.
Ogata-Staudinger is described as local with a medium build, 5-feet 2-inches tall, 150 pounds, with brown hair and hazel eyes. She was last seen wearing a black tank top, blue jeans, and purple tabis water shoes. She has a dollar sign symbol tattoo on her left cheek.
Police ask anyone who may have any information on the whereabouts of Ogata-Staudinger to contact the police department’s nonemergency line at (808) 935-3311.
