Operation Cross Country XIII finds 4 runaways
On Friday, the Hawaii Police Department participated in the FBI’s Operation Cross Country XIII.
Operation Cross Country is a coordinated operation among the FBI, other federal agencies, state and local police, and social services agencies across the country to locate and recover runaways considered “high risk” and/or “endangered.”
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Also participating in Friday’s operation were the U.S. Marshals Service, DOCARE, Missing Child Center Hawaii, the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children and Child Welfare Services.
During Friday’s operation in the Hilo and Puna areas, law enforcement officials located the following minor girls who had previously been reported as runaways: Serenity Salmo-Kaawa, age 15; U‘ilani Leaverton, age 15; Shaelynn Gomes, age 16; and Momi Leonard, age 16.
Detectives are still searching for 17-year-old Tanaiyah Hao-Kallio, pictured, who is wanted for runaway.
She is described as 5-feet-5 inches tall, 140 pounds, with brown hair and brown eyes. She is known to frequent Ka‘u.
