UPDATE: Kelis Gorman-Mercado (Case No. 22-005920), who was reported as a runaway, were located in Hilo on Thursday, January 20, 2022. Both were found in good health.
ORIGINAL POST: Hawai‘i Island police are requesting the public’s assistance in locating 16-year-old Kelis Garmon-Mercado of Hilo, who is reported as a runaway. She was last seen at her residence on Wednesday, Jan. 12, 2022, and is believed to have left the residence before 6 a.m. on Thursday, Jan. 13.
She is described as Caucasian, 5 feet 6 inches, 300 pounds, with brown eyes and brown hair. She is known to frequent the downtown Hilo area.
Police ask anyone with information on Kelis Garmon-Mercado’s whereabouts to call the police department’s non-emergency line at (808) 935-3311 or contact Officer John Chiquita at john.chiquita @hawaiicounty.gov.