UPDATE: HPD Looking for Missing Honoka‘a Teen

Kelson Pedro. Courtesy photo.

UPDATE: Dec. 14, 2016

Hawaiʻi Island police have located 15-year-old Kelson Pedro of Honokaʻa, who was reported missing.

He was found Monday, Dec. 12, in the Āhualoa area.

ORIGINAL POST, Dec. 12, 2016:

Hawaiʻi Island police are searching for a 15-year-old Honokaʻa boy who was reported missing.

Kelson Pedro was last seen in Honokaʻa on Dec. 7.

He is described as 4-foot-10 to 5-feet tall, about 90 pounds with brown eyes and brown hair. He was last seen wearing black pants and black-and-white shoes and carrying a gray backpack.

Police ask anyone with information on his whereabouts to call the Police Department’s non-emergency line at 935-3311.

Tipsters who prefer to remain anonymous may call the islandwide Crime Stoppers number at 961-8300. Crime Stoppers information is kept confidential.