Big Island police seek 17-year-old runaway missing since December 2023

The Hawai’i Police Department is asking for help with finding a 17-year-old who has been missing since the middle of December 2023.

Tristen Denis-Silva was reported as a runaway Dec. 15. He is known to frequent the Hilo and Puna areas.

Denis-Silva is 5-foot-8, 160 pounds, with short black hair with the back and sides shaved, a thin mustache and brown eyes. He also has an oval-shaped, grape-sized dark birthmark on his right neck.

Anyone with information about Denis-Silva’s whereabouts is asked to call the department’s non-emergency line at 808-935-3311 or contact Officer Corey Kaneko at 808-961-8843 or via email at corey.kaneko@hawaiicounty.gov.

Those who prefer to remain anonymous can call Crime Stoppers at 808-961-8300.