Police renew request for info about endangered elderly woman missing since 2017

Big Island authorities are renewing their request for information that could lead to the whereabouts of an elderly Hilo woman who hasn’t been seen nor heard from by her family since spring 2017.

Glynda Evangelista, 75, was last seen April 24, 2017, on Kīlauea Avenue in Hilo.

Because of her age and a medical condition that requires her to take medication, Evangelista is consider an endangered missing person. Her family continues to seek answers.

At the time of the initial report, Evangelista was 5-foot-4, weighed about 200 pounds, with a medium build, short salt-and-pepper hair, hazel colored eyes, a fair complexion and wearing prescription glasses.

She was last seen wearing a dark jacket and orange and yellow colored floral dress, carrying a blue backpack.

Anyone with information about Evangelista’s disappearance and/or her whereabouts is asked to call the Hawai‘i Police Department’s non-emergency line at 808-935-3311 or contact Capt. Rio Amon-Wilkins at 808-961-2251 or via email at Rio.Amon-Wilkins@hawaiicounty.gov.