Missing Mountain View woman located in good health

Update: Hawai‘i Island Police report that 37-year-old Terriphena Yazzie, who was reported missing Nov. 4, was located Saturday in Hilo in good health.

Original story: Hawai‘i Island police are asking for the public’s assistance in locating 37-year-old Terriphena Yazzie of Mountain View, who was reported missing.

She is considered endangered because she is in need of medication for a medical condition, police said in a news release.

Yazzie was last seen in the area of Airport Road/Kekūanāo‘a Street in Hilo, on Wednesday, Nov. 2 at 12 p.m. She is known to frequent Mountain View and the Banyan Drive area of Hilo.  

No photograph of Yazzie is available, however she is described as being of Native American descent, 5 feet 6 inches tall, 130 pounds, with long reddish-brown hair and brown eyes. She also has numerous tattoos on her legs and back.

Police ask anyone with information on Yazzie’s whereabouts to call the police department’s non-emergency line at 808-935-3311 and ask for Officer Craig Derasin.

Tipsters who prefer to remain anonymous may call the islandwide Crime Stoppers number at 808-961-8300. All Crime Stoppers information is kept confidential.