UPDATE: Missing 13-year-old girl on the Big Island has been found in good health

Updated Jan. 17, 2023: Arieana Balbin has been found in good health on Jan. 13, 2023.

Original post: Hawaiʻi Island police are seeking the public’s help in locating 13-year-old Arieana Balbin of Kurkistown, who was reported as a runaway.

Arleana was last seen on the morning of Jan. 3 in the 16-2400 block of ʻĀinaloa Drive in Kurkistown in East Hawaiʻi.

She is described as Polynesian with a fair complexion and thin build. She is 4 feet, 6 inches tall and 90 pounds, with black hair and brown eyes.

Anyone with information on her whereabouts should call the police department’s non-emergency line at 808-935-3311 or contact Officer Shane Hanley at shane.hanley@hawaiicounty.gov.