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The Honolulu Advertiser
Posted on: Thursday, December 12, 2002

Makalapa girl, 11, missing

By Scott Ishikawa
Advertiser Staff Writer

Honolulu police last night were searching for an 11-year-old Makalapa girl who had been missing since Tuesday afternoon.

Kahealani Indreginal was last seen Tuesday.

HPD photo

Kahealani Indreginal was last seen just before 3 p.m. Tuesday near her Kohomua Street home in the Pu'uwai Momi housing area near Aloha Stadium.

"According to her family, she's never run away before and is thought of as a model student and daughter," said HPD investigator Phil Camero.

At least five detectives walked through the housing area last night, asking residents when they last saw Kahealani.

Kahealani's aunt, Wendy Cacatian, said the girl was seen getting off the school bus outside the housing area.

"She asked her older brother for a dollar to buy something from the manapua truck, that we know," Cacatian said. "It's just so unusual because she is the responsible one. She takes charge and takes care of her younger siblings and her nephew without anyone even telling her."

HPD Lt. Bill Kato said last night the missing person case was "still in the early stages of gathering information.

"Everyone we've talked to say she's a good kid, straight-A student, that it was unlike her to run away," Kato said.

"Right now, we're trying to sort out all the stories on when she was last seen, who saw her and whom she was with," he said.

Pu'uwai Momi resident Vanessa Helsham said, "We're just praying she comes home soon."

Kahealani is of Hawaiian and Filipino ancestry, 5 feet 2 and 110 pounds with a slim build.

She has brown shoulder-length hair and brown eyes. She was wearing a beige corduroy long-sleeve shirt, beige corduroy pants and several gold Hawaiian bracelets.

If you have information on Kahealani, police ask that you call Camero at 529-3394, CrimeStoppers at 955-8300 or *CRIME on a cell phone.