4-26-25 Police Seeking Two Female Runaways
Hawai‘i Island police are asking for the public’s assistance in locating two female runaways.
- Divine Benn, age 15, (Report #: 25-009376), was reported as a runaway on Wednesday, January 29, 2025. She was last seen at her residence in the Pāhoa area at 8:50 p.m. that evening, wearing a grey jacket, black shorts, and black Crocs shoes. Benn is described as 5 feet 9 inches tall, 130 pounds, with black shoulder-length hair and brown eyes.
- Jaymelynn Pua-Queja, age 16, (Report #: 25-018746), was reported as a runaway on Wednesday, February 26, 2025. She was last seen at her family’s residence in Nā‘ālehu, on February 8, wearing a grey colored sweater and blue jeans pants. Pua-Queja is described as 5 feet 5 inches tall, 150 pounds, with dark-brown shoulder-length hair and brown eyes.
Police ask anyone with information about either teen’s whereabouts to call the police department’s non-emergency line at (808) 935-3311 or Acting Detective Corey Kaneko at (808) 961-8843 or email: corey.kaneko@hawaiicounty.gov.
Pictured: Benn is in a red jacket, Pua-Queja is wearing a grey sweatshirt.
