Hawaiʻi Island police report that 30-year-old Marina Cortez of Hilo, who had previously been reported as a missing person, was located in Puna on March 9, 2021, in good health.

Hawaiʻi Island police are asking for the public’s assistance in locating 30-year-old Marina Cortez who was last seen on March 5, 2021, at 11:30 am in the area of Kamalii Road in lower Puna in a copper colored sedan. 

Cortez is described as 5’-05” tall, weighing 110-120 pounds, with shoulder length dark brown curly hair and hazel eyes. She was last seen wearing jeans, a long-sleeved thermal sweater, and a yellow shirt. 

Police ask anyone with information on Cortez’s location to call Officer Laura Torres at the Pahoa Police Station at (808) 965-2716 or the police department’s non-emergency line at 935-3311.