Police seek help finding endangered Honokaa woman, Sarah Andes

Hawaii Island police are asking the public to help find Sarah Andes, a 63-year-old Honokaa woman who was reported missing June 4 and is considered endangered because of a medical condition.

Police said Andes was last seen Tuesday, June 2, 2026, at 6:30 a.m. No other details about the circumstances of her disappearance have been released. Because of her medical vulnerability, officers are treating the case as urgent and asking anyone who may have seen her or know where she went to come forward immediately.

Andes lives in Honokaa, a small North Hāmākua community in Hawaii County where neighbors often notice changes quickly and where timely word-of-mouth can be critical in a search. The Hawaii Police Department has also been fielding a series of recent missing-person cases across Hawaii Island, including other alerts tied to Honokaa, underscoring how quickly a local search can widen across the island when someone does not come home.

Residents in Honokaa and surrounding North Hāmākua communities should be especially alert for any sign of Andes or anything that could help track her movements after the last confirmed sighting on June 2. That includes a possible sighting near local roads, homes, stores, buses, or public gathering places, as well as any vehicle, clothing, or personal items that could be connected to her.

Anyone with information is asked to call 911 right away if Andes is seen or if there is an immediate concern for her safety. Tips can also be reported to the Hawaii Police Department’s non-emergency line at 808-935-3311.

For a county spread across a large rural landscape, missing-person cases can become dangerous fast, especially when a medical condition is involved. Police are relying on the public to help narrow the window between the last confirmed sighting in Honokaa and whatever happened next.