I think it is starting to get picked up by media, I just found out about it in the news.I can't believe this story isn't getting more media attention.
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I think it is starting to get picked up by media, I just found out about it in the news.I can't believe this story isn't getting more media attention.
I'm sorry to hear the searching has stopped. That keeps media interested. So now unless LE provides regular updates, I feel this case will go completely silent.Here's an article in today's Star Advertiser paper that summarizes the current status:
Family holds vigil for missing 6-year-old Isabella Kalua
Volunteers have done a pretty good job of putting up "Missing" posters of Isabella/Ariel all around the island. I saw quite a few at various places yesterday and four more this morning. Unfortunately, I think the search has mostly stalled until authorities are able to release more critical, missing information. For example, WHEN did the other kids in the house see Isabella last??
This piece isn't quite a smoking gun, but it's darn close. Glad to see more info coming out thanks to the tenacity of the local media.New report from Hawaii News Now - The reporter, Lynn Kawano, did a good job. Life has not been fair for poor little Isabella/Ariel.
Missing girl had serious injuries investigated by state in past 2 years
I've highlighted parts of the article, but I don't want to violate the copyright by posting more. The whole article is worth reading. There is also a video at the link.
By Lynn Kawano
Published: Sep. 20, 2021 at 8:30 PM PDT|Updated: 2 hours ago
HONOLULU (HawaiiNewsNow) - Exactly one week after Waimanalo 6-year-old Isabella “Ariel” Kalua was reported missing, her adoptive family sat down with HPD for an extensive interview Monday ― the same day that police announced they were suspending the active search for the little girl.
Meanwhile, Hawaii News Now has learned that the girl had two serious injuries investigated by Child Welfare Services in the past two years.
In the first incident, in October 2019, she had a broken finger.
There was a delay in the reporting of the injury and a delay in getting her treatment, sources said. Her family said her hand was slammed in a door.
Just four months later, in January 2020, Kalua suffered a broken leg and was taken to the ER. The family said she was injured on a trampoline.
In both cases, a panel of experts determined there was no maltreatment.
But Stephen Lane, a longtime foster parent and child advocate, said the incidents draw suspicion.
“There’s no reasonable explanation why a parent, foster adoptive or natural would delay the treatment or reporting of this kind of an injury,” Lane said.
Kalua was reported missing on Sept. 13 at about 6:30 am.
That afternoon, Child Welfare Services removed her three siblings from the home.
Attorney Randall Rosenberg, who often represents families of children in the foster system, agreed with the decision to take the siblings out of the home quickly “because there’s a safety issue and the explanation of the child’s disappearance is not as satisfactory as we’d want.”
Lane previously said Isabella’s placement in the home in the first place raised
red flags.
“It’s a violation of the Department of Human Services’ foster home parent’s guidelines,” he said.
I have been following this from Australia and cannot believe how little attention it is getting.
Honolulu police suspend search
It is concerning that a child so young has a history going outside at night, and was also described as wearing shoes to bed... Electronic locks seem quite high tech, or maybe we just don't have them in Aus. I wonder what other kinds of data investigators have been able to obtain from the house. Surely knowing the time the door was unlocked has given a time frame to check public/neighbour CTV??
I agree. Where are you sweet little Isabella??I can't believe this story isn't getting more media attention.
BBM: I hope they have questioned the other children by now and have an answer to that question.Here's an article in today's Star Advertiser paper that summarizes the current status:
Family holds vigil for missing 6-year-old Isabella Kalua
Volunteers have done a pretty good job of putting up "Missing" posters of Isabella/Ariel all around the island. I saw quite a few at various places yesterday and four more this morning. Unfortunately, I think the search has mostly stalled until authorities are able to release more critical, missing information. For example, WHEN did the other kids in the house see Isabella last??