Vivianna Arsenault was a 17-year-old girl from Kailua-Kona, Hawaiʻi, whose disappearance was brought to public attention after Hawaiʻi Island police reported that she ran away on Sunday, January 11, 2026. Authorities said she was considered endangered because of a medical condition, making the search for her especially urgent and sensitive. The case was not presented simply as a teenager leaving home; the public notices emphasized concern for her well-being and asked residents to help locate
her safely.
The January 2026 report followed an earlier incident from late December 2025. Police said Vivianna had previously been reported as a runaway under report number 25-117743, and that earlier public notice had incorrectly listed her as 15 years old. In that earlier report, she was said to have last been seen on December 25, 2025, around 3:00 p.m. in the 73-4000 block of Kakahiaka Street in Kailua-Kona, wearing a red jacket and black shorts. She was located on Saturday, January 10, 2026, in Kona and was reported to be in good health, but the relief was short-lived. The next day, January 11, she ran away again, beginning the missing-person alert that remained associated with her name in later public listings.
When police issued the updated request for help, they said Vivianna was last seen around 6:20 p.m. on January 11, 2026, in the 73-4200 block of Hulikoa Street in Kailua-Kona. At that time, she was reportedly wearing a one-piece black romper with blue denim jeans. She was described as having a thin build and light complexion, standing 5 feet 5 inches tall and weighing about 105 pounds, with dark brown hair and brown eyes. Police also noted a distinctive center piercing on her lower lip with a ball end, and the National Center for Missing & Exploited Children likewise stated that Vivianna’s lower lip was pierced and that she may have been in need of medical attention.
As the search continued, Vivianna’s case appeared in child-missing and missing-person listings beyond the initial police release. The National Center for Missing & Exploited Children listed her as missing from Kailua Kona, Hawaiʻi, with the NCIC number M368696824 and NCMEC case number 2074234. The same listing provided law-enforcement contact information for the Hawaiʻi County Police Department and included NCMEC’s 24-hour call center number. The State of Hawaiʻi’s Missing Child Center also listed Vivianna Arsenault as a missing and endangered female child from Hawaiʻi Island, with a missing-since date of January 11, 2026.
The known public record describes a case marked by urgency, concern, and uncertainty: a Kailua-Kona teenager was found once after a prior runaway report, then disappeared again the following day; police considered her endangered because of a medical condition; and multiple official or missing-child sources continued to ask for help in locating her. In overview, Vivianna Arsenault’s case began with a late-December runaway report, briefly shifted toward relief when she was found in good health on January 10, 2026, and then became active again when she was last seen the evening of January 11, 2026, on Hulikoa Street in Kailua-Kona, leaving investigators and the public focused on the same compassionate goal: finding Vivianna and making sure she was safe.Last Seen: Jan 11, 2026
