The adoptive parents of Isabella Kalua were arrested for murder in connection with her disappearance. Let’s learn more facts about Isabella missing updates.
Isabella Kalua is a missing girl from Waimanalo.
She was only six years old when she was reported missing from Waimanalo’s home on September 13, 2021.
Isabella had two serious injuries investigated by Child Welfare Services in the past two years.
She had a broken finger in the first incident, in October 2019. Her family said her hand was slammed in a door.
Furthermore, Kalua suffered a broken leg Just four months later, in January 2020, and was taken to the ER. The family said she was injured on a trampoline.
Police and FBI agents reportedly raided the home of the adoptive family of Isabella Kalua in Waimanalo early Wednesday morning. This is a developing story. https://t.co/8gZhGaLSpT
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Isabella Kalua: Missing Update
She was reported missing on September 13, 2021.
After the couple reported Kalua missing on Sept. 13, HPD and Honolulu FBI personnel conducted an intensive, 8-day search for the child with the help of hundreds of volunteers from the community.
The investigation continued over the past two months, in which HPD investigators collected hours of surveillance footage from neighbors and nearby businesses.
Police have not said what evidence or information they uncovered that ultimately led to the raid and the arrests.
Police have believed: the girl may have been killed a month before her parents reported her disappearance.
However, Isabella’s body has not been found, and the cause of her death is still under investigation.
Exclusive: Lehua Kalua was brought out of her Waimanalo home in handcuffs after HPD’s SSD unit went in this morning, guns drawn and using flash bangs. Kalua is the adoptive mother of missing 6-ye old Isabella Ariel #HawaiiNewsNow pic.twitter.com/epoeJGRY7q
— Lynn Kawano (@LynnKawano) November 10, 2021
Isabella Kalua Parents: Who Are Lehua & Isaac Kalua Waimanalo?
Lehua Kalua and Isaac Kalua are the adoptive parents of six years old Isabella Kalua.
The man police identify as Kalua’s adoptive father, Isaac Kalua, has a criminal past.
Furthermore, he was convicted 20 years ago on three counts of terroristic threatening and assault. He was sentenced to 5 years probation.
According to police, some of Kalua’s four siblings were taken in under Child Welfare Services (CWS).
Police released these mugshots of Isaac and Lehua Kalua, the adoptive parents of missing 6-year-old Isabella “Ariel.” The two were arrested for murder today following a police raid of their home.
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— Hawaii News Now (@HawaiiNewsNow) November 11, 2021
Isabella Kalua Parents Arrest Charges
Lehua Kalua and Isaac Kalua have been arrested for murder, the Honolulu Police Department announced Wednesday.
Police have reported that Ariel was murdered sometime in the middle of August 2021 by her adoptive parents Lehua and Isaac Kalua.
Isaac and Lehua are being held without bail and are scheduled to make their first court appearance on Friday.
Investigators said they are still looking for information and witnesses to come forward.
Furthermore, police say they are looking for anyone who had contact with Isabella or the Kalua family between August and September.
#Breakingnews Honolulu police announce the arrest and second degree murder charges of adoptive parents connect to the disappearance of six-year-old girl Isabella Kalua from Waimanalo. #HonoluluPD pic.twitter.com/akNWsOPxlv
— Max Rodriguez (@maxrrrod) November 11, 2021