Sonny Kalua and Lehua Kalua are adoptive parents of Isabella Kalua. Get to know about them.
Isabella went missing on Sunday night. Her missing report was filed on Monday by her adoptive parents.
Who Are Isabella Kalua Parents? Melanie Joseph & Lehua Kalua
The adoptive parents of Isabella Kalua are Sonny Kalua and Lehua Kalua. She had only recently been adopted, but she had lived with them for four years with her other three siblings.
Her biological parents are Melanie Joseph and Adam Sellers. The couple gave all of their five children to be taken by the Child Welfare service because they were using drugs.
The Kalua family took four of their children’s custody, whereas the fifth kid lives with a relative. Isabella was named Ariel by her birth mother, but her name was changed after the Kalua family adopted her.
According to Melaine and Adam’s relatives, the duo used to live with relatives in Waimanalo but became homeless. At present, Sellers is in the drug rehabilitation center.
Likewise, the child’s biological mother shared that she saw signs of physical abuse on Isabella when she visited her last year. In addition, the reports stated that Sonny has a history of violent crimes.
He pleaded guilty to one count of first-degree terroristic threatening, two counts of second-degree assault, and one count of attempted second-degree assault.
Missing Isabella Kalua Is Not Found Yet
Isabella Kalua has been missing and is yet to be found. She went missing on Sunday night but her parents realized it on Monday when they did not see her in her room.
She was last seen at around 9 P.M. on Sunday and reported missing on Monday. Since then the search has been going on. On September 13. the police requested all the community members to help them to search for the little girl.
Since then, hundreds of volunteers have shown up and are looking for her. Police are also looking for her day and night through every means possible.
There are posts that people have shared requesting that anyone who sees her or gets any information about her should report to the authorities.
Who is Sonny Kalua Family?
There is no detailed information on the Sonny Kalua family on the Internet. But he and Lehua Kalua are adoptive parents to missing child Isabella, aka Ariel.
One of their friends shared that they have been advised not to talk in the ongoing matter. Thus, there is no news about them as well.