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Search to resume today for 2 missing teens off Oahu’s North Shore

COURTESY PHOTO / CRIMESTOPPERS
                                Samantha Chun, left, and Joseph Fujioka.

COURTESY PHOTO / CRIMESTOPPERS

Samantha Chun, left, and Joseph Fujioka.

The search for two missing teens off Oahu’s North Shore continued on Monday without success.

Honolulu Ocean Safety said this evening it will resume the search with its partners today. The surf is expected to be smaller than in previous days.

The teens — Samantha Chun, 17, and Joey Fujioka, 18 – were last seen Friday night at a Mililani convenience store, according to Honolulu police, but family later found their personal belongings Saturday morning at Ke Iki Beach.

A search has been ongoing since Saturday morning by multiple agencies, including the U.S. Coast Guard, the Honolulu Fire Department, Ocean Safety and others.

Ocean Safety deployed Jet Ski crews, lifeguards on an ATV and mobile lieutenants in the search today.

HFD, which responded to a 911 call Saturday at about 10:45 a.m., said the department coordinated a search by land, air and ocean, along with Ocean Safety and the U.S. Coast Guard.

Search operations were suspended Saturday, Sunday and Monday at sunset due to darkness, but are scheduled to resume at first light today.

HFD Battalion Chief Robert Thurston told the Honolulu Star-Advertiser on Sunday that its policy is to search for three full days unless the department receives new information or there’s a reason for the fire chief to extend the search.

That determination will be made on Tuesday, which would be considered the third full day of searching.

Honolulu CrimeStoppers also has issued a bulletin with photos and descriptions of the missing teens.

Chun is described as 5-foot, 3-inches tall and about 125 pounds with brown hair and brown eyes. Fujioka is described as 5-foot, 10-inches tall and about 180 pounds with brown hair and brown eyes.

Anyone with information is asked to call CrimeStoppers at 808-955-8300. Anonymous web tips can submitted to honolulucrimestoppers.org or via the P3 Tips app.

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