HI ISABELLA KALUA: Missing from Waimanalo, HI - 12 Sept 2021 - Age 6 *ARREST*

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CrimeSpotter: HPD searching for missing six-year-old Isabella Kalua

She was last seen in her room at her Waimanalo home on Sunday, Sept. 12. at around 9 pm.
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CrimeSpotter: HPD searching for missing six-year-old Isabella Kalua​

CrimeStoppers and the Honolulu Police Department (HPD) are seeking the public’s assistance in locating missing six-year-old Isabella Kalua.

She was last seen in her room at her Waimanalo home on Sunday, Sept. 12. at around 9 pm.

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‘We need all of Hawaii’: Police encourage community to rally together to locate 6-year-old girl in Waimanalo

CrimeStoppers and the Honolulu Police Department are seeking the public’s help in locating 6-year-old Isabella Kalua who went missing from her home on Puha St. in Waimanalo on Sunday, Sept. 1…
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‘We need all of Hawaii’: Police encourage community to rally together to locate 6-year-old girl in Waimanalo​

CrimeStoppers and the Honolulu Police Department are seeking the public’s help in locating 6-year-old Isabella Kalua who went missing from her home on Puha St. in Waimanalo on Sunday, Sept. 12.

“We need all of Hawaii. Please rally together in helping us bring her home,” Sgt. Chris Kim of CrimeStoppers said on Monday.

Kalua was last seen sleeping in her room at approximately 9 p.m. Sunday. She was wearing a black hoodie, black leggings, colorful socks and Nike slides with pink bottoms.

A family member said Isabella and her three siblings were recently adopted by the family. The family member told KHON 2 News Child Protective Services took the siblings from the home as the search for Isabella continues.

Police have opened a missing person case. There is no Maile Amber Alert due to certain criteria not being met.

“I think it’s fair to say that until she’s recovered, HPD is not going to stop looking for her,” Kim said.


MEDIA - ISABELLA KALUA: Missing from Waimanalo, HI since 12 Sept 2021 - Age 6
 
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Police say Isabella Kalua was killed a month before adoptive parents reported her missing | Honolulu Star-Advertiser

Honolulu police say that the adoptive parents of 6-year-old Isabella Kalua, also known as Ariel Sellers, killed her sometime around mid-August and reported her missing a month later.
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Missing Waimanalo girl Isabella Kalua’s adoptive parents arrested on suspicion of second-degree murder​

The adoptive mother and father of missing Waimanalo girl Isabella Kalua were arrested for suspicion of second-degree murder today, as part of an FBI and Honolulu police investigation into the child’s disappearance.

According to Honolulu police arrest logs, Lehua Kalua, 43, was arrested at 7:30 a.m. at 41-610 Puha St. during an FBI and police raid of her Waimanalo home.

Her husband, Isaac K. Kalua III, 52, was arrested 7:10 a.m. on suspicion of second-degree murder in Building 167 at Pearl Harbor where he works.


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Police release details on the disappearance of Isabella Kalua following the arrest of her adoptive parents

It’s a case that drew national attention and encouraged the community to rally together to find Isabella, who was then six years old.
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Police release details on the disappearance of Isabella Kalua following the arrest of her adoptive parents​

The Honolulu Police Department (HPD) have arrested the adoptive parents of Isabella Kalua in connection with her disappearance. It’s been nearly two months since Isabella — also known as Ariel Sellers — has been missing. It’s a case that drew national attention and encouraged the community to rally together to find Isabella, who was then six years old.

HPD and FBI were seen early Wednesday morning at their home on Puha Street in Waimanalo where they arrested Isabella’s adoptive mom, 43-year-old Lehua Kalua, on suspicion of second-degree murder. Her adoptive dad, 52-year-old Isaac Kalua, was arrested at Building 167 at Pearl Harbor, also on suspicion of second-degree murder. They are being held without bail.

During a news conference on Wednesday, police said they believe Isabella was murdered some time in August, a month before her adoptive parents reported her missing. Her remains have not been recovered, but police believe her adoptive parents are responsible. At this point, there are no other suspects.


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This case had all of the hints and signs pointing in that direction I think. Kudos to them on such a quick arrest. Adoption in this country and how some are getting these kids needs to really be looked at. Another one is the Orson and Orrin West case... In no way, shape or form should those two have been given more kids they did not have enough room or time for the ones they had... Money, money, money. Anyone will do I guess...

Maybe there is different evidence and they are different cases but now let's see Bakersfield do what Hawaii did here in a lot shorter order... Pulling a child out of their home for reason is one thing BUT if they are not going somewhere better then something is really wrong and WHY do it... Just my opinion.
 
GrandmaBear said:
This case had all of the hints and signs pointing in that direction I think. Kudos to them on such a quick arrest. Adoption in this country and how some are getting these kids needs to really be looked at. Another one is the Orson and Orrin West case... In no way, shape or form should those two have been given more kids they did not have enough room or time for the ones they had... Money, money, money. Anyone will do I guess...

Maybe there is different evidence and they are different cases but now let's see Bakersfield do what Hawaii did here in a lot shorter order... Pulling a child out of their home for reason is one thing BUT if they are not going somewhere better then something is really wrong and WHY do it... Just my opinion.
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I think that if anyone looked at numbers we would find far more biological parents/stepparents/SOs abusing children than adoptive parents.

I would like to know, however, how they made it through their home study. You would think there would have been some red flags.

It's a complicated situation.
 
Guess Who said:
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Court documents reveal horrific allegations against adoptive parents charged with murdering girl

In a court hearing Friday morning, a judge agreed with prosecutors that the two should be held behind bars without bail.
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I was just debating whether I wanted to read this or not and then read the first line and think just following the comments will probably be more than enough for me. @#$!%#*&%%^@% FRY THEM!

This country needs to FIX this problem. I'm sorry but kids might as well stay in a home with bio parents that may be borderline bad if they are going to be given to foster or adoptive parents that are not vetted nor should have ever been considered for placement in the first place!!
 
RoundPeg said:
I think that if anyone looked at numbers we would find far more biological parents/stepparents/SOs abusing children than adoptive parents.

I would like to know, however, how they made it through their home study. You would think there would have been some red flags.

It's a complicated situation.
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I don't disagree and I certainly don't mean all adoptive parents are bad either.

No doubt we see more bio parents that murder their children but these adoptive or foster ones are far from uncommon and seem to be becoming more so by the day. I have seen quite a number of them.

I don't think money should be an incentive in fostering or adopting. EVER. Also, background checks and checks on children in such are seems to be almost a thing of the past...

I am not even going to read the details in this one with what they filed, I don't want to know nor need more than seeing that first line about a cage, tape, etc.

Poor child.
 
GrandmaBear said:
I don't disagree and I certainly don't mean all adoptive parents are bad either.

No doubt we see more bio parents that murder their children but these adoptive or foster ones are far from uncommon and seem to be becoming more so by the day. I have seen quite a number of them.

I don't think money should be an incentive in fostering or adopting. EVER. Also, background checks and checks on children in such are seems to be almost a thing of the past...

I am not even going to read the details in this one with what they filed, I don't want to know nor need more than seeing that first line about a cage, tape, etc.

Poor child.
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i am by far not against incentives to get the kids out of foster care, but do believe there needs to be a LOT more accountability that goes along with it- like maybe a trust fund type thing where it has to be requested and what it's being requested for and receipts must be given. Home studies for the entire underage years.
 
Guess Who said:
i am by far not against incentives to get the kids out of foster care, but do believe there needs to be a LOT more accountability that goes along with it- like maybe a trust fund type thing where it has to be requested and what it's being requested for and receipts must be given. Home studies for the entire underage years.
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Probably not far apart in our thoughts then. I get it is more mouths to feed, etc. but giving actual dollars to adopt or something, I disagree with. If government does anything, ensure that child's needs are taken care of but you don't have to hand the parents the access to the cash or check or whatever and then let's make it something they can't trade or use for anything but the care for that child's needs in the case of adoption and fostering at least.

Along with that though, you don't adopt to people who are NOT fit and have red flags. I do get this is often in cases where the child has some issues and it is not like childless couples of years ago who could not conceive and couldn't get a perfect, healthy young infant, this is different.

This couple had red flags or should have.... In the Orson and Orrin West case, my God, how can they give those two that many kids to add to a household and they at one time were in a two bedroom apartment, had no verifiable income in life ever basically other than money and benefits for taking kids in, had their own bio children, etc.... And the adoption too seemed to proceed far too fast compared to normal... There are SERIOUS questions there imo.

Look at the two ladies who killed their adopted children or the one killed her partner and the children driving off a cliff in California. It was all about the money... And oh boy did they put on an image...

Like anything I guess when you involve bureaucracy, and agencies....
 
Oh and Florida has a contracted foster agency being investigated. The way things are just breeds this and makes the field ripe for it... Attracts the wrong types...
 
GrandmaBear said:
Oh and Florida has a contracted foster agency being investigated. The way things are just breeds this and makes the field ripe for it... Attracts the wrong types...
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I know a couple who were foster parents here in Oregon and have been foster parents in California. They finally had to give it up because they weren’t allowed to discipline the children at all. It’s like they sway the pendulum one way or the other. And the kids are more and more difficult to handle that come into foster care. There’s problems on all sides. And so if you get people who are less patience than others, I can see these kinds of things happening. It sucks.
 
Kimster said:
I know a couple who were foster parents here in Oregon and have been foster parents in California. They finally had to give it up because they weren’t allowed to discipline the children at all. It’s like they sway the pendulum one way or the other. And the kids are more and more difficult to handle that come into foster care. There’s problems on all sides. And so if you get people who are less patience than others, I can see these kinds of things happening. It sucks.
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For sure. Many things contribute and it's not a simple problem and no simple solution will fix it imho anyhow. There are good and there are bad no doubt. I do think adding to it is many of the children now do have issues and are hard to adopt out without incentivizing it. That's just one of many issues though imo.

The discipline thing I think back to teachers. We had some very mean very out of line teachers through the years when they could somewhat do as they pleased as an authority figure. You do have one side of the pendulum or the other... Because now we have teachers who basically can't discipline at all and there is no way to control children... It's too bad in the case you mention that there are what are probably decent families that do try to take in kids but they can't do it due to the b.s. either and give up.

As to fostering and adopting, it is clear the vetting process is either not there or failing in many of these cases OR the criteria is far more relaxed maybe and shouldn't be?

Not to get into politics but some years back, government incentivized adoption and this came up more than once in the Orson and Orrin Wells case in discussions and people commenting and researching, etc. States and agencies get some big extra money each year but they have to adopt out more children each year than the year before. How do you do that? You might not have enough children or adoptive parents, right THERE is a problem with such a program/funding, etc.
Well, I believe in logic or common sense and what is going to happen and did happen in that case? Rushing adoptions, turning a blind eye to maybe something not perfect about an adoptive family, etc., maybe judging some issues in the bio family more quickly or harshly than previously would have been done to adopt out more children... If one wants to imagine an even worse scenario, instead of trying to reunite children and work with the bio families, some may take children over issues that formerly maybe would require work by the parents to get them back prior to ever adopting them out... Or at least the bio parents would have a right to be represented and present a case first and defend... Let me tell you, you can go through court without one side ever being able to present a fact or maybe it's that the attorney for one side never represents them as they should.... It shocks a person but it's true... Imho.

I don't know, I just know these are not the adoptions of old and the system of old... To complicate it further, states and counties have their own systems and some are county and in other places, they contract with private agencies, etc. The system is ripe for abuse imo.

More a general commenting on this issue and for these kinds of cases and I certainly don't know it all but I have really looked into this back in time a bit and many did over a few of these cases. It is also hard to find info on it and of course, the agencies and children's records seem almost never to get addressed, or at least not openly for the public to see that something is being done and the problem addressed...

Sorry, children cases get me hot. I am not reading the details of what they did to this child in this one. It's too much a mess to even cover it all in a comment so one can imagine the mess it would be to fix. All I know is there is no simple fix.
 
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Biological family of Isabella 'Ariel' Kalua considering legal action against state

Legal action against the state over alleged incompetencies is being considered by the biological family of Isabella
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Biological family of Isabella 'Ariel' Kalua considering legal action against state​

The biological family of Isabella “Ariel” Kalua continue their pursuit for answers, and now they say they could take legal action against the state for its failure to keep her safe.

The family says they are basing the possible legal action due to alleged incompetencies. Police say Isabella died at the hands of her adoptive parents sometime in August 2021.

In an exclusive interview on Monday with KITV4, the little girl's biological aunt, Lana Idao, said there are still a lot of questions about why Isabella was placed with the family. Idao said right now "all options are on the table" to get justice for the young girl.

"We'll keep fighting and never let her name of her be put back into a corner, to make sure we learn from this and we carry it out for her. To make sure no other children go through the same thing she went through," said Idao.
 
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Oahu grand jury indicts adoptive parents of Isabella Kalua on murder charges | Honolulu Star-Advertiser

An Oahu grand jury has indicted 6-year-old Isabella Kalua’s adoptive parents on second-degree murder and related charges in her death, City Prosecutor Steve Alm announced this afternoon.
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Oahu grand jury indicts adoptive parents of Isabella Kalua on murder charges​

An Oahu grand jury has indicted 6-year-old Isabella Kalua’s adoptive parents on second-degree murder and related charges in her death, City Prosecutor Steve Alm announced this afternoon.

Alm said that if convicted, his office will take the rare step of seeking an extended term for Lehua and Isaac Kalua, which would mean life without the possibility of parole.

He said the facts of the case are so heinous in nature, and the law does allow for such a measure because Isabella, known to her adoptive and biological families by her birth name Ariel, was under the age of 9 when she was allegedly murdered.


Lehua Kalua was indicted and charged with:

One count of second-degree murder;
One count of hindering prosecution;
Two counts of abuse of a family member;
Two counts of “persistent nonsupport”; and
Two counts of endangering the welfare of a minor
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Isaac Kalua faces:

One count of second-degree murder;
One count of hindering prosecution;
Two counts of “persistent nonsupport”; and
Two counts of endangering the welfare of a minor
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Isabella Kalua’s adoptive parents plead not guilty, trial set for January

The adoptive parents of missing Waimanalo girl Isabella Kalua pled not guilty to second degree murder on Monday morning, via their lawyer.
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Isabella Kalua’s adoptive parents plead not guilty, trial set for January​

The adoptive parents of missing Waimanalo girl Isabella Kalua pled not guilty to second degree murder on Monday morning, via their lawyer.

Isaac Kalua, 52, and Lehua Kalua, 43, appeared virtually for their arraignment but did not speak.

Bond has not been set and the couple remain in custody.

Their trial is set to start the week of Jan. 31, 2022. If convicted, the couple could face life in prison without the possibility of parole.
 
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A second witness said a photo album with pictures of Isabella was found a week ago at the dump and was turned into police.

Jamie Kumai, Isabella’s biological aunt, said she did hear about the photo album.

“We don’t know too much information about it,” she explained. “All we know is it is in police custody.”
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I see that as someone very close to her. One, Who would else would have it?. And two, That seems like someone was trying to erase her ever existing.
 
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Isabella Kalua memorial vandalized in Waimanalo

A makeshift memorial made for 7-year-old Isabella “Ariel” Kalua was found vandalized in Waimanalo.
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Isabella’s biological family is asking the community to help find the culprit. The vandal or vandals ripped down several mementos and tokens from a fence adorned in memory of the missing girl outside her Waimanalo home.

Isabella's biological aunt, Lana Idao, told KITV4 she was notified about the incident early Monday morning.

“Somebody came down and destroyed the fence line took everything down. Ripped it down,” Idao said.
 
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Murder trial of Isabella ‘Ariel’ Kalua’s foster parents gets delayed

The Kaluas are accused of locking their 6-year-old adopted daughter in a dog cage and killing her.
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Isaac and Lehua Kalua will not be back in court until May due to the latest COVID surge — which has impacted jury trials across the state.

Their trial was originally scheduled for the end of January.
 
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