HI HI - Richard Vierra, 15, Waianae, 5 July 2014

CrimeStoppers and the Honolulu Police Department are searching for a 15-year-old boy who has been missing since Saturday morning. Officials say Richard Vierra Jr. went hiking alone on Saturday at 6:30 a.m., in the trails near his home on Ala Akau Street in Waianae. Vierra called his mother at approximately 11:30 a.m., to say he was coming down, but has not been seen or heard from since.

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Jenkins said firefighters called off the mountain search about 4:30 p.m. Saturday after authorities received information that a cell phone tower received a ping from the boy's cell phone near Pokai Bay. Police searching in that area, but the boy was not found, Jenkins said.

Sunday morning, authorities followed up with cell phone company officials, who said it was possible the boy was still in the mountains and the tower received a ping because the boy was in a position where his cell phone's signal reached the tower...

Firefighters scoured the trail where the boy was supposed to be, calling out to him and looking into crevices and over trail edges in case he fell and was injured, Jenkins said. Firefighters completed searching the area and will began Monday by interviewing the boy's mother again for other areas to check.

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