The search for two teens missing on Oahu’s North Shore has officially been suspended. Get Hawaii’s latest morning news delivered to your inbox, sign up for News 2 You 17-year-old Samantha Chun and 18-year-old Joey Fujioka were last seen Friday night and were reported missing after they failed to return home by Saturday.
A multiagency search was suspended Tuesday after four days of searching for two Mililani teens who went missing on Oahu’s North Shore. Samantha Chun, 17, and Joseph “Joey” Fujioka, 18, were reported missing after they failed to return home Friday night.
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HONOLULU (Island News) -- First responders resumed their search Sunday morning for 17-year old Samantha Chun and 18-year old Joseph Fujioka. They were last seen at a Mililani convenience store on Friday. Their belongings were found at Ke iki beach on the North Shore of Oahu Saturday morning.
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A multiagency search entered its fourth day Tuesday with no sign of two Mililani teens who went missing on Oahu’s North Shore. Hawaii News Now is live streaming an update from the North Shore at 2 p.m.