She was reported missing on September 13, 2021.
After the couple reported Kalua missing on Sept. 13, HPD and Honolulu FBI personnel conducted an intensive, 8-day search for the child with the help of hundreds of volunteers from the community.
The investigation continued over the past two months, in which HPD investigators collected hours of surveillance footage from neighbors and nearby businesses.
Police have not said what evidence or information they uncovered that ultimately led to the raid and the arrests.
Police have believed: the girl may have been killed a month before her parents reported her disappearance.
However, Isabella’s body has not been found, and the cause of her death is still under investigation.
Exclusive: Lehua Kalua was brought out of her Waimanalo home in handcuffs after HPD’s SSD unit went in this morning, guns drawn and using flash bangs. Kalua is the adoptive mother of missing 6-ye old Isabella Ariel #HawaiiNewsNow pic.twitter.com/epoeJGRY7q
— Lynn Kawano (@LynnKawano) November 10, 2021
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