Hawaiʻi Police Department
Criminal Investigations Section, Area I
Lieutenant Gregory Esteban
Phone: 961-2252
Report No. C16006548
Media Release
Hawaiʻi Island police are investigating the discovery of body in the Honokaʻa District.
At 5:56 p.m. Thursday (March 3), police responded to Waipio Valley after receiving a report of an unresponsive man in a small stream. Responding officers located the victim, who was partially submerged in the stream.
Detectives from the Area I Criminal Investigations Section responded to the area and recovered the body of a Caucasian male. The body was taken to Hilo Medical Center, where he was officially pronounced dead.
The case is currently classified as a coroner’s inquest. An autopsy is scheduled for Friday morning (March 4) to determine the exact cause of death.
Detectives have identified the man but are withholding his identity pending notification of his family.