Hawaiʻi Police Department
South Kohala District
Sergeant Jason Berryhill
Phone: 887-3080
Report No. C15021443
Media Release
A Chinese national apparently drowned Wednesday (July 22) at a Waikoloa resort.
South Kohala police officers responded to a 12:36 p.m. report of a possible drowning at a resort on the 69-400 block of Waikoloa Beach Drive and found a man unconscious on the shore with medics attempting cardio-pulmonary resuscitation. The medics were unable to revive him. He was pronounced dead at the scene at 1:30 p.m.
He has been identified as 44-year-old Cong Guo of Shanghai, China.
An autopsy has been ordered to determine the exact cause of death.