Hawaiʻi Police Department
Criminal Investigations Section, Area I
Lieutenant Gregory Esteban
Phone: 961-2252
Report No. C16021901
Media Release (update)
An autopsy was conducted Tuesday (August 23) on the body of a man found floating off the Hāmākua Coast on August 16.
The cause of death was determined to be drowning.
The man was identified Thursday evening (August 18) as 28-year-old Adam Hartzog, who had no permanent address but frequented the Hilo area.