10-14-21 (Update) Puna Electrocution Victim Identified

By Denise Laitinen | Published: October 14, 2021

Hawai‘i Police Department
Criminal Investigation Section – Area I
Lieutenant Rio S. Amon-Wilkins
Phone: (808) 961-2252
Report No.: 21-086052

Media Release

Hawai‘i Island police have identified the woman who was electrocuted and died in Hawaiian Beaches on Tuesday evening, October 12, 2021, as 58-year-old Cindy Lehuanani Gonsalves-Pascual, of Pahoa.

An autopsy was performed on Wednesday morning, October 13, and concluded Gonsalves-Pascual died as a result of severe electrocution injuries, and the manner of death was ruled accidental.

Detectives with the Area I Criminal Investigation Section are continuing this investigation, which is classified as a public accident and coroner’s inquest.

Police ask anyone who may have been in the area and witnessed this incident or has information to call the police department’s non-emergency line at (808) 935-3311 or Detective Clarence Davies at (808) 961-2382 or clarence.davies@hawaiicounty.gov.

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