Hawaiʻi Police Department
Criminal Investigations Section, Area I
Lieutenant Gregory Esteban
Phone: 961-2252
Report No. C16008935
Media Release (update No. 2)
Hawaiʻi Island police are renewing their request for information about a body that was discovered in Waipio Valley on March 3.
The victim has been identified as 49-year-old Thaine Ulysses Lucifer Price of Honokaʻa.
The case is classified as a murder. Detectives from the Area I Criminal Investigation Section are continuing the investigation.
Police ask anyone with information about this case to call the Police Department’s non-emergency line at 935-3311 or contact either Detective Todd Pataray at 961-2382 or todd.pataray@hawaiicounty.gov, or Detective Robert Almeida at 961-2386 or robert.almeida@hawaiicounty.gov.
Tipsters who prefer to remain anonymous may call the islandwide Crime Stoppers number at 961-8300 and may be eligible for a reward of up to $1,000. Crime Stoppers is a volunteer program run by ordinary citizens who want to keep their community safe. Crime Stoppers doesn’t record calls or subscribe to caller ID. Crime Stoppers information is kept confidential.