Hawaiʻi Police Department
Criminal Investigations Section, Area II
Lieutenant Gerald Wike
Phone: 326-4646, Ext. 266
Report No. C14006656
Media Release (update)
An autopsy was conducted Wednesday (March 12) on human remains found in South Kohala on Monday.
The medical examiner determined the cause of death was blunt force trauma to the head and the manner of death was homicide.
Detectives from the Area II Criminal Investigations Section have reclassified the case from a coroner’s inquest to a murder. They are attempting to identify the victim through forensics.
Detectives located the human remains at approximately 5:30 p.m. Monday (March 10) on vacant land between Queen Kaʻahumanu Highway and Puakō Beach Drive.