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Hawaiʻi Island police are renewing their request for the public’s help in identifying a person whose partially decomposed body was found in a West Hawaiʻi public park last summer. Police hope someone will recognize a two-dimensional facial reconstruction from the skull recovered at the scene.

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Police have identified the set of remains that were found on January 18 off Stainback Highway in Hilo. Shayne Yoshi Kalani Kobayashi, 38, was identified through dental records. Detectives from the Area I Criminal Investigations Section continue to investigate the circumstances surrounding Kobayashi’s death.

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View Keiki Beach in a larger map MEDIA RELEASE Detectives from the Hawai’i Police Department have initiated a coroner’s inquest case in connection with a body found on Keiki Beach located on the south side of Honokōhau Harbor late Friday night (August 7). Kona patrol officers responded to an 11:51 p.m. report of a female […]

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View Larger Map MEDIA RELEASE Detectives from the Hawai’i Police Department have initiated a coroner’s inquest case in connection with a body found on the side of a road in Kailua-Kona early Tuesday (August 4). Kona patrol officers responded to a 4:23 a.m. report of a female body lying on the north side of Manawalea […]

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MEDIA RELEASE Police are asking for the public’s help in providing any information about a body found floating near Hilo Bay on Sunday morning. A fisherman reported finding the body floating near the break wall just outside Hilo Bay shortly before 11 a.m. Fire Department personnel airlifted the body to the Hilo pier. The body appears […]

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MEDIA RELEASE Police are asking for the public’s help in providing any information about a body found along the Puna coast the afternoon of Friday, Dec. 12. A passerby reported finding the body along the shoreline area of Mackenzie State Park. A responding police officer discovered the body of a male Caucasian had multiple gunshot wounds. Police […]

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