Police are trying to determine how a man whose body was found Sunday in Captain Cook died.
Police are trying to determine how a man whose body was found Sunday in Captain Cook died.
At 7:22 a.m. Sunday, Kona patrol officers responded to a report of a body lying in a coffee field off Keopuka Mauka Road. Officers learned that a woman had been walking her dogs when one of them strayed off the roadway to where a man’s body was lying on the ground.
The body had suspicious head injuries, police said. Foul play is suspected and an autopsy has been ordered.
which had suspicious head injuries, was officially pronounced dead at Kona Community Hospital at 3:50 p.m.
Police will attempt to identify the body through fingerprints. The man is described as in his mid-to-late 60s, 5-foot-4, 160 pounds with brown eyes and graying black hair. He was wearing black pants and a gray T-shirt.
Anyone who may know the man’s identity or has any information is asked to call the police Department’s non-emergency line at 935-3311 or contact Detective Walter Ah Mow at 326-4646, ext. 238, or walter.ahmow@hawaiicounty.gov, or Detective David Matsushima at 326-4646, ext. 228, or david.matshshima@hawaiicounty.gov.
Those who prefer anonymity may call Crime Stoppers at 961-8300 and may be eligible for a reward of up to $1,000.