Police detectives have identified a man whose body was found Saturday on a cliff side at MacKenzie State Recreation Area in lower Puna as 76-year-old Michael Rosenbaum of Pahoa.
Rosenbaum had been reported as a missing person on July 24, and was reportedly last seen alive on July 22, in Pahoa town.
An autopsy said Rosenbaum was killed by a gunshot to the head, and a second-degree murder investigation has been opened.
Police ask anyone who may have information relative to this investigation or who may have seen Rosenbaum between July 22 and 24, to call the department’s non-emergency number at 935-3311, or to contact Detective Jeremy Kubojiri at 961-2378 or email jeremy.kubojiri@hawaiicounty.gov or Lieutenant Rio Amon-Wilkins at 961-2252 or email rio.amon-wilkins@hawaiicounty.gov.
Those who prefer to remain anonymous may call Crime Stoppers at 961-8300.