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image of the scene at 39th Avenue off Auliʻi Drive from video by Daryl Lee

Murder Investigated After Orchidland Car Fire, Christmas Day
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by Big Island Video News
on Dec 25, 2017 at 5:06 pm

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STORY SUMMARY

PUNA, Hawaii - Hawaiʻi Island police are investigating a suspicious death after a body, burnt beyond recognition, was found within a truck in a remote Puna subdivision.

Police on the scene in a remote area by 39th and Kehaulani in Orchidland, where the burned car was located. Image from video by Daryl Lee.

(BIVN) – Hawaiʻi Island police are investigating a suspicious death after a body, burnt beyond recognition, was found within a truck in a Puna’s Orchidland subdivision on Christmas Day.

According to a police media release:

Hawai‘i County Police Department
on Dec. 25, 2017

At approximately 10:00 a.m. Monday morning (December 25), police and fire units responded to a side road off 39th Avenue near Pōhaku Drive in the Orchidland subdivision to a reported vehicle engulfed in flames. After dousing the flames, firefighters observed burnt human remains within the vehicle. Investigators were unable to immediately identify if the remains are that of male or female.

Police have reason to suspect that this incident is related to evidence located at another property, also on 39th avenue, but near Auliʻi Drive.

Detectives with the Area I Criminal Investigation Section are continuing this investigation, which has been classified as a murder.

Anyone who may have information about this incident is asked to call the Police Department’s non-emergency line at (808) 935-3311 or Detective Kayne Keliʻi at (808) 961-2378 or Kayne.kelii@hawaiicounty.gov.


Filed Under: Breaking Tagged With: Orchidland

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