Hawaii Island police are investigating a suspicious death after a body burnt beyond recognition was found in a truck in a remote Puna subdivision.
At approximately 10 a.m. Monday, police and fire units responded to a vehicle engulfed in flames, located on a side road off 39th Avenue near Pohaku Drive in the Orchidland subdivision. After dousing the flames, firefighters observed burnt human remains within the vehicle. Investigators were unable to immediately identify if the remains were male or female.
Police have reason to suspect that this incident is related to evidence located at another property on 39th avenue, near Auli‘i 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 nonemergency line at 935-3311 or Detective Kayne Keli‘i at 961-2378 or Kayne.kelii@hawaiicounty.gov.