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Hawaii Island police have initiated a coroner’s inquest case after a body was found Friday morning under a bridge along the Hamakua Coast.
In response to a 9:10 a.m. call, officers located a man’s lifeless body at the bottom of the Nanue Bridge in the Umauma area, near mile marker 18 on Highway 19, the Hawaii Police Department said. Detectives from the Area I Criminal Investigations Section are continuing the investigation.
Anyone with any information about this case should call the department’s nonemergency line at 935-3311. Those who prefer to remain anonymous may call the islandwide Crime Stoppers number at 961-8300. All Crime Stoppers information is kept confidential.