Hawaii island police find body in Hilo's Wailoa River
Aug. 5—The body of a 64-year-old Hilo man was discovered in the water at the edge of Wailoa River in Hilo this morning, the Hawaii Police Departmen...
Aug. 5—The body of a 64-year-old Hilo man was discovered in the water at the edge of Wailoa River in Hilo this morning, the Hawaii Police Department reported. Shortly after 9:00 a.m., South Hilo patrol officers, Hawaii Fire Department personnel and state Department of Land and Natural Resources Division of Conservation and Resources Enforcement (DOCARE) officers responded to the scene after receiving a report of a body found in shallow water near the river's edge, HPD said. First responders found the body between the Kamehameha Statue and the Ironworks Building, just upstream from the Wailoa Small Boat Harbor, and were able to extract the body from the water.