HONOLULU — A 38-year-old man arrested by Honolulu police in the death of a visitor from Oregon is a Japan-based U.S. Marine on temporary duty assignment in Hawaii, the Marine Corps said Thursday.
HONOLULU — A 38-year-old man arrested by Honolulu police in the death of a visitor from Oregon is a Japan-based U.S. Marine on temporary duty assignment in Hawaii, the Marine Corps said Thursday.
Master Sgt. Nathaniel L. Cosby is an explosive ordnance disposal technician. He’s assigned to Marine Wing Support Squadron-171 in the 1st Marine Aircraft Wing based in Iwakuni, Japan.
Honolulu police arrested Cosby on Wednesday on suspicion of murder in the death of Ivanice “Ivy” Harris of Portland.
Harris was last seen outside a Waikiki bar on May 16, police said. Her body was later found on Oahu’s leeward coast. Authorities haven’t determined her cause of death as the medical examiner’s office is waiting for additional test results.
Harris was vacationing in Hawaii with her boyfriend and a friend to celebrate her 29th birthday, said Andre Miller, a childhood friend acting as her family’s spokesman. He maintains a Facebook page titled, “BRING Ivanice HOME.”
Harris grew up in Oregon and was living in Las Vegas. She was planning to return to Portland, move back home with her mother and attend Mt. Hood Community College, Miller said. “She wanted to change her life,” he said. “She was hoping to settle down and be more family-oriented.”
Harris’ boyfriend and friend don’t recognize Cosby and don’t know if he was at Kelly O’Neil’s, the Waikiki bar where she was last seen, Miller said.