Police identify body found in Waipio Valley

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Hawaii Island police have identified the body found in Waipio Valley on Sunday as 22-year-old Lindsey Nickerson of Kailua-Kona.

Hawaii Island police have identified the body found in Waipio Valley on Sunday as 22-year-old Lindsey Nickerson of Kailua-Kona.

An autopsy conducted Tuesday bdetermined that she died of asphyxia due to drowning, according to the Hawaii Police Department.

Nickerson was last seen alive Saturday afternoon when she separated from a group of 25 persons during a hike in Waipio Valley.