Big Island police say a Holualoa man found dead Sunday in a Captain Cook coffee field was murdered.
Big Island police say a Holualoa man found dead Sunday in a Captain Cook coffee field was murdered.
Dolores Borja Valle, 69, was identified through fingerprints Tuesday morning, according to the Hawaii Police Department. An autopsy conducted Tuesday determined Valle died from sharp and blunt force trauma to the head and that the manner of death was homicide.
Detectives from the Area II Criminal Investigations Section have reclassified the case to murder and are continuing the investigation.
At 7:22 a.m. Sunday, Kona Patrol officers responded to a report of a body lying in a coffee field off Keopuka Mauka Road. The body was officially pronounced dead at Kona Community Hospital at 3:50 p.m. Sunday.
Anyone who has any information about this case should call the department’s nonemergency line at 935-3311 or contact Detective Walter Ah Mow at 326-4646, ext. 238, or walter.ahmow@hawaiicounty.gov, or Detective David Matsushima at 326-4646, ext. 228, or david.matsushima@hawaiicounty.gov.
Those who prefer to remain anonymous may call the islandwide Crime Stoppers number at 961-8300 and may be eligible for a reward of up to $1,000. All Crime Stoppers information is kept confidential.