Police ID Human Remains Discovered in Puna

Hawai‘i Police have identified the male victim whose body was found buried in a shallow grave in the Aloha Estates subdivision of Puna, as 34-year-old Andrew Cawley.

Cawley was discovered on Jan. 5, shortly after 2 p.m. Puna Patrol officers responded to the area of Road 16 in Aloha Estates after receiving a report that area residents had located buried human remains.

Due to the victim’s stage of decomposition, positive identification was made by comparison of dental records.

The Area I Criminal Investigation Section is continuing this investigation which is classified as a second-degree murder.

Police ask that anyone who may have information relative to this investigation to call the police department’s non-emergency number at 808-935-3311, or Detective Jeremy Kubojiri of the Area I Criminal Investigation Section at 808-961-2378 or email jeremy.kubojiri@hawaiicounty.gov. Or they can call Lt. Rio Amon-Wilkins of the Area I Criminal Investigation Section at 808-961-2252 or email rio.amon-wilkins@hawaiicounty.gov.