A 49-year-old man whose body was found in his Chinatown apartment late last year was strangled, the Honolulu Medical Examiner’s Office said Tuesday.

Hoang Van Nguyen was suffocated due to compression of his neck, the Medical Examiner’s Office said. The manner of his death was ruled a homicide.

Police opened a second-degree murder investigation after Nguyen’s body was found in his North Hotel Street apartment on Dec. 29. Police said he had been seen alive down the street from his apartment two days earlier.

His car, a 2007 Toyota Camry, was also reported missing, and police recovered it in Pearl City on Jan. 7. A man found sleeping in the car was arrested for an outstanding warrant, but not in connection with the murder.

Friends said Nguyen worked part time at Bac Nam Vietnamese Restaurant as a cook’s helper.

The case is still under investigation.

Father, 83, arrested for assaulting son, 48

An 83-year-old Kunia Camp man was arrested Tuesday for assaulting his 48-year-old son and causing substantial injuries, police said.

The two were arguing at about 8 p.m. Tuesday when the argument escalated, and the father used a dangerous instrument to injure his son, police said. The son was taken to a hospital for his injuries and was reported in good condition.

Police arrested the father at his Third Street home around 10:10 p.m. for investigation of second-degree assault, a Class C felony punishable by up to five years in prison.

Officials identify woman hit, killed by car

The Honolulu Medical Examiner’s Office on Tuesday identified a 75-year-old Honolulu pedestrian who died after she was hit by a car in March as Rosemarie M. Meyer.

Meyer died of head injuries from the March 4 accident in McCully, the Medical Examiner’s Office said.

Meyer was hit while walking on South King Street near Hauoli Street at about 7:10 p.m. She was treated by paramedics and taken to a hospital in critical condition. She died later that day.