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Hawaii County police announced Thursday they have identified a homicide victim found in 2003 as Hawaii island resident Bradley Elmer Bussewitz.
Police said a technology called New Generation, developed by the FBI, was used to identify Bussewitz through his fingerprints.
A hunter looking for a missing dog discovered the man’s body Nov. 2, 2003, near the 12-mile marker on Saddle Road, now known as Daniel K. Inouye Highway.
Detectives recovered the remains, which were badly decomposed.
An autopsy on the remains determined the man died from blunt force trauma. His death was ruled a homicide.
Detectives are continuing to investigate his death and are asking for witnesses or motorists who may have seen Bussewitz, who was 47 at the time, hitchhiking on Kaumana Drive or Saddle Road on or about Nov. 2, 2003.
Police said Bussewitz stood 6 feet 1 inch tall, had a slim build and was wearing a green aloha shirt and a pair of brown swim trunks with red pockets.
Bussewitz may have lived on Maui prior to living on Hawaii island. He drove an early-model Chevy Lumina van and rode a bicycle, police said.
Anyone with information is asked to call police at 935-3311 or contact Detective Derek Morimoto at 961-2380 or derek.morimoto@hawaiicounty.gov.
