Police on Sunday morning arrested a man on suspicion of second-degree murder of a woman inside his Molokai home.

Offering few details, the Maui Police Department said 911 dispatchers received a call at 5:46 p.m. Saturday from a male about a possible murder at his residence.

While responding officers found the lifeless body of a female in the home, the man was nowhere to be found, police said.

However, at 6 this morning, the man returned to his residence and was placed under arrest, police said, adding that the investigation is continuing.