Hawaii island police are now investigating a missing person case from May as a murder-suicide.

Shortly before 4 p.m. on May 23, members of the Area I Criminal Investigation Division executed a search warrant on a home on the 15-2000 block of 15th Avenue in Keaau in relation to an ongoing missing person investigation involving 38-year-old Ashley Michelle Kuregian.

She had been reported as a missing person by her boyfriend, Matthew Adrian Poole, on May 21.

Upon arrival at the residence, police officers heard a loud “pop” from within the residence. Upon entry into the residence, officers found the body of a deceased man with an apparent self-inflicted gunshot wound. A firearm was also found.

Police identified the deceased male as 38-year-old Poole of Keaau. An autopsy was performed on Poole on May 24 when it was confirmed that he died from a self-inflicted gunshot wound to the head.

During the search of the residence, police discovered information that led them to conduct a check for Kuregian’s body in the Orchidland Estates Subdivision.

Later that evening on May 23 at about 7 p.m., officers discovered a body found to be in advanced stages of decomposition. The human remains were found on a vacant undeveloped property on the 16-200 block of 36th Avenue in Keaau.

A follow-up examination of the remains was performed Friday when Kuregian’s identity was confirmed and it was determined that she died from a single gunshot wound to the head.

Her death was ruled as a homicide.