Foul play is suspected by Hawaii island police after a body was found early Tuesday morning in a vehicle on Daniel K. Inouye Highway, formerly known as Hawaii Saddle Road.
Police said the body may be connected to a shooting in Waiakea Uka on Monday night.
Shortly after 5 a.m. Tuesday, police received information that led them to a silver Honda sport utility vehicle parked against the flow of traffic along the highway in the area of the 27-mile marker.
The victim has yet to be identified.
An autopsy is scheduled for today to determine the cause of death.
Detectives are also investigating what appears to be a related incident.
Officers responded to a reported shooting in the upper Waiakea Uka area shortly before midnight Monday but were unable to locate a shooting victim. They initiated a first-degree terroristic threatening investigation.
Police are asking motorists who may have seen the silver Honda SUV parked along the highway, may have seen a man hitchhiking in the Kona direction or may have picked up a hitchhiker and taken him to Kona to contact either Detective Robert Almeida at 961-2386 or robert.almeida@hawaiicounty.gov, or Detective Grant Todd at 961-2385 or grant.todd@hawaiicounty.gov.
Tipsters who prefer to remain anonymous may call the islandwide CrimeStoppers number, 961-8300.
Injured hiker airlifted off Pearl City trail
A fire helicopter airlifted a 29-year hiker who injured his shoulder Tuesday while hiking the Manana Trail in Pearl City.
The Honolulu Fire Department responded to a 1:46 p.m. call Tuesday for an injured hiker on the trail, located above the Pacific Palisades subdivision, by deploying a helicopter and 15 personnel. (The trailhead is near 2595 Komo Mai Drive.)
Firefighters hiked the trail to the injured man, and assisted him before airlifting him to a landing zone at the top of Waimano Home Road, said HFD spokesman Kendall Ching.
Fire personnel transferred care of the man, who was in stable condition, to Emergency Medical Services, Ching said.
Homeless man charged in 2 break-ins
An 18-year-old homeless man was charged Sunday after he allegedly broke into a car and was caught allegedly burglarizing a Haleiwa home.
Police said the suspect broke into a car at 3:35 a.m. Sunday and was caught 10 minutes later in the home on Pikai Street.
Cyrus T. Martin was charged with first-degree burglary and first-degree unauthorized entry into a motor vehicle. His bail was set at $11,000.
Waianae man held in forgery, theft case
A 31-year-old Waianae man is in custody facing multiple charges after he tried to cash a stolen personal check at the Kapolei branch of Bank of Hawaii on Monday.
When a bank employee tried to verify the check the man tried to cash, the employee found out that it had been reported stolen from a mailbox.
The suspect was arrested in suspicion of second-degree forgery, attempted theft, identity theft and unauthorized possession of personal information.
