Community: 8-04-21 (Update) Police Identify Puna Murder Victim
Community: 8-04-21 (Update) Police Identify Puna Murder Victim
Hawaiʻi Island police detectives have identified the male victim whose body was discovered at MacKenzie State Recreation Area in Puna, on Saturday, July 31, 2021, as 76-year-old Michael Rosenbaum, of Pahoa.
Rosenbaum had been reported as a missing person on Saturday, July 24, 2021. He was reportedly last seen alive on Thursday, July 22, in Pahoa town.
The Area I Criminal Investigation Section is continuing this investigation, which is classified as a second-degree murder.
Police ask anyone who may have information relative to this investigation, or who may have seen Rosenbaum between July 22 and 24, to call the police department’s non-emergency number at (808) 935-3311, or Detective Jeremy Kubojiri of the Area I Criminal Investigation Section at (808) 961-2378 or email jeremy.kubojiri@hawaiicounty.gov or Lieutenant Rio Amon-Wilkins of the Area I Criminal Investigation Section at (808) 961-2252 or email rio.amon-wilkins@hawaiicounty.gov.
