Authorities are investigating the death of an unidentified woman whose decomposed remains were found Sunday along the shoreline in Waipio Valley.
Hāmākua patrol officers responded to the Waipio Valley beach area shortly after midnight after receiving a report of a body at the shoreline, the Hawai‘i Police Department said.
Officers arrived on the scene at about 12:35 a.m. and found the remains of an apparent woman near the water’s edge. The woman was in an advanced state of decomposition, making it impossible for investigators to determine her approximate age or race, according to police…