The Hawai‘i County Police Department is renewing their request for information regarding a July 2021 unsolved Puna murder. On July 31, 2021, the body of 76-year-old Michael Rosenbaum was discovered by a local fisherman on the cliffs below the beach park at MacKenzie State Recreation Area in Puna. Rosenbaum had been reported as a missing person on July 24, 2021. He was reportedly last seen alive on July 22, 2021, in Pāhoa town. An autopsy later concluded that Rosenbaum died from a gunshot wound. The Area I Criminal Investigation Section is continuing this investigation, which is classified as second-degree murder. Police ask anyone who may have information relative to this investigation 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 via email jeremy.kubojiri@hawaiicounty.gov.
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