Hawai’i Island police detectives are renewing their request for information regarding a December 2023 homicide that left 68-year-old Albert Harry Pacheco Sr., of Hilo, dead.

On December 3, 2023, South Hilo patrol officers responded to a report of an unresponsive male seated within a vehicle on a banana farm, above Alae Cemetery, in Hilo.  Officers located Pacheco, later determined to be an employee at the farm, seated within his vehicle with a single gunshot wound to his upper thigh area.

Following an autopsy, the forensic pathologist ruled the manner of death homicide. This case is currently classified as second-degree murder.

During the course of this investigation, Area I Criminal Investigation Section detectives have interviewed numerous witnesses, to include employees of the banana farm and neighboring properties, as well as friends and family of Pacheco. Police have not yet identified a motive or suspect in this case.

Police ask anyone who may have information relative to this case to call Detective Christopher Jelsma of the Area I Criminal Investigation Section at (808) 961-2386 or via at email Christopher.Jelsma@hawaiicounty.gov.