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C O U NT Y O F KAU A‘I
BERNARD P. CARVALHO, JR.
Mayor
WALLACE G. REZENTES, JR.
Managing Director
KAUA‘I POLICE DEPARTMENT
News Release
For Immediate Release: January 19, 2017
DARRYL PERRY, CHIEF
Tel (808) 241-1600
Fax (808) 241-1604
Police seek public’s assistance in identifying female body located
in waters off Na Pali Coast
KALALAU – Police are seeking the public’s help in identify the body of a woman found
Wednesday afternoon in waters off the Na Pali Coast on Kaua‘i’s North Shore.
Foul play is not suspected in the cause of her death.
She is described as a Caucasian female, possibly in her 30’s, with brown hair and blue
eyes. She is believed to be five feet five inches tall and approximately 130 to 140 pounds. She
has a green tattoo around her right ankle in a braded rope pattern.
According to a police investigation, bystanders were riding a jet ski in waters off the
Kalalau Trail, in an area known as Space Rock, when they noticed a woman’s unresponsive
body floating in the water roughly 20 feet from a rocky shoreline.
The bystanders transported the woman’s body via the jet ski to Kē‘ē Beach. Lifeguards
at the Kē‘ē Beach tower performed CPR, but the female was presumed dead upon arrival. She
was transported to Wilcox Hospital where she was pronounced dead.
Police believe the woman may have fallen from the Kalalau Trail into the ocean below.
An autopsy performed today revealed that the woman’s cause of death was blunt force trauma,
consistent with a fall from a height.
Anyone with information on the woman’s identity, or circumstances that may have led to
her death, are asked to call Det. Chris Calio at 241-1683. Or Police Dispatch 241-1711. Those
wishing to remain anonymous can call CrimeStoppers at 246-8300.
PHOTO: Kaua‘i police have provided this sketch of a woman who has not yet been identified and they
are seeking the public’s assistance. Her unresponsive body was located in waters off the Na Pali Coast on
Wednesday afternoon.
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