Police are seeking the public's help in locating two visiting men — ages 23 and 34 — suspected of murdering a 73-year-old Hawaiʻi Loa Ridge man, whose decomposed body is believed to be the one found Tuesday in a bathtub filled with concrete.
The Honolulu Police Department, investigating a missing person's case, entered a Hawaii Loa Ridge home Tuesday where they encountered a strong smell of coffee coming from a bathtub. The tub was filled with concrete and covered with coffee grounds, Hawaii News Now reported.
"The body was in the standalone tub and it was in a state of decomposition once we chipped away at the concrete mixture," said Lt. Deena Thoemmes.
The coffee smell was later overpowered by the decomposing body, she said.
Police had been at the home the day before in response to a missing person's report, she said.
Police questioned a 23-year-old man who claimed to live there. He and a 34-year-old man with him were allowed to leave after determining there were no signs of foul play outside the home.
Police later learned the 23-year-old man had been in an intimate relationship with the victim, believed to be the 73-year-old owner of the home.
The 23-year-old man and the 34-year-old man were last seen in Waikīkī Tuesday, Thoemmes said.
Police urged the public to call 911 if they know the whereabouts of the suspects.
