Hawai‘i Island police identified the body discovered along the shoreline near Hilo Bay last week as Clifford Edward Myers Sr., of Van Nuys, California. Preliminary autopsy results did not show signs of foul play; however, the final results are pending toxicology and additional forensic testing. On Tuesday, March 14, HPD and Hawai’i County Fire Department members responded to the shoreline after a caller reported observing a body at water’s edge. The HFD chopper located Myers and brought him to higher ground. Area I Criminal Investigation Section personnel responded to the scene to continue the investigation, which remains classified as a coroner’s inquest. The circumstances surrounding Myers presence on Hawaiʻi island are also under investigation, as it has been determined that he was a visitor who had arrived approximately one week prior to his death. Police ask anyone who may have information relative to this case, or who may have had contact with Myers, to call the police department’s non-emergency number at (808) 935-3311, or Detective Casey Cabral of the Area I Criminal Investigation Section at (808) 961-2384 or via email at Casey.Cabral@hawaiicounty.gov.
