Honolulu police opened a murder investigation today after finding the body of a 60-year-old woman while doing a welfare check at a Hawaii Kai home.
Police arrested a 29-year-old male who was inside the residence and identified as a suspect, according to the Honolulu Police Department’s brief summary of the crime.
After receiving a 10:25 a.m. welfare check call, HPD officers responded to a home on the 6200 block of Upolo Place and found a woman dead on the floor inside the residence.
“Preliminary investigation revealed the woman sustained fatal injuries,” HPD said.
The man was arrested on suspicion of murder and the investigation is ongoing, according to police, who declined to release further details.