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Updated at 2:40 p.m., Saturday, October 4, 2008

Body found near Kapoho Lighthouse on Big Island

Big Island police on Friday found an unidentified decomposing body of a man in the Kapoho Tide Pools, near the Kapoho Lighthouse.

The body was found at 11 a.m.. An autopsy is tentatively scheduled for Oct. 10 to determine the exact cause of death. The identity of the man will be determined using fingerprints and dental records, police said.

The case has been classified as a coroner's inquest.