Hawaii Island police identify badly decomposed body discovered in home

HONOLULU (HawaiiNewsNow) -- Hawaii Island police have identified the badly composed body discovered on Tuesday at a residence in Mountain View.

Officials said identified the victim as 47-year-old James Paul Phelps of a Lehua Street address, in Mountain View.

Authorities said they responded the scene shortly after 1:30 p.m. on Tuesday after police say a caller reported going to check on the welfare of an acquaintance and discovering a foul odor coming from within.

Responding officers said they located the decomposing body on the floor of the residence.

An autopsy was performed and the forensic pathologist concluded that the victim died as a result of a single gunshot wound to the head.

Authorities said a suspect has not been identified and the motive behind the killing is under investigation.

My co-workers in San Diego did lots of testing in Nevada. By the time I joined them in 1991, most of the work transitioned to modeling on a Cray. Some of the models ran just as fast on an HP PA UNIX workstation, so we saved some money on the Cray account. The models were within 1% of measured, so less trouble than setting up devices and sensors.

"I could absolutely live in Japan. Spent many years there and have friends I am so close to we consider each other family. Just before COVID myself and a friend were looking at an old home for sale in a village near Hiroshima. I prefer rural Japan, I like the area around Yamaguchi Prefecture on the Inland Sea side of the island.
Unlike Hawaii, in Japan I went to a 7-11 at 1 am on a balmy night. Ordered some yakitori and a coffee then relaxed with friends at tables outside the 7-11 until 3 am."

I totally understand. I lived there 21 years, and the friends you make is unexplainable, and the best way to describe it is like family (they are the only family I have).
I miss it so much, but now that I am disabled, I would not be able to live there since I would be unable to have a job there anymore.

I've lived in the countryside, and smack dab in the middle of Tokyo and Kyoto.
Didn't care too much about Tokyo, but the originality of Kyoto, even in the middle of it (Gion Shijo Station was nearest to where I lived in Kyoto), was beautiful.
Nowhere in the USA can match the cleanliness, friendliness, or politeness of anywhere in Japan.

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