Big Island police are investigating after a body was found near an intersection in West Hawai‘i. According to a media release from the Hawai‘i Police Department, Kona patrol officers responded shortly before 9:30 a.m. Tuesday, May 17, to the intersection of Palani Road and Queen Ka‘ahumanu Highway in Kailua-Kona after receiving a report of a lifeless body near a tree close to the intersection.