Woman's body found off Kalapana

[Midnight Rambler]

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Originally posted by pahoated

This woman off Kalapana is supposed to be the 5th or 6th woman that has been thrown from the lava in the past 20 years. For being the equivalent of a rural community of less than 40,000, is this rate of murder "normal" or maybe the new normal?

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It seems to be the new normal. Hawaii has one of the lowest murder rates in the country - it was something like 3x as high in the 70's - but around 3/4 of them seem to occur in Puna and Hilo, with under 10% of the state's population.