Bradley Bussewitz

Bradley Bussewitz
Name	Bradley Bussewitz
Sex	Male
Age	47
Missing from	Hawaii
Discovered	November 2, 2003
Location	Hilo, Hawaii
Identified	April 2016
Span	12 years
Cause of death	Beating

Bradley Bussewitz, also known as Bradley Adair, is a man whose body was discovered near Hilo, Hawaii on November 2, 2003. He was identified via fingerprints in April 2016.

Background

Bradley Bussewitz was born in Wisconsin. Between 1988 and 1989, he lived on the island of Hawai'i. In 1996, he was known be living in San Luis Obispo, California, but moved to Maui sometime prior to May 2003.He returned to Hawai'i Island and lived at various locations around the island including Puna, South Hilo, Ka’u, North Kohala, and Kona. His primary modes of transportation consisted of an early model Chevrolet Lumina van of an unknown color and a bicycle.

Bussewitz's sister, Pam Eklund, described her brother's lifestyle as nomadic. He liked to grow his own food, was a vegetarian, and also played the didgeridoo, an Australian wind instrument. Eklund described Bussewitz as follows: "He was a poet, a pacifist, and a vegetarian. He was a lover of the earth. His dream was to own a small piece of land in Hawaii and be able to grow his own food and be self-sufficient." While moving around, he sent letters to his family and often, there would be no return address. It was not unusual for his family to go several years without hearing from him. As recently as 2014, his family would check death certificates and assumed he was alive when none for him showed up.

Discovery

On November 2, 2003, shortly after 9:00 AM, a hunter discovered a homicide victim in a remote area at the 11.9 mile area of Route 200 at Saddle Road near southern Hilo, Hawaii. The cause of death was attributed to blunt force trauma to the head and he was believed to have been killed one to two weeks prior to being discovered. Despite his remains being decomposed, especially at the upper torso, his fingerprints and DNA were able to be recorded. At the time, no matches in the AFIS could be made and the case went cold.

Identification

In 2016, Detective Derek Morimoto was assigned to the case. After learning of the FBI's NGI database, he sent the fingerprint records to the Hawaii Criminal Justice Data Center in Honolulu, Hawaii. In April of 2016, the fingerprints were found to be a match to Bradley Bussewitz.

Bradley Bussewitz's homicide remains unsolved. It is under investigation by the Hawai'i Police Department under case number H-69230. Crime Stoppers is offering a $1,000 reward for information.

Characteristics

• Medium to light skin.
• Well-tanned upper body.
• Slightly wavy greying dark brown or black hair.
• Well-healed horizontal linear scar across the lower auterolateral right thigh measuring 8 centimeters in length and is located 5 centimeters above the knee.
• No tattoos.
• Teeth show restorations.

Clothing

• Green Aloha shirt.
• Brown swim trunks with red pockets.

Gallery

Bussewitz playing the didgeridoo, a wind instrument from Australia.

Note: The hat depicted was NOT found with Bussewitz.

Note: The hat depicted was NOT found with Bussewitz.

Sources

• Bradley Bussewitz at the Doe Network
• Hawai'i Police Department (July 7, 2016)
• Hawai'i Police Department (May 5, 2021)
• Khon 2