5 days ago · Dawn Momohara, 16, was partially clothed, with an orange cloth tightly wrapped around her neck, police said. She appeared to have been sexually assaulted and strangled.

Jan 22, 2025 · HONOLULU, Hawaii (Island News) -- Humans can lie, but DNA doesn't. After nearly 50 years, the Honolulu Police Department (HPD) made an arrest in the 1977 killing of Dawn Momohara. She was found ...

3 days ago · Modern DNA testing identifies Gideon Castro as the suspect in the cold case murder of Dawn Momohara, solving a nearly 50-year-old mystery.

4 days ago · A suspect was arrested in his nursing home last week for the unsolved murder of a 16-year-old student nearly half a century ago.

4 days ago · How Modern DNA Testing Helped Cops Solve 1977 Murder Of 16-Year-Old Gideon Castro, 66, was one of Dawn Momohara's former schoolmates who joined the US Army Reserve after graduating.

3 days ago · A man has been arrested on suspicion of the murder of his classmate almost 50 years on following advances in DNA testing. Dawn Momohara was 16 years old and a student at McKinley High School in ...

3 days ago · A man living at a nursing home in Utah has been arrested and charged in connection with the unsolved murder of student Dawn Momohara in Honolulu in 1977.

Jan 23, 2025 · It helped identify a suspect in the murder of a McKinley High School student with evidence preserved from the 70s. Dawn Momohara Sketch of suspect Sketch of suspect’s vehicle DNA testing has ...

3 days ago · Dawn Momohara's body was found outside a classroom at her Honolulu high school in March 1977, after she left home to go shopping with friends.

Jan 22, 2025 · Police found the DNA of an unknown male on Momohara’s clothes, but were unable to identify a suspect. That is, until advancements in DNA testing helped investigators …