Dawn Momohara, 16, was partially clothed ... Castro was charged with second-degree murder after DNA testing not available in the 1970s helped identify him nearly 50 years later, Thoemmes said.

The 15-year-old had met up with girlfriends as usual before class at Honolulu's McKinley High School when she learned a student named Dawn ... Momohara's underwear. They were able to develop a DNA ...

modern DNA testing has led to an arrest that could solve the cold case murder of 16-year-old Dawn Momohara. Momohara, discovered with an orange cloth wound tightly around her neck, was found on ...

Dawn Momohara was found dead the morning of March ... Although police retrieved an unknown man's DNA sample from the teenager's clothing, they could not identify a suspect. Authorities would ...

Using DNA evidence found on her shorts in 1977 ... were involved in the “tireless pursuit of justice for Dawn and the Momohara family.” ...

Dawn Momohara was found dead in a building on her ... Now, Honolulu police say a DNA match has led them to arrest Gideon Castro, a 66-year-old man living in a Utah nursing home.

That was until last week, when police used advances in DNA technology to arrest a 66 ... involved in the killing of 16-year-old student Dawn Momohara in Honolulu. Credit: AP “I was just really ...

Dawn Momohara, then 16, was discovered partially ... crediting the advancements in DNA. A sketch of the suspect in the killing. Honolulu Police Department Castro and his brother William were ...

HONOLULU (KHON2) — Honolulu Police said DNA evidence identified the man who ... 50 years since Jan Koehler last saw her friend Dawn Momohara. And her heart still hurts for her.

This photo provided by the Honolulu Police Department shows 16-year-old student Dawn Momohara who was discovered ... The case was reopened in 2019. In 2020 a DNA profile was extracted from Momohara’s ...