Dawn Momohara Sketch of suspect Sketch of suspect’s vehicle DNA testing has been part of criminal investigation procedures since the 1980s, according to forensic experts. “It’s very powerful ...

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.

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 ...

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 ...

On March 21, 1977, shortly after 7:30 a.m., Honolulu police found the body of 16-year-old Dawn Momohara ... until obtaining DNA samples in recent years. The morning before Momohara was killed ...

A classmate of a teenage girl found sexually assaulted and strangled in her Hawaii high school has been arrested nearly 50 ...

June 11 marks King Kamehameha Day, and the City and County of Honolulu's offices will be closed in observance of the holiday. The Maui County Council will have a public hearing on June 9 to ...