The 15-year-old had met up with girlfriends as usual before class at Honolulu's McKinley High School when she learned a ...

There were no updates in the case until 2019 when cold case detectives asked a forensic biology unit to examine several items ...

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. It’s ...

DNA technology has led to the arrest of 66-year-old Gideon Castro, who attended the same high school as the victim, Dawn ...

Nearly five decades after her partially clothed body was discovered on the second floor of her Honolulu high school, modern ...

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 ...

Student Dawn Momohara, 16, was found dead inside McKinley High School on Monday, March 21, 1977, according to the Honolulu Police Department. “A teacher had found her and it was early in the morning, ...

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 ...

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 ...