The unsolved death of a teenager in 1977 haunted students and staff at Honolulu's McKinley High School for nearly half a ...

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 unsolved death of a teenager in 1977 haunted students and staff at Honolulu's McKinley High School for nearly half a ...

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 ...

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

Former Hawaii lawmaker Suzanne Chun Oakland remembers arriving at school one morning in 1977 to an eerie buzz. She had met up ...

Nearly 50 years after 16-year-old Dawn Momohara was found brutally murdered at McKinley High School in Honolulu, a breakthrough in DNA testing has led to the arrest of a former schoolmate.

thanks to modern DNA testing. The Honolulu Police Department arrested Gideon Castro in connection with the 1977 murder of Dawn Momohara, who was 16 years old at the time. She was found dead on the ...