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

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 ...

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

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 ...

Nearly 50 years after the murder of 16-year-old Dawn Momohara, a breakthrough in DNA technology has led to the arrest of 66-year-old Gideon Castro, a former student at Honolulu's McKinley High School.

This photo provided by the Honolulu Police Department shows 16-year-old student Dawn Momohara who was discovered ... of evidence from the scene, including Momohara's underwear. They were able to ...

This photo provided by the Honolulu Police Department shows 16-year-old student Dawn Momohara who was discovered dead on the second floor of a building at McKinley High School on March 21 ...

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 ...

Credit: Honolulu Police Department 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 ...