Suspect in 1977 Hawaii Cold Case Teen Murder Is Arrested
DNA technology has led to the arrest of 66-year-old Gideon Castro, who attended the same high school as the victim, Dawn Momohara.
Cold case 'solved' after 48 years as DNA leads to arrest in 1977 murder of Hawaii teen
There were no updates in the case until 2019 when cold case detectives asked a forensic biology unit to examine several items of evidence from the scene, including Momohara's underwear
Grim memories resurface after DNA advances lead to arrest of suspect in Hawaii teen’s 1977 murder
The unsolved death of a teenager in 1977 haunted students and staff at Honolulu's McKinley High School for nearly half a century.
48 years after teen girl's murder in Hawaii, her former schoolmate is arrested in Utah
Honolulu Police say modern forensic tests allowed them to identify and arrest a suspect in Dawn Momohara's 1977 murder.
DNA testing leads to new murder charge in nearly 50-year-old cold case of slain Honolulu teen
Nearly five decades after her partially clothed body was discovered on the second floor of her Honolulu high school, modern DNA testing has led to an arrest that could solve the cold case murder of 16-year-old Dawn Momohara.
DNA breakthrough leads to man’s arrest in US 1977 murder case
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.Gideon Castro,
Nearly 50 Years After Honolulu Teen’s Killing, Police Arrest an Ex-Schoolmate
DNA evidence helped lead long-stymied detectives to a suspect in the murder of Dawn Momohara, 16, who was strangled and found ...
Former classmate of teen sexually assaulted and strangled nearly 50 years ago is arrested in a nursing home
Nearly five decades after a Honolulu teen’s body was discovered in her high school, DNA testing has led to the arrest of her ...
How Modern DNA Testing Helped Cops Solve 1977 Murder Of 16-Year-Old
A 66-year-old man has been arrested and charged with second-degree murder in connection with a nearly five-decade-old cold ...
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Major breakthrough in Hawaii high school student's cold murder case five decades after teacher found her body
DNA testing connected Gideon Castro, a US Army veteran, to the long-unsolved murder of student Dawn Momohara, 16, on March 21, 1977. Momohara's body was found by a teacher on the second floor ...
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Nearly half a century after Honolulu teen’s killing, modern DNA testing leads to arrest of a former schoolmate
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.
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DNA testing identifies suspect of Dawn Momohara cold case
Experts say DNA testing is how most cold cases are now being solved. It helped identify a suspect in the murder of a McKinley High School student with evidence preserved from ...