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.

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 ...

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 ...

Nearly 50 years after 16-year-old Dawn Momohara was found brutally murdered at McKinley High School in Honolulu, a ...

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 ...

Using DNA evidence found on her shorts in 1977 ... were involved in the “tireless pursuit of justice for Dawn and the Momohara family.” ...

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 of ...