After nearly 50 years, the Honolulu Police Department made an arrest at a Utah nursing home in connection to the 1977 killing of Dawn Momohara. She was found sexually assaulted and strangled inside a Honolulu High school.

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Man arrested in nursing home 47 years after Honolulu murder, DNA results linked to suspect

Honolulu Police say modern forensic tests allowed them to identify and arrest a suspect in Dawn Momohara's 1977 murder.

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48 years after teen girl's murder in Hawaii, her former schoolmate is arrested in Utah

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arrested in a Utah nursing home Tuesday in connection with the March 21, 1977, killing of a 16-year-old McKinley High School student whose body was found on the second floor of a building on campus.

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Dawn Momohara was found dead the morning of March 21, 1977, on the second floor of a building at McKinley High School, in Hawaii's capital.

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48 years after Hawaii teen's murder, ex-schoolmate is arrested in Utah

The last time Dawn Momohara’s mother heard from her daughter, she told her she was going to meet friends at a shopping center in Honolulu.

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UTAH- A man from Utah was arrested in a nursing home on suspicion of second-degree murder in connection with a decades-old case registered in Hawaii. Gideon Castro, 66, was arrested in Utah just before 11 a.m. on Tuesday and is awaiting extradition to Honolulu. Hawaiian authorities said the Greater Salt Lake Unified Police Department helped with the arrest. On March 21, 1977, 16-year-old Dawn Momohara was found dead on the second floor of a buil…

UTAH- Un hombre de Utah fue arrestado en un hogar de ancianos bajo sospecha de asesinato en segundo grado en relación con un caso de hace décadas registrado en Hawái. Gideon Castro, de 66 años, fue detenido en Utah justo antes de las 11 a.m. de este martes y está a la espera de ser extraditado a Honolulu. Las autoridades de Hawái dijeron que el Departamento de Policía Unificado de Greater Salt Lake ayudó con el arresto. El 21 de marzo de 1977, D…

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The last time Dawn Momohara’s mother heard from her daughter, she told her she was going to meet friends at a shopping center in Honolulu. Hours later, after Dawn, 16, didn’t return home that Sunday afternoon in 1977, she was reported missing, The Honolulu Star-Advertiser later reported. The next day, March 21, 1977, just before students began Monday morning classes at McKinley High School, Dawn was found dead on the second floor of what was the…

Man arrested in nursing home 47 years after Honolulu murder, DNA results linked to suspect

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