10 hours ago · Chun Oakland didn’t know Momohara, who was 16, but the unsolved death has haunted her and other McKinley students and staff for nearly half a century. That was until last …

5 days ago · A 1977 Honolulu cold case is solved as DNA evidence leads to an arrest nearly 50 years after the murder of 16-year-old Dawn Momohara.

2 days ago · HONOLULU (AP) — Former Hawaii lawmaker Suzanne Chun Oakland remembers arriving at school one morning in 1977 to an eerie buzz. The 15-year-old had met up with …

Jan 26, 2025 · Dawn Momohara, 16, was partially clothed, with an orange cloth tightly wrapped around her neck, police said. She appeared to have been sexually assaulted and strangled.

1 day ago · 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 …

6 days ago · 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 …

5 days ago · The body of Dawn Momohara was discovered on the second floor of the English building at McKinley High School in Honolulu on 21 March 1977. She had been sexually …

4 days ago · 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 student …

1 day ago · 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 …

DNA was apparently able to solve a cold case murder that has haunted Hawaii residents for almost five decades.. In 1977 Dawn Momohara, 16, was found inside Honolulu's McKinley …