Dawn Momohara was found dead on March 21, 1977, on the second floor of a building at McKinley High School, according to the ...

Authorities arrested Gideon Castro at a Utah nursing home and charged him in the murder of 16-year-old Dawn Momohara on her ...

A 66-year-old suspect in the 1977 slaying of a Hawaii teenager has agreed to be extradited from Utah to face a murder charge.

Police used advances in DNA technology to identify a suspect in the decades-old cold case killing of a Hawaiʻi teenager.

Gideon Castro, 66, waived the right to challenge his extradition during a hearing Wednesday in Salt Lake City.

On March 21, 1977, shortly after 7:30 a.m., Honolulu police found the body of 16-year-old Dawn Momohara on the second ... Police used advances in DNA technology to connect Castro to the killing.

She 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 profile ...