Former classmate arrested nearly 50 years after teen was found dead on the second floor of her Hawaii school
Dawn Momohara was 16 years old when her body was found on the second floor of McKinley High School in Honolulu in 1977. For decades, detectives had failed to identify a suspect in the murder case but now, thanks to a breakthrough in DNA technology, they have arrested a former classmate, police confirmed.
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.
16-year-old found dead inside high school in 1977, Hawaii police say. Now arrest made
Student Dawn Momohara, 16, was found dead inside McKinley High School on Monday, March 21, 1977, according to the Honolulu Police Department. “A teacher had found her and it was early in the morning, second floor of the English building,” Susie Chun Oakland, a former student, told KHON in 2019.
Suspect arrested in Utah almost 48 years after 1977 murder at Hawaii high school
SALT LAKE CITY (KUTV) — A suspect in a 1977 murder at a high school in Hawaii was arrested in Utah almost 48 years later. The arrest happened 7:40 a.m. Tuesday by Unified Police Department in Millcreek, Honolulu Police Department's Lt. Deena Thoemmes said.
Suspect arrested in 1977 cold case murder of McKinley High student
Police found the DNA of an unknown male on Dawn Momohara’s clothes, but were unable to identify a suspect until now.
Arrest made in 1977 killing of McKinley High student
HONOLULU (KHON2) — The murder of a Honolulu teen in 1977 was solved after an arrest was made thousands of miles away. The body of 16-year-old Dawn Momohara was found at McKinley High School in March 1977. She was partially clothed and was pronounced dead at the scene, with an orange cloth wrapped around her […]
Man arrested at Utah nursing home decades after Hawaii murder
A man was arrested at a Utah nursing home on suspicion of second-degree murder in connection to a decades-old case from Hawaii.
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 dead at her high school.
Man, 66, arrested in Utah for alleged 1977 murder of McKinley student
COURTESY HONOLULU POLICE DEPARTMENT Victim Dawn Momohara in 1977. 1 /2 COURTESY HONOLULU POLICE DEPARTMENT Victim Dawn Momohara in 1977. COURTESY HONOLULU POLICE DEPARTMENT A composite drawing of the suspect in the 1977 murder of Dawn Momohara.
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Arrest made in Honolulu cold case from 1970s
The murder of a Honolulu teen in 1977 was solved after an arrest was made thousands of miles away. The body of 16-year-old ...