She had met up with girlfriends as usual before class at Honolulu’s McKinley High School when she learned a student named Dawn Momohara had been found dead on the second floor of a school building. “I ...

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. In a close-knit community ...

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 had been found dead on the second floor of a ...

Sophomore Dawn Momohara, 16, was found on the second floor of Honolulu’s McKinley High School in March 1977 with an orange cloth tied around her neck, according to NBC News. She was “lying on ...

In March 1977, a teacher at McKinley High School in Honolulu made a shocking discovery in the school’s English building. Lying deceased and partially clothed on the floor was 16-year-old Dawn Momohara ...

DNA technology has led to the arrest of 66-year-old Gideon Castro, who attended the same high school as the victim, Dawn Momohara.

Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. This photo provided by the Honolulu Police Department shows 16-year-old student Dawn Momohara who was ...