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Dawn Momohara Sketch of suspect Sketch of suspect’s vehicle DNA testing has been part of criminal investigation procedures since the 1980s, according to forensic experts. “It’s very powerful ...

That was until last week when police used advances in DNA technology to arrest a 66-year-old resident of a Utah nursing home ...

Dawn Momohara, 16, was partially clothed ... Castro was charged with second-degree murder after DNA testing not available in the 1970s helped identify him nearly 50 years later, Thoemmes said.

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's underwear. They were able to develop a DNA ...

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Lying deceased and partially clothed on the floor was 16-year-old Dawn Momohara, a sophomore student. She had been strangled and sexually assaulted. The brutal murder sparked a community-wide panic, ...

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. By Sara Ruberg The last time Dawn Momohara ...

After nearly 50 years, the brutal murder of 16-year-old Dawn Momohara has been solved, thanks to groundbreaking advancements in DNA technology. The case, which had gone cold for decades, took a ...

Nearly 50 years after 16-year-old Dawn Momohara was found brutally murdered at McKinley High School in Honolulu, a breakthrough in DNA testing has led to the arrest of a former schoolmate.