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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.
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.
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.
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.
Suspect arrested in Utah almost 48 years after 1977 murder at Hawaii high school
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.
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Hawaii chefs, professionals named as James Beard semifinalists
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Officer tases man who raised hands in surrender in Hawaii, feds say. He’s fired
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Defendant in 2019 Hawaii island murder case seeks dismissal
A 31-year-old Hilo man accused of the fatal strangling of his 24-year-old girlfriend over five years ago is seeking dismissal ...