Police have arrested a suspect in the unsolved murder of a Honolulu teenager, whose death rocked the high school where her body was discovered almost five decades ago. They said the man arrested, Gideon Castro, was one of her former schoolmates who joined the U.S. Army Reserve after graduating. Dawn Momohara was found dead the morning of March 21, 1977, on the second floor of a building at McKinley High School, in Hawaii's capital, according to the Honolulu Police Department.
Main Idea: Police arrested Gideon Castro in Utah in the 48-year-old cold case murder of Honolulu teen Dawn Momohara.
Key Points:
A decades-old school murder and alleged sexual assault can renew fear in communities and show how hard it can be to solve violent crimes.
The arrest may help the Momohara family and can build public trust that cold cases can still be solved with better DNA testing.
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