Jan 31, 2025 · Nearly 50 years after the murder of 16-year-old Dawn Momohara, a breakthrough in DNA technology has led to the arrest of 66-year-old Gideon Castro, a former student at Honolulu's McKinley High School.

Jan 22, 2025 · Gideon Castro, 66, was taken into custody in Utah just before 11 a.m. MST on Tuesday, Jan. 21, 2025, and is awaiting extradition to Honolulu. Hawaii officials said the Unified Police Department of Greater Salt Lake assisted with the arrest.

Jan 27, 2025 · The case ran cold for decades — until late Tuesday when one of her former classmates, Gideon Castro, now 66, was arrested in a nursing home in Utah, police said.

Jan 22, 2025 · 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,...

Jan 22, 2025 · For decades, no suspect was charged in connection with Dawn’s murder, despite a sketch of his face and a description of his possible vehicle, a 1974 or 1975 Pontiac Lemans with a maroon body and...

Jan 21, 2025 · HPD investigators flew to Utah and covertly acquired a DNA sample from Gideon Castro that matched the evidence found on Momohara’s shorts.

Jan 27, 2025 · On Tuesday, Gideon Castro, 66, a McKinley High School graduate who previously told police he knew the victim, was arrested at the Utah nursing home where he lived, Honolulu Police Department Lt....

Jan 31, 2025 · The suspect, former McKinley student Gideon Castro, was scheduled to make an initial court appearance Friday before a judge in Salt Lake County District Court. He remained in custody Thursday with ...

Jan 27, 2025 · Her former classmate, Gideon Castro, now 66, was living in a Utah nursing home when he was arrested Tuesday in the alleged homicide, according to the Honolulu Police Department. Decades after the ...

Jan 26, 2025 · The sample taken from the son of Gideon Castro showed that his father was a match for the DNA found on Dawn’s shorts, according to the lieutenant. Earlier this month, detectives went to Utah and ...