Nearly five decades after a Honolulu teen’s body was discovered in her high school, DNA testing has led to the arrest of her ex-schoolmate for her brutal slaying. The body of Dawn Momohara,

The unsolved death of a teenager in 1977 haunted students and staff at Honolulu's McKinley High School for nearly half a century.

Susie Chun Oakland arrived to a crime scene at McKinley High School in Honolulu that March morning nearly a half century ago.

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

Nearly a half-century after Dawn Momohara’s body was found, Gideon Castro, 66, was arrested in a Utah nursing home and charged with her murder.

Honolulu Police say modern forensic tests allowed them to identify and arrest a suspect in Dawn Momohara's 1977 murder.

Dawn Momohara was found dead in a building on her high school's campus in Honolulu. A suspect was arrested in a Utah nursing home.

Honolulu Police and the Unified Police of the Greater Salt Lake say they have arrested a 66-year-old man in a Utah nursing home in connection to a Hawaii murder nearly 50 years ago.

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.

I know her goals in life were to protect lands and promote a healthy place to live for all of us. I can just speak in volumes to what an amazing, beautiful, strong woman she is.”

The murder of a Honolulu teen in 1977 was solved after an arrest was made thousands of miles away. The body of 16-year-old Dawn Momohara was found at McKinley High School

A 66-year-old man was arrested in a Utah nursing home Tuesday in connection with the March 21, 1977, killing of a 16-year-old McKinley High School student whose body was found on the second floor of a building on campus.