Hawaii Teen's 1977 Murder Arrest

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former McKinley student Gideon Castro

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Grim memories resurface after DNA advances lead to arrest of suspect in Hawaii teen's 1977 murder

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Dawn Momohara , 16 , was found strangled and sexually assaulted at Honolulu 's McKinley High School in 1977 .

The unsolved death haunted students and staff at the school for nearly half a century .

Police used advances in DNA technology to arrest a 66-year-old resident of a Utah nursing home.

Gideon Castro , a former McKinley student, was scheduled to make an initial court appearance Friday .

She said Momohara 's killing bothered her over the years , especially when she would meet victims through her work as a lawmaker or as a board member of the nonprofit Sex Abuse Treatment Center , a statewide program provding services for sexual assault survivors. Chun Oakland said she is grateful an arrest was possible even after all these years . “I think the community in general, and our elected officials, they know the importance of trying to preserve the evidence that can someday be able to see justice for that individual or individuals," she said. ___ Hannah Schoenbaum in Salt Lake City contributed to this report..

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