Jan 22, 2025 · HONOLULU (KHON2) — A man was arrested at a Utah nursing home on suspicion of second-degree murder in connection to a decades-old case from Hawaii. 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 …

1 day 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.

5 days ago · Honolulu Police Department 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 · Gideon graduated from McKinley in 1976 and told police that Momohara was friends with him and his brother William Castro.

5 days ago · 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.

Jan 23, 2025 · 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.

Jan 22, 2025 · The suspect, 66-year-old Gideon Castro, has been charged with second-degree murder and is currently in police custody. Honolulu Police Department Lieutenant Deena Thoemmes said at a press conference on Tuesday that Castro was one of Momohara’s classmates and was arrested in his nursing home in Utah.

Jan 23, 2025 · One week later, investigators talked to two brothers, William and Gideon Castro, with one saying they had Momohara at a school dance in 1976.

4 days ago · Modern DNA testing identifies Gideon Castro as the suspect in the cold case murder of Dawn Momohara, solving a nearly 50-year-old mystery.

Jan 22, 2025 · Police say the man arrested, Gideon Castro, was one of her former schoolmates who joined the U.S. Army Reserve after graduating.