Dawn Momohara
Sketches of possible suspect and vehicle
On March 20, 1977, 16-year-old Dawn Momohara left her home in Honolulu, Hawaii telling her parents she was going to the Ala Moana Center on Ala Moana Blvd. She was supposed to meet up with friends, it was said that her friends were interviewed, but not if she had seen them that afternoon.
Around 10:30 pm Dawn's parents were worried that she had not come back home and called the police. They would report her missing. There was a search for her that night. She would not be found until the next day.
The next morning at around 7:25 am a teacher at McKinley High School would find Dawn's body. Dawn would be found on the second floor of McKinley High School. She had been sexually assaulted and strangled to death where she was found. She had been dead for around 8 to 12 hours.
That night there the parking lot for the school was used for the adjoining Neal Blaisdell Center for a musical event. The school corridors and entryways did not have doors with the lights on, but individual rooms were locked. It would have been easy access for the public.
There is a possible suspect seen leaving the school. He was described as an Asian man with dark shoulder-length hair. He stood 5'5" to 5'7". He was driving a 1974 or 1975 Pontiac Lemans with louvered rear windows, maroon bottom, and white vinyl top.
Around 10:30 pm Dawn's parents were worried that she had not come back home and called the police. They would report her missing. There was a search for her that night. She would not be found until the next day.
The next morning at around 7:25 am a teacher at McKinley High School would find Dawn's body. Dawn would be found on the second floor of McKinley High School. She had been sexually assaulted and strangled to death where she was found. She had been dead for around 8 to 12 hours.
That night there the parking lot for the school was used for the adjoining Neal Blaisdell Center for a musical event. The school corridors and entryways did not have doors with the lights on, but individual rooms were locked. It would have been easy access for the public.
There is a possible suspect seen leaving the school. He was described as an Asian man with dark shoulder-length hair. He stood 5'5" to 5'7". He was driving a 1974 or 1975 Pontiac Lemans with louvered rear windows, maroon bottom, and white vinyl top.
SOURCES:
Honolulu Star-Bulletin March 22, 1977
The Criminal Journal July 15, 2023
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