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Dawn Momohara

Case from Honolulu, HI dated Mar 21, 1977

Victim Details

Dawn Momohara

November 6, 2022

Female

Asian / Pacific Islander

Honolulu

HI

1977-03-21

1977-03-21

16

Dawn

Momohara

07/06/2026


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Dawn Momohara, an Asian / Pacific Islander 16-year-old girl from Honolulu, was last heard from on Sunday, March 20, 1977, after what investigators later described as a phone call from an unknown male. Not long afterward, she told her mother she was going to meet friends at a nearby shopping center—an ordinary plan that quietly turned into a long night of waiting when she never came home. 

By the next morning, March 21, 1977, the normal rhythm of classes at McKinley High School was ...
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