DA charges man with murder in 1988 kidnapping of Michaela Garecht
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Henry Lee reports.
HAYWARD, Calif. - A man has been arrested and charged with murder in the 1988 kidnapping of 9-year-old Michaela Garecht, who vanished from a supermarket parking lot more than three decades ago.
David Misch, 59, a convicted killer already held by Fremont police and charged in the 1986 slayings of two women, has now also been charged by the Alameda County District Attorney in Michaela s case.
Court records show that he has been charged with murder with special circumstances, which means he could face the death penalty. Misch is being held at Santa Rita Jail.
Man Charged With 1988 Kidnapping and Murder of 9-Year-Old Girl
On 12/21/20 at 7:51 PM EST
After 32 years of investigation, authorities have finally charged a suspect in the kidnapping and presumed murder of a 9-year-old girl in Hayward, California.
Hayward police, along the Alameda County District Attorney s Office and the FBI, announced Monday that David Emery Misch had been charged for the murder and kidnapping of Michaela Garecht in 1988, potentially bringing an end to one of the San Francisco Bay Area s most high-profile cold cases. There have been many days that have gone by with no seeming sense of progress or resolution, Hayward Police Chief Toney Chaplin said at a press conference announcing the breakthrough. This is not just another one of those days. Today is about family, community and healing. the disappearance of Michaela Garecht is a tragic story that has gripped the Bay Area for decades.
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