(KRON) — An already-convicted assassin has been discovered responsible of killing two extra ladies in Fremont in 1986, the Alameda County Sheriff’s Workplace introduced. David Misch, 63, was discovered responsible of killing Michelle Xavier, 18, and Jennifer Duey, 20.
The our bodies of each younger ladies had been discovered bare in a distant space of Fremont on Feb. 2, 1986.
Proof at trial confirmed that Misch’s DNA was discovered beneath Duey’s nails. To clarify the DNA, Misch mentioned in 2003 that he noticed the younger ladies being kidnapped at gunpoint and tried to avoid wasting them.
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A partial license plate related to Misch was written on one of many victims’ fingers. This was additionally used as proof.
“This conviction is a testament to this office’s commitment to seeking justice for victims and their families, even if it takes decades. I only wish we could have delivered justice sooner for these two families,” mentioned Chief Assistant District Legal professional Royl Roberts.
A motorcyclist discovered Duey and Xavier’s our bodies alongside the facet of Mill Creek Highway, slightly greater than a mile east of Mission Boulevard. Police mentioned that they had been shot and stabbed hours earlier than they had been discovered.
The younger ladies had attended a birthday dinner earlier that night and had been final seen alive collectively at a comfort retailer within the space.
The case stayed chilly for many years, however in 2016 Chilly Case Detective Jacob Blass started to re-examine case recordsdata and recognized Misch because the suspect. Misch lived within the Fremont space on the time and was recognized to burglarize companies and use medication, police mentioned in 2018.
Misch is presently serving a life sentence for a separate homicide he dedicated in Dec. 1989. He’s additionally linked to the disappearance of Michaela Garecht, who was kidnapped from a Hayward parking zone in 1988 at 9 years outdated.