HAYWARD, Calif. (KGO) The mother of Michaela Garecht released a statement Monday after the Alameda County District Attorney s Office charged 59-year-old David Misch with murder in connection to the 1988 disappearance of her daughter.
Garecht s mom, Sharon Murch, was unable to attend the press conference in the Bay Area, but she joined ABC7 News on Zoom to read the statement.
In her letter, Michaela s mother wrote in the past year she had come to a place of accepting that Michaela was probably no longer alive. I feel as though I am still looking for Michaela, but now I don t know where. I honestly feel lost in the dark, wrote Garecht s mother.
HAYWARD, Calif. (KGO) The arraignment for the man police say kidnapped and killed Michaela Garecht in 1988 has been postponed until January 22.
The parents of the nine-year-old have wondered for decades who took her from a Hayward parking lot. It appears they have that answer, but there is still so much they don t know.
Police say a palm print at the scene of the kidnaping matches 59-year-old David Misch. He is already in prison serving a sentence for another murder and waiting trial for the murder of two other people.
Misch is accused of killing 9-year-old Michaela Garecht. For police and her parents it has been 32 years of chasing and hearing about false leads. There were thousands of tips, sometimes dealing with false hope as they tried to find her kidnapper.
HAYWARD, Calif. (KGO) The mother of Michaela Garecht released a statement Monday after the Alameda County District Attorney s Office charged 59-year-old David Misch with murder in connection to the 1988 disappearance of her daughter.
Garecht s mom, Sharon Murch, was unable to attend the press conference in the Bay Area, but she joined ABC7 News on Zoom to read the statement.
In her letter, Michaela s mother wrote in the past year she had come to a place of accepting that Michaela was probably no longer alive. I feel as though I am still looking for Michaela, but now I don t know where. I honestly feel lost in the dark, wrote Garecht s mother.
Toney Chaplin, Hayward Police Chief
A convicted killer has been arrested and charged with murder in the cold case of a 9-year-old San Francisco Bay Area girl abducted in 1988, law enforcement officials announced on Monday.
Posted: Dec 21, 2020 4:00 PM
Updated: Dec 21, 2020 4:42 PM
Posted By: KCRA
HAYWARD, California (KCRA) A convicted killer has been arrested and charged with murder in the cold case of a 9-year-old San Francisco Bay Area girl abducted in 1988, law enforcement officials announced on Monday.
Michaela Joy Garecht was kidnapped in a Rainbow Market parking lot in Hayward while trying to retrieve a friend’s scooter that the abductor had moved closer to his vehicle, according to the FBI. Her case was featured on the nationally televised crime shows “America’s Most Wanted” and “Unsolved Mysteries.”