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HAYWARD, Calif. Michaela Joy Garecht was last seen on Nov. 19, 1988, wearing jeans rolled over her knees and feather-shaped earrings. She hasn’t been seen since, but now the crime appears to be solved.
Michaela was nine-years-old when she was abducted by an unknown male assailant in the parking lot of the Rainbow Market in Hayward, California, on the November morning. She was attempting to retrieve her friend’s scooter that the abductor had moved closer to his vehicle while the girls were inside the market when she was grabbed by the assailant and pulled into a car, according to the FBI.
Defense blasts junk science in Michaela Garecht case
By Henry Lee and KTVU staff
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Defense blasts ‘junk science’ in missing girl’s case
The defense in the high-profile kidnapping case of 9-year-old Michaela Garecht argues police are picking on his notorious client because he s low-hanging fruit.
HAYWARD, Calif. - The attorney for a convicted murderer, charged with killing a 9-year-old girl whose 1988 kidnapping in Hayward made headlines across the country, blasted what he called junk science used by investigators.
David Misch, 59, is a loving father, brother and son and had nothing to do with the disappearance of Michaela Garecht, said Misch s attorney, Ernie Castillo.
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.