A DNA match has linked an imprisoned San Francisco Bay Area killer convicted of the 1986 murders of two young Northern California women to the crime, authorities said.
An Alameda County jury last week convicted David Misch, 63, of murdering best friends Jennifer Duey and Michelle Xavier, prosecutors said. . On February 2, 1986, the naked bodies of two women who had been shot and stabbed were found in a remote area of Fremont.
Authorities said evidence presented at the trial showed DNA found under Doe’s fingernails in 2001 belonged to Misch. While serving a life sentence in 2003 for a murder he committed in December 1989, Misch told Fremont police that he saw two young women kidnapped at gunpoint and tried to rescue them. The Alameda District Attorney’s Office said that was his explanation for the presence of DNA.
A portion of a license plate number written on one hand of a victim linked to Misch was also shown as evidence.
“Misch was charged by the office 32 years after the murders of Jennifer Doe and Michelle Xavier. Four years later, a jury found him guilty. District Atty. Royal Roberts said in a statement. “This This verdict is a testament to this office’s commitment to seeking justice for the victims and their families, even if it takes decades. I only wish we could have brought justice to these two families sooner.
According to the San Jose Mercury News, 18-year-old Xavier and 20-year-old Fremont residents planned to spend a relaxing evening eating pizza and watching a movie the night they were killed. Prosecutors argued at trial that Misch was a convicted rapist who sexually assaulted both victims on the night they were killed.
Misch faces 50 years in prison after being convicted of the two murders. He is scheduled to be sentenced on January 2.
Misch also faces charges in connection with a high-profile kidnapping and alleged murder in Hayward in 1989. We drove to the market to buy snacks and soda.
Misch allegedly moved her motorcycle next to his car, then jumped out and kidnapped her when she came to pick it up. Police said some of the palm prints on the motorcycle matched Misch’s. Garecht’s body was never found.
