CA MICHAELA GARECHT: Missing from Hayward, CA - 19 Nov 1988 - Age 9 (1 Viewer)

Man charged with murder in 1988 disappearance of 9-year-old Michaela Garecht

David Misch, 59, has been arrested and charged with murder in the 1988 disappearance of 9-year-old Michaela Garecht, who vanished from a supermarket parking lot more than three decades ago while trying to retrieve a friend’s scooter that authorities said the abductor had moved closer to his...

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Man charged with murder in connection to 1988 kidnapping of Michaela Garecht three decades after she vanished from California supermarket​

A convicted murderer has been arrested and charged with murder in the 1988 cold case of 9-year-old Michaela Garecht, who vanished from a supermarket in Hayward, California, more than three decades ago.

David Misch, 59, is charged with murder and two special circumstances, including murder during the course of a kidnapping and having been convicted of a previous murder, Alameda County District Attorney Nancy O’Malley announced at a press conference on Monday.

Michaela Garecht was kidnapped on November 19, 1988, from the Rainbow Market parking lot in Hayward while trying to retrieve a friend’s scooter that authorities said the abductor had moved closer to his vehicle, according to the FBI. The case was featured in Dateline’s “Cold Case Spotlight” in November 2014.

The Hayward Police Department, the Alameda County District Attorney's Office and the FBI worked tirelessly on the case and said it was Misch's partial palm print found on the scooter at the scene that tied him to Michaela’s disappearance. The breakthrough came earlier this year, they said.

“The kidnap and murder of a child is horrific. The pain to the family and friends is indescribable, especially when their child is not found. This crime shocked not just the local community, but the entire Bay Area and the nation,” said D.A. O’Malley. “I hope that today’s action and announcement will provide some comfort to Michaela’s family in knowing that justice will prevail, even after 32 years since this horrible crime.”

Misch is currently facing other charges in Alameda County for the 1986 murders of two women in Fremont, and is currently serving time in state prison for the 1989 murder of another woman in the Hayward area.

Misch is scheduled to be arraigned on Tuesday, December 22.


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Convicted killer David Emery Misch sentenced in 1986 murders of 2 Fremont women

A convicted killer who has also been charged in the 1988 disappearance of Michaela Garecht was sentenced Tuesday in connection with the murders of two Fremont women nearly four decades ago, authorities said.

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Convicted killer David Emery Misch sentenced in 1986 murders of 2 Fremont women​

A convicted killer who has also been charged in the 1988 disappearance of Michaela Garecht was sentenced Tuesday in connection with the murders of two Fremont women nearly four decades ago, authorities said.

According to the Fremont Police Department, David Emery Misch received two consecutive 25-year-to-life sentences in the murders of Michelle Xavier and Jennifer Duey. A jury convicted Misch of the murders on Dec. 19, 2024.


At Tuesday's sentencing hearing, the 63-year-old was removed from the courtroom after disrupting the proceedings and singing while the victims' impact statements were being read, according to the Alameda County District Attorney's Office.

"David Misch's behavior in court was not only reprehensible but a blatant display of no remorse for taking the lives of Jennifer Duey and Michelle Xavier," Chief Assistant District Attorney Royl Roberts said Wednesday. "The families of these two young women have been waiting nearly 40 years to receive justice for their tragic and senseless murders. Thanks to the jury and this conviction, Mr. Misch will be held accountable."


Misch remains in custody at the Santa Rita Jail in Dublin as he awaits trial for the kidnapping and murder of Michaela Garecht, who was nine years old when she vanished from a street corner in Hayward more than 36 years ago.