Killer charged in 1988 slaying of 9-year-old California girl
Convicted killer David Misch has been charged with the kidnapping and slaying of a 9-year-old California girl who went missing more than 32 years ago. It was a cold case that "shocked not just the local community, but the entire Bay Area and the nation" for decades, Alameda County District Attorney Nancy O' Malley said. Michaela Joy Garecht, last seen on Nov. 19, 1988, in Hayward, would have been 42 years old next month. Just days before Thanksgiving, then 9-year-old Garecht and her best friend were riding scooters to a market in Hayward.