An imprisoned Bay Area killer has been found guilty of the 1986 murder of two young Northern California women after a DNA match connected him to the crime, authorities said.
An Alameda County jury last week found David Misch, 63, guilty of murdering best friends Jennifer Duey and Michelle Xavier, prosecutors said. The naked bodies of both women, who had been shot and stabbed, were found in a remote area in the city of Fremont on Feb. 2, 1986. Evidence presented at the trial showed that DNA found under Duey’s nails in 2001 belonged to Misch, authorities said.
'This conviction is a testament to this office’s commitment to seeking justice for victims and their families, even if it takes decades. I only wish we could have delivered justice sooner for these two families.' Xavier, 18, and Duey, 20, were Fremont residents who had planned a relaxing evening of pizza and movies on the evening they were killed, the San Jose Mercury News reported.
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