David Misch, a Santa Clara native, was convicted of two first-degree murder counts in the February 1986 deaths of Michelle Xavier and Jennifer Duey.
This undated photo provided by the Fremont Police Department shows David Misch. Police in a Northern California city say they have solved the 1986 killings of two friends thanks to DNA evidence and that the suspect is already behind bars. The Fremont Police Department announced Monday they arrested Misch on suspicion of two counts of murder in the slayings of two young women whose nude bodies were dumped along a road.
Prosecutors argued during trial that Misch, a convicted rapist who is already serving life for a 1989 murder, preyed upon both victims after they had the bad luck of crossing his path the night they were killed. The defense relied on Misch’s own testimony to argue thatThe verdict virtually guarantees Misch will die in prison. He faces 50 to life, on top of the life sentence he’s already service.
The case remained unsolved until a new DNA test linked cells under Duey’s fingernails to Misch, in 2018. Xavier also wrote an assortment of letters and numbers on her hand, which were within a digit or two of the license plate to Misch’s motorcycle. Deputy District Attorney Allyson Donovan said during trial that this showed that both women played a role in bringing their killer to justice decades later.
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