Serial Killer Sings ‘99 Bottles of Beer’ as He’s Sentenced for Murdering 2 Best Friends

Mar. 15, 2025

Jennifer Duey and Michelle Xavier.Photo:Freemont Police Dept.

Freemont Police Dept.

A California man convicted in the 1986 killing of two best friends who went missing from a birthday party showed “no remorse” during his sentencing this week, prosecutors said, merrily singing before eventually being yanked out of a courtroom.

“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 told reporters afterwards, according to the outlet. “The families of these two young women have been waiting nearly 40 years to receive justice for their tragic and senseless murders.”

David Misch.Hayward Police Department via AP

Hayward Police Department via AP

Duey and Xavier were found naked on the side of a road hours after they went missing from a birthday party dinner in February 1986, according to KRON. The outlet reports that Misch got away with their murders for years until DNA found under Duey’s fingernails matched Misch’s, leading to his arrest.

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The Fremont Police Departmentsaidin a press release that Misch’s arrest stemmed from a 2016 cold case program which reexamined the 1986 case. Misch was convicted on two counts of first-degree murder in December, according to the department.

TheMercury Newsreports that Misch is also the primary suspect in the 1988 murder of 9-year-old Michaela Garecht. Prosecutors allege Misch abducted and later killed the 9-year-old girl outside of a local corner store before discarding her body, according to the outlet.

source: people.com