HAYWARD, Calif. - The man charged with kidnapping and murdering a 9-year-old girl outside a Hayward grocery in a case that captured the nation's attention is scheduled to make his first court appearance on Tuesday, 32 years after the disappearance of Michaela Garecht.
David Misch, 59, did not enter a plea. Through his attorney, Ernie Castillo, Misch waived his right to hear the charges read to him, and his next court date was scheduled for Jan.
22. He also called the so-called evidence against his client - his partial palm print left on the girl's scooter -- "junk science." On Monday, Hayward police and the FBI made the surprising announcement that Misch, already in prison for the murder of at least three other women, is also responsible.