i wonder where david misch was around this time.
He committed a double murder the very next year in fremont.
Seems like a solid theory. LE probably already looked into this, but sometimes things fall through the cracks. Have you called this tip in? Location is right and according to the timeline posted in his thread, it appears he was out of prison at the time (thanks for posting @Hockeyfan158!). Jane doe was found late October 1985 with a PMI of a few months to a year. It appears Misch was free from Jan 1984-Aug 1985. That lines up perfectly + it’s right in his stomping grounds. I’d be surprised if he hasn’t murdered more women than is currently known.
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1977: Misch, then 16, breaks into a neighbor's house and rapes the household maid (at knifepoint).
1978: Paroled for this crime.
February 1979: Arrested for false imprisonment and assault with a deadly weapon (later charged with assault with intent to commit rape). Released just months later in September on parole.
July 1982: Convicted of beating a woman at knifepoint. Amazingly, he is paroled again in January 1984.
August 1985: Arrested for indecent exposure after he was found to be driving around naked in Oakland.
1986: Was under suspicion for several drug and burglary incidents, diversion court was being considered.
February 1986: Murders Michelle Xavier and Jennifer Duey by shooting and strangulation. Rape also occurred, according to the police. Misch isn't charged until much later for this case.
May 1988: Convicted of burglary and given a sentence of one year plus one year of probation. Paroled in October-November 1988.
November 19, 1988: Michaela Garecht is abducted from the Rainbow Market parking lot in Hayward, CA.
November 21-25, 1988: Arrested for drug possession.
November 17, 1989: Paroled for the drug possession charges.
December 1989: Murders Margaret Ball. The crime is horrific: Ball was found in a fetal possession laying on a butcher's knife that she had been stabbed with numerous times, and she was beaten so badly that Misch knocked out one of Ball's teeth.
1990: Convicted of Ball's murder. Receives a term of 18 years to life in prison.
2006: Denied parole.
2009: Denied parole for a second time.
2018: Charged with the Duey and Xavier homicides.
December 21, 2020: Charged with murder in the presumed death of Michaela Garecht