A ruthless California serial killer sang an eerie road tune in court, and the victim's family gave shocking statements during his sentencing.
Prosecutors said David Misch began yelling “99 beers on the wall” on Tuesday in an attempt to remove him from the courtroom because he didn't want to hear the voices of grieving families. According to Mercury News.
The judge threw Misch out of the room after the killer sang about two bars of the song, but the whistles could still be heard as he was thrown into a nearby jail, the paper added.
Prosecutors harshly criticized the killer's callous act in front of the victim's family.
“Mish's actions in court were not only reprehensible, but blatantly demonstrated a complete lack of remorse for taking the lives of Jennifer Dewey and Michelle Xavier,” Chief Assistant District Attorney Loyle said. Roberts said.
“The families of these two young women have been waiting nearly 40 years to receive justice for their tragic and senseless murders,” he added.
In December, the 63-year-old was found guilty of murdering Xavier and Dewey on February 1, 1986.
The two were last seen at a convenience store in Fremont, California, after going to a birthday party together earlier that night.
Their bodies were found on the side of the road in a secluded area of Fremont Hills, police said.
DNA was found under Dewey's fingernails, and part of the license plate number for the man's car was written on Xavier's hand, leading Misch to the double murder.
Misch told prosecutors that he saw “two young women” being kidnapped at gunpoint and tried to help them.
The murderer's pathetic excuse was made in 2003 while he was serving a life sentence for a 1989 murder.
This cold case was reopened in 2016 by a new branch within the Fremont Police Department.
Misch was a known drug user and commercial robber who lived in the area where the murders occurred.
The evidence was submitted to the Alameda County District Attorney's Office, which indicted Misch on murder charges in March 2018.
Prosecutors believe Misch lured the women to a secluded area and sexually assaulted them, but when the women fought back, he killed them.
Misch was sentenced to two years in prison for serial murder and 25 years to life in prison, which he will continue to serve.
Misch is serving an 18-year to life sentence at Santa Rita Prison and will serve a 50-year to life sentence in state prison.
In 2020, Misch was charged with kidnapping and murdering 9-year-old Michaela Galecht in 1988.
He is awaiting trial for fourth-degree murder.
