Serial killer sings ‘99 Bottles of Beer’ as family of his murder victims describe the pain his crimes caused
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Misch faces a separate murder charge for the 1988 killing of 9-year-old Michaela Garecht and is currently serving time for the 1989 killing of Margaret Ball. A 63-year-old serial killer was thrown out of a California courtroom for singing “99 Bottles of Beer” in the middle of his sentencing hearing for killing two best friends 40 years ago.
![[David Misch was ‘removed’ from his sentencing hearing after singing ‘99 Bottles of Beer’ while victims’ impact statements were being read]](https://static.independent.co.uk/2025/01/23/19/638731376737347289.jpg)
David Misch was found guilty of two counts of first-degree murder in December for the 1986 killings of Jennifer Duey, 20, and Michelle Xavier, 18. At his sentencing hearing Wednesday, Misch received two consecutive 25-year to life sentences on Wednesday — but he wasn’t present. He was “removed by the court” after bursting into song while victim impact statements were being read, the Alameda County District Attorney’s Office said.
![[Michelle Xavier and Jennifer Duey, best friends who were killed by David Misch in 1986. He was given two 25 to life sentences for killing them.]](https://static.independent.co.uk/2025/01/23/19/464838755_8891272054275562_9174589844028615971_n.jpg)
“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 said in a statement. “The families of these two young women have been waiting nearly 40 years to receive justice for their tragic and senseless murders. Thanks to the jury and this conviction, Mr. Misch will be held accountable.”.
At the trial, jurors were shown DNA evidence found in 2001 under Duey’s nails that belonged to Misch. Two years later, to explain why his DNA was found on the murder victim, he alleged that he had witnessed the two young women being kidnapped at gunpoint and that he tried to save them, according to the prosecutor’s office.
