A Monroe County judge on Friday convicted Michael Horvath, 55, of criminal homicide, kidnapping, evidence-tampering and abuse of a corpse in the 2013 killing of Holly Grim.
Grim, 41, was last seen in Lehigh County's Lower Macungie Township in November 2013. She and Horvath had worked together at a company that makes church organs, authorities said.Police said bone fragments unearthed at Horvath's Ross Township property were consistent with a gunshot wound to the chest, and say Horvath owned DVDs dealing with murder, sexually deviant behavior and"hunting humans.
Defense attorney Janet Jackson argued that the case was circumstantial and suggested another suspect. Jackson conceded that the defendant could be described as a"weirdo" or"oddball," but said he had never behaved inappropriately and wasn't prone to anger, let alone violence. "This is what we were hoping for," Zachary Grim, Holly's son, said outside the courtroom after the verdict was read, The Morning Call reported."This was a long time coming."
"We are just so happy that they found him guilty so he can rot in jail the rest of his life, and that's what he deserves," said Nancy Godowski, who was with Grim the night before she went missing. Sentencing is scheduled for Sept. 8. Prosecutor Michael Mancuso said he will seek consecutive sentences on for the murder and kidnapping convictions and also hopes to find out where the rest of the victim's remains are.
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