Holly Grim's alleged killer to face death penalty
The man accused of the 2013 kidnapping and murder of Holly Grim will face the death penalty, according to Monroe County District Attorney David Christine.
Authorities say Michael Horvath, a co-worker of the Lower Macungie Township woman, snatched her from her trailer on Nov. 22, 2013. Horvath is eligible for the death penalty since he's accused of committing felony crimes in the commission of a homicide. He's been charged with homicide, kidnapping, obstructing police, tampering with evidence and abuse of a corpse.
Christine said the notice of aggravating circumstances, the document that puts the death penalty option on the table for a jury, was filed within the past week at the Monroe County Courthouse.
Grim's disappearance long vexed police and her loved ones. Horvath, who was late to work on the day Grim went missing, was interviewed three times, and his story to police remained mostly consistent. In 2014, authorities say he volunteered a swab of DNA, which in November 2015 came back as a match to bloodstains found at the back of Grim's home.
In October, as crews descended on Horvath's Ross Township home to dig for clues, roughly 100 pieces of human bone were recovered in Horvath's yard, including a bone from the middle of Grim's chest that was pierced by a gunshot, according to authorities. Police also recovered photographs from Horvath's computer, some of which showed the interior of Grim's home — a piece of evidence that even Horvath seemed surprised by during his preliminary hearing.
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