( KRON ) — A man convicted of murdering two women in California interrupted his own sentencing hearing on Tuesday by singing in front of his victims’ families.
David Misch, 63, was convicted last month of murdering Jennifer Duey and Michelle Xavier. The two young women’s naked and lifeless bodies were dumped in a remote area of Fremont in the 1980s.
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On Tuesday, family members were reading their victim impact statements when Misch disrupted the proceeding by singing inside the courtroom, prosecutors said. Sheriff’s deputies then removed Misch from the courtroom.
Prosecutors said Misch displayed disrespectful behavior purposefully so that he would be thrown out. At most sentencing hearings, murder victims’ family members are allowed to read statements in front of a judge to describe their pain, loss, and sadness from losing a loved one. Victim impact statements give a voice to voiceless murder victims…