According to authorities, 83-year-old David Zandstra, of Marietta, Georgia, is charged with the 1975 murder of 8-year-old Gretchen Harrington.
According to authorities, 83-year-old David Zandstra of Georgia is charged with the murder of 8-year-old Gretchen Harrington.Authorities in Delaware County, Pennsylvania have charged a man nearly 50 years after the abduction and murder of 8-year-old Gretchen Harrington.
According to authorities, 83-year-old David Zandstra, of Marietta, Georgia, is charged with the 1975 murder of Harrington. Harrington was abducted from Marple Township and her body was later found at the Ridley Creek State Park."This heinous act left a family and a community forever changed. At long last I can announce today that her killer - David Zandstra - has admitted to his crime. Justice has been a long time coming, but we are proud and grateful to finally be able to give the community an answer," said District Attorney Jack Stollsteimer on Monday.
Zandstra has been charged with criminal homicide, murder of the first, second, and third degree, as well as kidnapping of a minor and the possession of an instrument of crime. Back in the 1970s, he was a pastor at a local church where Harrington was heading to attend summer bible school when she went missing.
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