Ex-牧師, 83, 逮捕（する）d as 嫌疑者，容疑者／疑うd 殺し屋 in 50-year-old Pennsylvania 冷淡な 事例／患者 殺人 of girl, eight

A re tired 大臣 in Georgia has been 告発（する），告訴（する）／料金d with 殺人 in the 殺すing of an eight-year-old girl - who 消えるd while 長，率いるing to Bible school in Pennsylvania nearly a half-century ago. David Zandstra (pictured left), 83, of the Atlanta 郊外 of Marietta, was 告発（する），告訴（する）／料金d Monday with 犯罪の 殺人, first, second- and third-degree 殺人, kidnapping of a minor and a 関係のある count in the 1975 death of Gretchen Harrington (pictured 権利) in Delaware 郡. Harrington, the daughter of a Presbyterian 大臣 and his wife, disappeared in 中央の-August 1975 while walking from her Marple 郡区 home to Bible school at Trinity Church Chapel, where Zandstra was 牧師.

地区 弁護士／代理人／検事 Jack Stollsteimer told reporters in マスコミ, Pennsylvania, the 被告 was 'a monster' and 'every parent's worst nightmare.' 'This is a man who is a remorseless child predator who 行為／法令／行動するd as if he was a friend, a neighbor and a man of God, and he killed this poor little girl,' Stollsteimer said.?After 恐らく 殺人，大当り the child, he then '行為／法令／行動するd as if he was their family friend, not only during her burial and the period after that but for years,' the 検察官 said. Harrington's 団体／死体 was 設立する two months later by a jogger in Ridley Creek 明言する／公表する Park in マスコミ.

Harrington (pictured), usually …を伴ってd by her sisters to Bible school but alone the fateful day because of a 最近の birth in her family. She was 申し込む／申し出d a ride by Zandstra, who was also the father of one of her best friends, Stollsteimer 申し立てられた／疑わしい. 'So when he 申し込む／申し出d her a ride in his car, of course she got in the car,' he said. Zandstra took her to a wooded 場所 and 結局 struck her in the 長，率いる, and believing her to be dead tried to cover her 団体／死体, 当局 said. Returning to his church, he 'tried to 行為／法令／行動する like nothing had happened,' and when her father, 牧師 of the nearby 改革（する）d Presbyterian Church, called 捜し出すing to find her, Zandstra was the one to call police, Stollsteimer 申し立てられた／疑わしい.

州警察官，騎馬警官 Eugene Tray (pictured) said the 被告's demeanor was 'relieved' as if it was 'a 負わせる off his shoulders.' Stollsteimer said Zandstra, however, was fighting 国外逃亡犯人の引渡し from Georgia - though the 検察官，検事 公約するd that he would be returned to 直面する 司法（官） in Pennsylvania.?デオキシリボ核酸 from the 被告 will be compared to 構成要素 from open 事例／患者s in Pennsylvania and どこかよそで, 当局 said. Zandstra lived in Texas and Georgia after leaving the 連邦／共和国, they said.

The Christian 改革（する）d Church 名簿（に載せる）／表（にあげる）s him as having 大臣d in New Jersey, California and Texas before retiring in 2005.?当局 said they were 関心d there may have been more 犠牲者s and 勧めるd anyone with （警察などへの）密告，告訴（状） to 接触する 捜査官／調査官s. Zandstra remained in 保護／拘留 in Georgia; a message was left Monday for a Pennsylvania 弁護士／代理人／検事 名簿（に載せる）／表（にあげる）d as 代表するing him.

Harrington's family asked for privacy but said in a 声明 they were '極端に 希望に満ちた' that the person responsible would be held accountable for taking her away from them, which they said 'forever altered our family and we 行方不明になる her every 選び出す／独身 day.' 'If you met Gretchen, you were 即時に her friend. She exuded 親切 to all and was 甘い and gentle,' the family said. 'Even now, when people 株 their memories of her, the first thing they talk about is how amazing she was and still is ... at just 8 years old, she had a lifelong 衝撃 on those around her.'?Read the 十分な story: https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-12333909/Ex-牧師-83-逮捕（する）d-嫌疑者，容疑者／疑うd-殺し屋-nearly-50-years-殺人-eight-year-old-Pennsylvania-girl-消えるd-walking-Bible-school.html?ito=msngallery

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