Holly Grim's killer sentenced to life in prison without parole – lehighvalleylive.com

Michael Horvath, 55, was sentenced Thursday in Monroe County Court to life in prison without parole for killing Lower Macungie Township resident Holly Grim.Monroe Assistant District Attorney Michael T. Rakaczewski said county President Judge Margherita Patti-Worthington handed down the mandatory sentence on the first-degree felony criminal homicide charge of which Horvath was found guilty in June following a non-jury trial.Patti-Worthington also sentenced Horvath to the maximum 10-20 years behind bars, to be served consecutive to the life term, on two related counts of kidnapping, said Rakaczewski, who prosecuted the case with First Assistant District Attorney Michael Mancuso.“We just hope that the family of the victim would find some closure now in this case, now that he was found guilty and was sentenced,” Rakaczewski told lehighvalleylive.com.WFMZ-TV 69 reported that Horvath addressed Grim’s family during Thursday’s sentencing hearing, saying: “I am sorry for their loss, but judge, I did not commit this murder and I am going to fight this until the end.”A call for comment to Horvath’s defense attorney was not immediately returned.Charged in the homicide of Lower Macungie Township resident Holly Grim, who went missing Nov. 22, 2013, Michael G. Horvath leaves his preliminary hearing Nov. 14, 2016, before District…
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