Former Pastor Charged in 1975 Cold Case Murder of 8-Year-Old Girl on Her Way to Bible Camp

David Zandstra, an 83-year-old former pastor, has been arrested and charged with the 1975 kidnapping and murder of an 8-year-old girl, Gretchen Harrington, according to Pennsylvania authorities. Zandstra, who was apprehended on July 17 in Cobb County, Georgia, confessed to the crime, which took place when he was serving as a pastor in Marple Township, Pennsylvania, nearly half a century ago. The breakthrough in the cold case came after new evidence surfaced earlier this year. …

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