"David Zandstra is a monster. He is every parents' worst nightmare," said Stollsteimer on Monday. "He killed that poor girl."
According to court documents, Zandstra was charged with homicide, murder, kidnapping a minor and related offenses.
Harrington disappeared on Aug. 15, 1975, sometime on a walk from her Marple Township home to a Bible school less than a mile away.
Stollsteimer said that, at that time, Zandstra served as a reverend at Trinity Christian Reformed Church, one of two churches that Harrington regularly attended. As she headed to Bible camp alone, Zandstra pulled alongside her in a vehicle and offered her a ride, Stollsteimer said.
He said that, in a statement that Zandstra has allegedly given to police, he admitted that he took her to a secluded place, told her to removed her clothes then, when she refused, he ejaculated in front of her before he beat her to death with his fists.
Law enforcement officials have arrested a Georgia man -- a former pastor -- for the murder of Gretchen Harrington, an 8-year-old who was murdered in 1975.
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*omg, that was so hard to read. sad faces for all…
sry but I hate this man