STROUDSBURG, Pa. - A man has been convicted in the kidnap and slaying almost a decade ago of a co-worker whose bones were found buried in his eastern Pennsylvania yard.A Monroe County judge on Friday convicted Michael Horvath, 55, of criminal homicide, kidnapping, evidence-tampering and abuse of a corpse in the 2013 killing of Holly Grim.
The judge acquitted him of a charge of obstruction in the nonjury trial.Grim, 41, was last seen in Lehigh County’s Lower Macungie Township in November 2013.
She and Horvath had worked together at a company that makes church organs, authorities said.Police said bone fragments unearthed at Horvath’s Ross Township property were consistent with a gunshot wound to the chest, and say Horvath owned DVDs dealing with murder, sexually deviant behavior and "hunting humans."Defense attorney Janet Jackson argued that the case was circumstantial and suggested another suspect.