Report: Holly Grim Shot

By Brianna Strunk | bstrunk@pahomepage.com (WBRE/WYOU)

MONROE COUNTY (WBRE/WYOU) Eyewitness News Reporter Brianna Strunk has learned new, disturbing information about the death of Holly Grim,  who's body was found buried behind her alleged-killer's Saylorsburg home.  Eyewitness News  had access to the preliminary forensic report just recently released.

The anthropology team believes Holly Grim was shot a nd while bones were recovered from her alleged killer - Michael Horvath's back yard - many body parts are still missing.

The report shows just one person's remains were found - those of Holly Grim. The match was made through DNA.

There's no signs of blunt force trauma, burning, or surface erosion.

The cranium is incomplete and there's many missing body parts.

The report shows only 13 teeth were recovered.

Bone fragmentation suggests gunshot trauma.

The anthropology team believes a single projectile passed through Holly's sternum from front to back.
When investigators began digging up Holly's body - her bones were found  "..Beneath a metal frame -resembling a child's bed frame...There was burnt ash in the soil..."

The anthropology team determined Holly's body was buried after she died.

Evidence shows 'after a period of decomposition - the larger skeletal elements were removed from the area... by human intervention"

The report seems to indicate Holly was killed, buried, then at least partially dug up. Her body was buried at least 2 years.

This is a preliminary report. We will learn more information in the final report - which should be ready within the next two weeks.

Meanwhile, Michael Horvath of Saylorsburg, Ross Township remains in jail - charged with kidnapping and murdering Holly Grim.

She disappeared from her Lehigh County home in November, 2013. Investigators spent days digging behind and inside Horvath's home for evidence.

He's scheduled to be back in court next month.

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