SAN FRANCISCO (KRON) — Nearly half a century ago, a 15-year-old girl left her sister’s house in San Francisco to go horseback riding in Golden Gate Park. Marissa Harvey never returned on March 27, 1978.
A group of surfers found Marissa’s lifeless body hidden in brush at Sutro Heights Park less than 48 hours later.
The girl’s killer was finally brought to justice this week following a jury trial, San Francisco District Attorney Brooke Jenkins announced. Jurors found 80-year-old Mark Stanley Personette guilty of first-degree murder…