As the year comes to a close, prosecutors plan to pursue the death penalty against a Monroe County man charged with kidnapping and killing a co-worker whose bones were found buried in his eastern Pennsylvania yard.

Monroe County District Attorney David Christine wants 49-year-old Michael Horvath of Ross Township put to death if he's convicted of first-degree murder.Horvath has pleaded not guilty, but was ordered to stand trial in November on charges of homicide, kidnapping and abuse of a corpse in the death of 41-year-old Holly Grim.Grim 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.Police say 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."In October, Horvath was charged with homicide, kidnapping, and abuse of a corpse in connection with the death of Grim, a woman who disappeared from her Lehigh County home in 2013.Horvath worked with Grim at Allen Organ Company in the Lehigh Valley.Police descended on Horvath's property in September, searching for bone fragments.At a press conference on Oct. 13, police said bones found at the scene were confirmed to have come from Grim.Grim was last seen outside her home just before 7 a.m. on Nov. 22, 2013, just after dropping off her son at his bus stop outside their trailer court.According to police, Horvath was interviewed because he showed up late for work on the day of the alleged murder, but told his co-workers it was because he had gotten a flat tire.On the day Grim disappeared, police found a bright, reddish stain on the exterior face of the unlocked rear door to her residence.The DNA profile of the stain matched Horvath's profile.