The Disappearance of Danielle Stislicki
Episode 037
CASE UPDATE - FLOYD GALLOWAY JR CHARGED WITH FIRST DEGREE MURDER
Danielle Stislicki and the man charged with her murder, Floyd Galloway Jr
On December 2nd, 2016, twenty-eight year old Danielle Stislicki made dinner plans with her best friend. She left her office building, located in Southfield, Michigan, at 5pm, and sent a text saying that she was going to be stopping at her apartment, and would meet for dinner around 6pm. Danielle never arrived. Within 24 hours, friends, family and police were conducting exhaustive searches for Danielle.
Her Jeep was found parked just feet away from her apartment door. Her wallet and ID were found inside, but her cell phone and keys were missing. Investigators began to believe that Danielle was not the one who parked there, and foul play was suspected. Over the next year, their investigation would lead them all across the state of Michigan while witnesses would name a suspect - a man who worked as a security guard in the building where Danielle worked and who was seen talking to her the night she vanished. A man who would later be convicted of an attempted sexual assault which took place just four months before Danielle vanished.
While investigators collected evidence, including a mattress and floor boards from his home, he has never been named an official suspect and is only a person of interest. The community rallied around the Stislicki family, and to this day, they are searching for the answers. Join host Steven Pacheco as he explores this disturbing case, asking the question: What happened to Danielle Stislicki?
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UPDATE
Galloway was convicted and sentenced to serve 16 to 35 years. While incarcerated, police elevated Galloway’s status from person of interest to suspect in Danielle’s case. Ultimately, Galloway has been charged with first-degree murder, a felony which carried a life sentence. Galloway he has pleaded not guilty.
Michigan Assistant Attorney General Jaime Horowitz is prosecuting the case and has stated that they have an abundance of evidence including witness statements, GPS from Danielle’s phone showing her at Galloway’s house and DNA evidence from carpet in his home and his van. Judge James Brad agreed and directed the case to Circuit Court.
In a preliminary hearing, Sarah, Danielle’s mother Ana and two of her co-workers testified. One co-worker explained that she had seen Galloway with the hood of his car up, apparently experiencing car trouble and Danielle was walking towards him. Another co-worker testified that he saw Danielle drive out of the parking garage with Galloway in her passenger seat. A detective who originally questioned Galloway testified “His demeanor was kind of standoffish. He wouldn’t look at us. Kind of stared off at the wall when we were talking to him. His hands were shaking.”
Police revealed that they had recovered Danielle’s car keys and FitBit near an M5 entrance ramp between Danielle’s apartment a Tim Horton’s restaurant where Galloway was caught on surveillance footage at 8:38pm the night Danielle disappeared. Footage also showed Galloway using the store’s phone, then being picked up by a cab. The cab driver dropped Galloway off at an apartment complex directly across from the parking garage Danielle had allegedly driven him out of earlier that night.
Police believe Galloway got a ride from Danielle, after feigned car trouble. She brought him to his house where the crime took place. He then drove her jeep back to her apartment, walked from the apartment to Tim Horton’s and took a cab back to pick up his car.
A Michigan state forensic biologist testified that touch DNA connected to Danielle was found on carpet taken from the Galloway home. The forensic examiner said that based on the lack of blood he believed the cause of death was strangulation.
It was decided that there was enough evidence to move forward with a trial. The trial itself was delayed and is set to begin on April 20th, that being this coming Monday. More updates are pending regarding how the trial will turn out.
Despite all of the evidence, Galloway maintains his innocence and has disregarded pleas from the family for the location of Danielle’s remains. Experts believe Galloway will not reveal the location of her remains during the trial, and even if convicted, will likely not give up the information unless there is something in it for him.
We can only hope that the Stislicki family will receive justice, and hopefully the opportunity to lay Danielle to rest.
Sources:
https://www.clickondetroit.com/danielle-stislicki
https://www.candgnews.com/news/StillsearchingfamilyinvestigatorsreflectonStislickicaseatoneyearmark
https://www.amatterofperception.org/daniellestislicki.html
https://upnorthlive.com/news/local/police-search-downstate-park-for-missing-danielle-stislicki
http://www.finddani.org/thank-you.html
https://www.wilx.com/content/news/Missing-in-Michigan-Danielle--456649583.html