Michael Lee King - Florida Death Row
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Denise Amber Lee, 21
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Summary of Offense:
In January 2008, King abducted Denise Amber Lee from her North Port home, leaving her two children at home alone. He reportedly used duct tape to keep her from escaping and raped her repeatedly, before he shot her and buried her in a shallow grave nearby.
King was sentenced to death in Sarasota County on December 4, 2009.
Supreme Court to hear appeal from Denise Lee’s killer
The man on Florida’s Death Row for killing Denise Lee, a North Port mother abducted from her home in front of her children, will have oral arguments on his first mandatory appeal of his conviction this month.
Michael King and his attorneys will argue some of the evidence at trial and his death sentence were not fair in a hearing Sept. 9 before The Florida Supreme Court. The appeal process is mandatory because he was sentenced to death. The arguments his attorneys will make appear in this court document.
The story of Lee’s abduction captured the attention of the community and the nation, from the frantic search for her that night to the missed chances to save her, including a mishandled 911 call.
Lee was cutting her son’s hair on the lanai of her home on Jan. 17, 2008, when King abducted her. Her two children were left alone at the home.
King, a stranger to Lee, bound her with duct tape and repeatedly raped her at his home. He eventually shot Lee to death at point-blank range and buried her in a shallow grave in an undeveloped section of North Port.
During the ordeal, Lee helped build a case against King. She pulled off one of her rings and dropped it in King’s car so detectives would know she had been there. She grabbed his cell phone and dialed 911 and tried to give a dispatcher clues to find her.
While pleading for her life, Lee never said a four-letter word, and never expressed anger. She said “please” 17 times.
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