Danielle Stubbs
Facts of the Crime:
In January 2009, McMillian fought with then ex-girlfriend Danielle Stubbs over her admission that she had aborted the couple's unborn child. Police say McMillian and Stubbs' relationship had been marred by violence and jealousy for years, and things came to a head on January 11th. That's when McMillian attacked Stubbs inside her townhome on Pineverde Lane. Days later, when police sought McMillian for questioning, he led officers--including U.S. Marshals--on a wild chase. At one point, he opened fire on police, damaging a JSO patrol car.
At trial, McMillian testified in his own defense, admitting that he fired two shots in anger the night of his former girlfriend's death, but did not intend to kill her. McMillian told the jury that Danielle Stubbs had told him she'd had an abortion. He said he was angry, he had a gun in his waistband and the lights in her bedroom were off. "That's when I made the biggest mistake of my life," McMillian said. "Not intentionally, but I did fire in the direction that she was at. She says, 'I knew you were going to leave anyway, so I killed your child,'" McMillian said. "That caught me off-guard."
McMillian was sentenced to death in Duval County on October 1, 2010.
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