Matthew Millican
Summary of Offense:
Convicted and sentenced to death in June 2008 for the February 8, 2006, first-degree murder of Matthew Millican in a wooded area near Port Allen. Jurors noted the “aggravating circumstances” of armed robbery and aggravated kidnapping on their verdict form to meet the legal requirement for handing down a death penalty in Louisiana. Garcia, of Lansing, Mich., showed almost no emotion as the jury’s death verdict was read. Several members of his immediate family, who had come to Louisiana for the end of the trial, listened quietly. Garcia was arrested along with his brother, Daniel Garcia, and James Nelson II after Millican and Megan Teresi were robbed and kidnapped after they were found asleep behind a motel on La. 415 in Port Allen. Millican and Teresi were transients who described themselves as travelers. They were taken to a wooded area where Millican was killed and Teresi was beaten and repeatedly raped.
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