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During Nealey s trial, forensic pathologist Dr. Aurelian Nicolaescu testified that Miller suffered about five blunt-force traumatic injuries to his head before his death.
The pathologist said Miller s body showed signs of strangulation and smothering with discoloration of the face, bleeding of the eyes and injured neck muscles.
Nealey s wife, Lisa Nealey, spoke in support of her husband at Thursday s sentencing hearing and asked Circuit Court Judge Thomas Dannheisser for leniency. Mike would never intentionally hurt someone. I ve lived with him for 21 years, I know this, she said, before adding, Please have leniency and mercy upon us.
However, Miller s father, Johnny Miller, asked the judge for the harshest possible punishment for second-degree murder under Florida law, which is life in prison.