BREAKING: Bryan Patrick Miller has been sentenced to death after being found guilty of murder in the Phoenix canal killing case.
The so-called "Canal Killer" who was found guilty of first-degree murder and kidnapping in connection to the deaths of two women in the 90s, has been sentenced to death.Guilty of two counts first-degree murderSeveral key witnesses and loved ones took the stand in the trial against Bryan Patrick Miller. The trial began on Oct. 3, years after DNA findings linked Miller to the deaths of 22-year-old Angela Brosso in November 1992 and 17-year-old Melanie Bernas in September 1993.
"What are the reasons that children develop social deficits? Is there any specific reason?" a defense attorney asked psychology expert Dr. John Maag. With the insanity defense now off the table, the defense is trying to portray the traumatizing background Miller was tortured with is his early years. "I keep waiting to wake up from this horrible dream, the dream that is this tragic reality, in a dark, empty hole without the light of my life," said Brosso's mother. 'The defendant snatched my rare, precious butterfly from the breeze and killed and mutilated her."
Prosecutors and defense attorneys presented their closing arguments in the bench trial of Bryan Patrick Miller, the man allegedly behind the Phoenix canal killings. FOX 10's Nicole Garcia has more. There is no argument over whether Miller murdered and mutilated Brosso and Bernas. The argument is whether Miller is not guilty by reason of insanity.
Closing arguments are set to continue on Apr. 6. As this is a bench trial, a judge will now deliver the verdict and the earliest that could happen is Apr. 11.The months-long murder trial of Bryan Patrick Miller continued on Mar. 29, when Miller's former wife gave her testimony on what it was like to be intimate with her former husband. FOX 10's Nicole Garcia reports.Amy had a daughter with Miller before their divorce.
During her testimony, Dr. Garby said Miller is likely a sexual sadist, or a person who gains pleasure from inflicting extreme pain and suffering on another person. A Forensic Psychologist testified on the psychologically destructive abuse that Miller endured over the course of many years. As a teenager, other adults reportedly tried to get help for Miller, but he ended up in juvenile detention.
"He refers to a part of himself as squirreling himself away into a ball, playing dead like an armadillo," said Miller's lawyer. "That's literally part of the language, the dissociation literature, because some small mammals and other animals and children can literally pretend to play dead. It's a part of the dissociative response."
A 17-year-old junior at Arcadia High school in Phoenix who loved sports and riding her bike. Melanie Bernas' mother testified virtually in court on Oct. 5. She says her daughter was not allowed to ride her bike at night. It was day two in the double murder trial of Bryan Patrick Miller, accused of murdering two young women along a Phoenix canal in the 1990s. We hear from someone who knew one of the victims, Angela Brosso. She was 22 when she was murdered and decapitated. FOX 10's Linda Williams has more.
Brosso's headless body was discovered the following morning in a vacant lot off the bike path. 11 days later, her head was discovered floating in the canal next to the bike path.The Phoenix Police detective who investigated the case also testified today. Detective Mike Meislish testified to details of the graphic murder scene. Prosecutors also had exhibits, such as the clothing Brosso was wearing when she was murdered.
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