Man denied bond after girl’s homicide
FOX 13’s Jordan Bowen stories on Michael Canty, a 54-year-old accused of killing a lady and leaving her physique in mulch close to a Church’s Rooster drive-thru lane, being denied bail by a choose on Wednesday.
TAMPA, Fla. – A Tampa choose denied bond on Wednesday for a 54-year-old man dealing with a second-degree homicide cost within the demise of a 48-year-old girl.
The backstory:
In June 2024, Daybreak Morrison’s physique was discovered partially buried in mulch close to the drive-thru lane of Church’s Rooster on East Fletcher Ave.
Michael Canty was arrested final month and has been held in jail since then.
On Wednesday, his attorneys made their case to the choose about why their consumer must be launched on bail, however the choose did not see it that method.
Dig deeper:
“It’s true, Miss Beardsley, that it seems to be a circumstantial case. The court docket does discover that the circumstances as testified to by the detective and the proof submitted throughout this listening to, create a considerable likelihood that the defendant did commit what he statutorily outlined as a harmful crime,” Decide Christopher Sabella stated.
In keeping with court docket information, Canty and Morrison had been seen on surveillance video outdoors the Church’s Rooster round 11:30 p.m. on June 15.
Michael Canty showing in court docket on Wednesday.
Courtroom information say the 2 met to do medicine. About half-hour later, a lady’s voice could possibly be heard yelling for assist, after which about 40 seconds later, the Church’s Rooster misplaced energy and stopped transmitting video.
Over the subsequent few hours, surveillance video from a McDonald’s subsequent door captured Canty going backwards and forwards between the Church’s drive-thru and the McDonald’s dumpster.
At one level, prosecutors say Canty modified his garments, which had been later discovered with blood stains.
“I discover that there are not any circumstances of launch or bail that will fairly defend the group from threat of bodily hurt or make sure the presence of the defendant at trial. Subsequently, this time, I’ll grant the state’s movement for pretrial detention,” Sabella stated.
The Supply: FOX 13’s Jordan Bowen collected the data on this story.
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