Nearly ten years after Danielle Stislicki vanished from her Farmington Hills workplace, the murder case against the man accused of killing her is finally inching toward a jury. Floyd Galloway Jr., the former security guard suspected in the 28-year-old MetLife employee's disappearance, has watched his case stall through years of suppressed evidence, appeals, and legal maneuvering — and it is still not over.
As reported by The Detroit News, the case has been plagued by one setback after another since Stislicki disappeared on December 2, 2016, after leaving her workplace in Southfield. According to WDIV ClickOnDetroit, Galloway worked in the same building as Stislicki and had previously sought her out, flirted with her, and sent her flowers before she vanished. Witnesses reported seeing Galloway talking to her with his car hood up before the two rode together in her Jeep Renegade, which was later found parked at her apartment, the station reported.
Investigators with the Farmington Hills Police Department also determined early on that Galloway had lied about his whereabouts that night, claiming he worked until 11 p.m. when he had actually called off work for a doctor's appointment, per the same account. That false alibi, combined with his presence in Stislicki's Jeep, led police to search his Berkley home weeks after she disappeared, the outlet reported.
A No-Body Case Built on Circumstantial Evidence
Stislicki's body has never been found. She was cataloged by the National Missing and Unidentified Persons System following her disappearance, listed at 5-foot-5 and 123 pounds, with a koi fish tattoo on her hip and a constellation tattoo on her shoulder, according to NamUs. She was last seen wearing a blue Eddie Bauer jacket, blue jeans, and burgundy boots, the registry notes.
Because no remains were ever recovered, the Oakland County Prosecutor's Office repeatedly declined to file charges, and it fell to the Michigan Attorney General's office to step in. Dana Nessel's office assumed prosecution of the case in April 2019 and formally charged Galloway with first-degree premeditated murder, according to FOX 2 Detroit. State prosecutors maintained that circumstantial evidence gave them sufficient probable cause to proceed without physical remains, the station reported.
Evidence Suppressed Over Polygraph Confidentiality Breach
The case has been complicated by a major evidentiary setback. In January, the Michigan Court of Appeals affirmed a circuit court order suppressing key prosecution evidence, including Galloway's purchase of a comforter from Bed Bath & Beyond two days after Stislicki disappeared, her Fitbit, her keys, and surveillance video, according to Justia Law. The court found law enforcement had obtained leads through an unauthorized breach of defense polygraph examination confidentiality — a polygraph examiner hired by Galloway's original defense attorney reportedly leaked exam details to a local police chief, who then tipped off investigating officers.
Galloway's defense had argued that the improper receipt of privileged defense materials irrevocably corrupted the entire case and sought to have the murder indictment dismissed outright. But Oakland County Circuit Judge Phyllis McMillen denied that motion in December 2024, ruling the prosecution could still proceed to trial without the excluded evidence, per ClickOnDetroit.
Jurors Won't Hear About Prior Sexual Assault Conviction
Jurors in the murder trial also will not hear about Galloway's prior conviction in a separate, strikingly similar case. In September 2016 — two months before Stislicki vanished — Galloway attacked a female jogger in Livonia's Hines Park. He was sentenced in December 2017 to 16 to 35 years in state prison after pleading guilty in Wayne County to kidnapping, assault with intent to commit sexual penetration, and assault with intent to do great bodily harm, according to AP News. His earliest parole eligibility date under that sentence is June 2033, the wire service reported.
Prosecutors had hoped to introduce that Hines Park conviction at trial to show a pattern of behavior, but the Michigan Court of Appeals ruled in February 2021 that the conviction cannot be presented to the jury as propensity evidence, ClickOnDetroit reported. Appellate judges determined its prejudicial effect outweighed its probative value, according to the station's coverage.
Trial Set After Years of Delay
The case has moved slowly through the courts, with repeated interlocutory appeals by state prosecutors over the suppressed evidence continually postponing jury selection. In May 2025, the Oakland County Circuit Court set Galloway's murder trial date for February 2, 2026, according to FOX 2 Detroit — a court setting arriving more than nine years after Stislicki's initial disappearance.
If convicted of first-degree premeditated murder, Galloway would face a mandatory sentence of life imprisonment without the possibility of parole under Michigan Compiled Laws Section 750.316, since the state does not have capital punishment and life without parole stands as its maximum criminal penalty. For Stislicki's family, the years of suppressed evidence, dismissed motions, and appellate rulings have meant nearly a decade without a resolution — and, as the case now edges toward trial, that wait is not yet over.
