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Miya Marcano’s family sues Sheriff’s Office over mishandled investigation
ORLANDO, Florida, USA- Media outlets across Florida and the wider USA are reporting that the parents of Miya Marcano, who was abducted from her UCF-area apartment in Orange County by a maintenance worker and killed two years ago, have filed a lawsuit against the Orange County Sheriff’s Office over failings in its initial investigation into her disappearance.
Bill honouring Miya Marcano signed into law in Florida
ORLANDO, Florida, USA- Florida Governor Ron D. DeSantis signed a bill into law on Monday, June 27, 2022, aimed at increasing physical safety for renters that was named after 19-year-old Miya Marcano was believed to have been killed by a maintenance worker at her apartment complex.
'Miya's Law' clears latest step in Florida Senate
TALLAHASSEE, Florida, USA – “Miya’s Law,” a legislation that would improve apartment tenant safety in Florida, got one step closer to passing when it received unanimous approval by the state Senate's Agriculture, Environment and General Government Subcommittee on Tuesday, February 22, 2022.
Florida senate committee moves to advance ‘Miya Law’ for tenant safety
ORANGE COUNTY, Florida, USA – Florida State Senate’s Community Affairs Committee today, January 25, 2022, moved to introduce and vote on ‘Miya Law’ (SB 898 - Tenant Safety) to bring tenant safety into the forefront, following the murder of Miya Marcano, a young lady with strong connections to the Virgin Islands (VI).
Hundreds travel from USVI & VI for Miya Marcano funeral in Florida
COOPER CITY, FLORIDA, USA - Nearly two weeks after Miya Marcano’s body was found in Orange County, family members, friends, and strangers gathered to celebrate her life in a moving funeral service held Thursday, October 14, 2021, at the Cooper City Church of God in Cooper City, Broward County in Florida.
‘No words could bring full comfort’- Premier Fahie on Maya Marcano's death
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI – Virgin Islands (VI) Premier and Minister of Finance, Hon Andrew A. Fahie (R1) has joined in the VI’s collective mourning over the death of Miya Marcano after her body was believed to be discovered in Orange County, Florida on October 2, 2021.
Detectives find body believed to be that of Miya Marcano
ORANGE COUNTY, Florida, USA – Detectives at the Orange County Sheriff's Office, in Florida, USA have announced that they have found a body believed to be that of a missing woman with Virgin Islands (VI) roots, Miya Marcano.
Suspect in Miya Marcano missing case commits suicide
ORANGE COUNTY, Florida, USA – One of the key suspects in the missing case of the Virgin Islands' 2012 Prince and Princesses contestant, Miya Marcano, has committed suicide
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