Murder in The Villages-A Little More Justice

The principal murderer was finally sentenced on Monday. He got the death penalty.

OCALA — Renaldo McGirth was only 18 years old when he brutally took the life of Villages resident Diana Miller in July 2006. Now, less than two years later, a judge has decided McGirth will pay for that crime with his own life.

McGirth, who just turned 20 last week, becomes the youngest person to join the 385 people currently on Florida's death row and one of the youngest men since 1976 to be sentenced to death in the state.
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McGirth also received life sentences, with a minimum mandatory 25 years, on the attempted murder and robbery convictions. He was sentenced to 15 years for fleeing and eluding. Lambert said these three sentences will be served concurrently - meaning the clock will run on all of them simultaneously.

It's not true justice. But it's as close as we'll get with this killer.

The second killer has already been sentenced to life in prison.

And the third of the murderous trio will be in court sometime in the future. He first pled guilty and gave evidence against the other two. But then decided to recant so maybe he can get a jury a sympathetic jury.

Prosecutors say McGirth attempted to rob the Millers at their home in The Villages with two co-defendants, Jarrord Roberts, 22, and Theodore Houston, 19. Roberts was sentenced to life in prison last month for attempted armed robbery with a firearm. Houston still awaits a trial, after testifying against his two co-defendants.

And what about dear daughter Sheila?

Although McGirth and Roberts also were charged with kidnapping the Millers' daughter, Sheila, both were acquitted on that charge, after it was discovered that Sheila was a friend of the defendants who had allowed them into her parents' home.