Police Interrogation of Police Officer for the Murder of his Police Chief while on vacation
Summary: Police Interrogation of Police Officer for the Murder of his Police Chief while on vacation <br><br>A former Oklahoma officer has been found guilty of murdering his police chief during a conference in Florida<br><br>A former Oklahoma police officer was found guilty Wednesday in the death of his police chief while they attended a law enforcement conference in Pensacola, Florida, in 2019.<br><br>Michael Nealey was found guilty of second-degree murder by a Florida jury, according to CNN affiliate WEAR. Court records show his sentencing is scheduled for April 29.<br>CNN has reached out to Nealey's attorney for comment on the verdict but has not heard back.<br>Nealey was arrested a day after the body of Mannford Police Chief Lucky Miller was found in a hotel room in Pensacola in November, 2019.<br><br>Escambia County Sheriff's deputies responded to a call about a fight at the hotel where Nealey and Miller were staying for the conference.<br><br>Prosecutors said during the trial that the medical examiner determined Miller was beaten and strangled or suffocated to death, WEAR reported.<br><br>Only two people were in that room. One of them is dead and one of them is on trial," said prosecutor Trey Myers during closing arguments, according to the station.<br>Extreme levels of intoxication were involved that night, prosecutors argued, and a forensic toxicologist testified that both men had blood alcohol concentration levels about four times the legal limit to drive, the affiliate reported.<br>"It's impossible to get inside the mind of a man who was here for a law enforcement conference who has had half a gallon of vodka to drink and understand his thoughts," added Myers, WEAR reported.<br>Nealey did not take the stand in his defense, the station reported. The trial began Monday with jury selection and lasted a day and a half before the jury returned a guilty verdict.<br>Miller, 44, was chief of police since 2007. He had a wife and three children.<br><br><br>Police Interrogation of Police Officer for the Murder of his Police Chief while on vacation<br><br>True Crime Podcast 2023 Police Interrogations, 911 Calls and True Police Stories Podcast
