Michael Garcia officially sentenced to death

PORT ALLEN, LA (WAFB) - It's the first death sentence handed down in West Baton Rouge Parish in decades. Tuesday morning, West Baton Rouge Parish District Court Judge Robin Free issued the ruling. Convicted killer Michael Garcia will pay with his life for murdering Michael Millican near a Port Allen gas station in 2006. The courtroom gasped when Robin Free handed down the death penalty for Garcia. The courtroom was packed with dozens of people, many of whom had no idea Garcia was coming up Tuesday morning. Garcia arrived at the courthouse under heavy security. Last month, a West Baton Rouge Parish jury convicted Garcia of the first-degree murder of Matthew Millican. Tuesday morning, Millican's mother talked to Garcia during the victim's impact statement. She boldly proclaimed that she wanted him to suffer the nightmares she... [read full story]