(WWJ) "We are all here today for them."
The missing woman's mother Ann Stislicki stood up to thank the attorney general and police, saying, "You've helped us be strong." She also thanked the media and the "many people who have supported us."
"I know you guys were not available for your families ... And family is important for us. So kudos and a wonderful hug to your extended families, friends, co-workers," Ann Stislicki said.
She added that her daughter Danielle "was, and always is, a kind soul," and the family continues to try to find out what happened to her remains.
Galloway was charged despite the fact the 28-year-old woman's body has not been found.
Before they spoke, the family sat in the front row holding hands while law enforcement outlined the extent of the resources they committed to finding the truth in the Stislicki case -- Farmington Hills police described it as thousands of hours by hundreds of dedicated people.
Nessel took over the case from the Oakland County Prosecutor's Office, which had not yet pressed charges.
Why the delay?
"This is a trial for murder," said Richard Stislicki, speaking to WWJ's Jon Hewett and other reporters Tuesday. "They could've gone for smaller things, but everybody involved from the Oakland County prosector to the attorney general want to see the full measure of justice.
"So with only one turn at bat, you have to have everything lined up," he said. "And, at a certain point, when Floyd Galloway was behind bars, he was less of a risk to the community."
Richard Stislicki said there was some hope that Galloway would speak to someone in prison about what he'd done, or that Danielle's body would have been found. "So I think there was some hesitancy."
A special prosecutor from Wayne County will handle the case.
Stislicki disappeared Dec. 2, 2016, after leaving her job in Southfield. She planned to meet up with a friend for dinner that night but never showed up. Her Jeep was found a day later, parked outside her home at the Independence Green apartments in the area of Halsted and Grand River in Farmington Hills. Her purse was inside.
Galloway is a former security guard at MetLife, where Stislicki worked. He is already in prison after pleading guilty to an attempted sexual assault along a Hines Park jogging trail in Livonia.
Galloway’s house was searched a couple of weeks after Stislicki disappeared. Police didn't say much about the search at the time, but neighbors say they saw officers taking a mattress and other items out of his home.
Galloway has denied knowing what happened to Stislicki.
Farmington Hills police poured over "hundreds of pieces of evidence" in the case, served dozens of search warrants; and have said repeatedly that the investigation was headed in the right direction.
Although police found no signs of a struggle, Ann Stislicki always suspected that her daughter was abducted, telling WWJ last summer that she did not hold out much hope that her daughter is alive.
Richard Stislicki has said the hardest thing about his daughter going missing is that he felt fairly certain he knew what happened to her, but was not able to do anything about it. "We pretty much know the answer. We just can't, at this time, legally prove it," he told WWJ last spring.
Why did the attorney general step into the case? Nessel isn't saying exactly, except that she felt the evidence was strong enough to win the case.
In the opinion of Ann Stislicki, with so many missing people out there, it "can no longer acceptable to say you can't prosecute because you don't have a body."
Galloway is scheduled to appear in court for an arraignment on Wednesday.
Anyone with information about the Danielle Stislicki case can leave an anonymous tip at 248-871-2610.