(WWJ) — Attorneys for the man accused of killing Danielle Stislicki in December 2016 are once asking an Oakland County judge to dismiss the case because they believe his attorney-client privilege was violated.
Floyd Galloway, a former security guard at the Southfield office building where she worked, is the primary suspect in the disappearance and presumed death of Stislicki. He is currently serving a prison sentence in a separate, unrelated kidnapping case, but has been charged with murdering Stislicki, despite the fact her body has never been found.
In September 2023 a Michigan appeals court ruled some evidence in the case would be thrown out because the results of a private polygraph test he took were leaked to police, ultimately leading detectives to find some of Stislicki's belongings and security footage.
Defense attorneys are now asking Oakland County Judge Phyllis McMillen to dismiss the case because they believe that violated attorney-client privilege. McMillen heard arguments Wednesday about the motion to dismiss the case and she said she will issue a written order on the motion.
A timeline for when a ruling will be made was not immediately clear.
Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel filed first-degree murder charges against Galloway in March 2019, more than two years after Stislicki went missing.
Stislicki disappeared Dec. 2, 2016, after leaving her job in Southfield. The 28-year-old Farmington Hills woman, who went by “Dani,” 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.
The September 2023 appeals court ruling stated that the way the evidence -- including Stislicki’s keys, Fitbit device, the security footage and testimony that put Galloway in the area -- was found violated Galloway’s attorney-client privilege.
Galloway's lawyers accused Troy's former Police Chief Gary Mayer of breaking the law when he shared the results of Galloway's polygraph test with Farmington Hills' former Police Chief Chuck Nebus.
Galloway's attorney said the person who administered the lie detector test was reportedly so disturbed about what Galloway had shared that he leaked information to Mayer who then told Nebus.
The Farmington Hills police chief then acted on the information, leading detectives to find some of Stislicki's belongings and the security footage.
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