Sharee Miller, a Genesee County woman serving life in prison for conspiracy to commit murder and second-degree murder, admits to her crimes in a letter to the judge who sentenced her. NOTE: We've redacted personal information.
Sharee Miller, a Genesee County woman serving life in prison for conspiracy to commit murder and second-degree murder, admits to her crimes in a letter to the judge who sentenced her. NOTE: We've redacted personal information.
Sharee Miller, a Genesee County woman serving life in prison for conspiracy to commit murder and second-degree murder, admits to her crimes in a letter to the judge who sentenced her. NOTE: We've redacted personal information.
enesee County Ci
vit Court
Fulferten
200 Saginaw St.
#201
Flint, Mica
48502
Judge Fullerton,
My
ame is Sheree Miller, 276122. T am housed at Nomett
Correctional Facility. You
ere my judee when T was convigte
22, 2000. T received LIFF for Conspir
to Commit Murder and 84 to 4
Tn 2008 T won my
2009. August 2012 7 lost and came back to pri
left, however T know that with th
years for Second Negree Murd
ppeal and went home in
on. T have a 4500 Motion
letter that will be gone as well.
For many years I blamed you for my coming to prison. Tt was easier
that way. Cr so T thought. T want to tell the truth now. T know that it
may make little difference to you whether T tell the truth or not, but to
ay husbands family or Jerry Cassaday's family it might mean something.
Something
pened fn:
of me when T had to come back to pri
son
after three years of freedom. You see my daughter and grand daughter were
living vith me, Although J begged my daughter NOT to come with me when ay
me back off at this prison, MMMMvould not listen. She
aad to come with us. Vhen T was walking through those sliding doors,
looking back at my daughter, she was crying so hard. Ner hends were
roomate droppe
stretched out with her little seven week old baby girl in then. T
remember hearing her scream, "NO MOM, NO, DONT LEAVE.” My roomate had to
pick her up and carry her out the door while BBM still tried to get ¢
me.
After that moment, Judge Fu
lecton, the FILL impact of what T had
done to Pruce, nis friends and family, Jerry and his friends and Family,
hit me full force. They will NFVFR get te see them again. My daughter
will be able to come see me. Pruce's children will never get to hug their
Twill still be able to feel my children's arms around me.
dad agai
Fruce's brother will never be able to sit down and have a conversation
with hin again, but my brothers can still come see me. T manipulated a
man into killing another man. T have lived in denial for so long that Tbelieved my lie, ‘I didn't do it.‘ Judge Fullerton, T did it. *lmost the
way the prosecutor said T did.
When T went to the parole board, and was asked did T have time to
stop it? T answered honestly. 1 had sixteen and a half hours to stop it.
And T didn't. T knew it was going to happen and T allowed it. T allowed a
man to kill anotaer man based on my lies and manipulation. T tried to
tel] the parole hoard that it wae because of my childhood. T was stil
trying to blame someone or something else for my actions. T was molested
and abused hy my step father for many years. That would explain the
hipner sexual behavior T had. Tt would explain why T was such a Jiar and
a secret holder, PUT it does not explain how T set someone up to be
killed. T knew right from wrong, "CO MATTFR WHAT HAPPENEN TO MF AS A
CHILD. I knew what T was doing was wrong. T was living two lives and T
got caught up and did not want to get caught so 7 planned a murder and
went torough with it. Tnstead of my family or Pruce's family finding out
what T really was, T thougnt T could cover it up by having Rruce
mucdered. T cannot deny this anymore. Not even to try to win a 500
Motion when you retire, like my PATD attorney keeps telling me
Throughout these 16 years T have asked three different attorney's to let
me tell them the truth. They did not want to know it. This last one T
paid $90,000.00 for him to get started on my 6500 motion. T asked him at
our first meeting if T could tel] him the truth about what T had done. He
said "no". T cannot do it anymore. T have to tell the truth. Tf my
attorney doesn't want to hear it J am sure Bruce's and Jerry's family
will.
When T went home T went on DATFLNE where once again J tried to sugar
coat things. Pruce's Prother and sister-in-law went on and Judy said, “If
she is really sorry for what she done how come she hasn't tried to tell
us?” Well T can't, that is against the rules. But you can. T don't know
if this will give them closure of any kind. T don't know if you will, but
somehow T would like to answer their auestions, honestly. I am not sure
if you would help in this or not.
T keep goine through my life trying to make up for what T have done
Put Judge Fullerton there is NOTHING T can do to make up for TWO lives.
No matter how hard T try T cannot make sense of why T thought that was
okay. I don't deserve freedom. When T think of those 16 hours of waitinguntil Pence was in the right place and the right time to end his life, 7
cannot stand to live with nyself sometimes. T don't want to fight in the
court anynore.
don't want Peuce's or Jerry's family have to suffer
anymore. They bave waited 16 years to hear me say T am guilty, I did it
and it sounds so weightless, but T am sorry. T am so so sorty. Ne was a
great man. Ye never hurt me or my children in anyway. 411 he did was love
us. He wanted to adoot my children. Ve just wanted @ family. The only man
who loved me for me and T had him killed. Fe never raised Ris voice to
me, He gave me anything T ever wanted. T didn't have to work for
anything, his love was free.
Tn prison if you are here for killing your husband you are wel
liked. BUT if you are in for ‘illing a child you are well hated. T have
tried to make since of this. Rruce was sonebodies child. T don't care if
he was in his 40's, he was his mothers child. T see no difference. T am
as bad as a child killer. %0 KTLLFR is eood, child or adult
T have to thank you Judge Fullerton. You saved my children from a
horrible mother. They had a great life once T came here. My mother nade
sure that they were all well taken care of. 4nd even though T was a
horrible mother and @ murderer she brought them to see me weekly,
something Pruce's children didn't have with their father this past 16
years. When T was at home they suffered. They vere introduced to many
men, T drank all the time. Smoked weed and took pills. They suffered a
lot because of me. They were sexually and physically abused by my second
husband, hecause of me. So my coming to prison saved their lives. They
were innocent in all this. They had to battle in school because of the
media that T continued to go to. Tt didn’t dawn on me, the pain that T
had caused them until that moment T had to come back, seeing into my
daugh
ter's pain filled eyes.
Going home for those 3 years J thought was my blessing from God. No
my daughter needed me, my sons needed me. Tt wasn't about me, it was
about them.
T hurt a lot of people. T destroyed a lot of lives. It is time to
end the lies and tell the truth. T know that they already know the truth
4nd T know that you already know the truth, Put maybe hearing it from me
would help Bruce's family somehow. J don't know, T don't know how all
this works. 1] T know is that T was drawn to write you. Thank you for
eeenot letting me in any way get avay with nucder Judge Fullerton. And T an
sorry for wasting so many hours, day's, week's and month's of your tine
T knew T was wrong and T thougnt I could get away
with it. Today, now, T am glad that T did not get away with it. Fven
behind these walls my Jife is so much better now thet T can tell the
truth, T am going to continue to try to make Pruce’s life a legacy by
doing all th: s name. T would like to begin with saying T am
sorry to his entire family and friends. T understand that Michigan does
t T can in
not have a Restorative Justice program. T have researched other states
that allow it and the outcomes for the victims family has been very
positive. With al] the bad that is going on in the world today would you
please let me do something good for my victims family and friends? T know
I do not deserve to ask for anything. Put Judge Fullerton inside me T
feel this urgent pull to end all this with no more lies. I cannot offer
anything else but the truth.
Thank you for your time reading this letter. T am addressing @ copy
of this letter to Prosesuter Navid Layton.
Sincerely,
~~" Shavee Miller 326122
201 Pemis 2d.
Ypsilanti, Michi
49107
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