Justice cut short for Torrey King after convicted killer set to go free

Martin Luther King Jr., who we just remembered this week, was an advocate for justice. One of his many famous quote was, “Justice too long delayed is justice denied.”

That is fitting for this week’s episode, “Justice cut short for Torrey King after convicted killer set to go free, ” the latest episode of the Gulf Coast Confidential Podcast. 

Losing a loved one is a grief many people share. Losing a loved one to a violent homicide is a club nobody chooses to join.

Two Gulf Coast families are not only living with the horror and trauma of such a loss, they are still seeking justice for it.  

Thomas McGill, the man who shot Panama City teen Torrey King to death in 1994, then drug and burned the body of his fellow classmate and football teammate, will be released from prison this year despite a life sentence for the murder to which he confessed. 

Brandon Aydelott, who admitted to stabbing, beating, and stomping his mother and middle school teacher Sharon Aydelott to death in 2013, is working his way through Florida’s mental health system for the criminally insane after he was found not guilty by reason of insanity. 

If state mental health contractors have their way Brandon could soon be released back into the community, despite assurances from the state attorney at the time that he “would never get out” of confinement for killing his mother. 

In both cases, the slayings happened at Christmas, one just before and one right after. Both families are still fighting for the justice they felt was promised; one has been pursuing it for 32 years and the other for 12 years. 

Join us for a raw and unique conversation on surviving the worst thing that can happen to you and your family and despite it all believing in faith, hope, and justice in their memory.