The Miami Strangler, Part 1

"I'd like to say that during this time after I escaped, nobody was harmed, nobody was hurt," Braddy told the judge at his sentencing. "I seen pictures on TV. I was watching everything on TV. I read the newspapers. I read what was said, and this and that, but I am not what you would call, you know, a dangerous individual. When the guy stopped me in Georgia, I was driving. The state trooper, he was there; we were on a lonely road by ourselves. I was armed with a .357 Magnum. I did not attempt to do anything.... But I'm not trying to justify what I did. I was wrong for what I did."

Braddy was incarcerated at Glades Correctional Institute in Belle Glade. While in prison, he trained to be a paralegal — an education he later used in three unsuccessful attempts to appeal his plea and sentencing.

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In 1997, after having served thirteen years in state custody, Braddy was released.

One year later, he met Shandelle Maycock, a single mother. She had a beautiful little girl named Quatisha.

Next week: Find out how Harrel Braddy has evaded justice in the brutal murder of a five-year-old girl.