Danielle Stislicki murder: Judge sets Floyd Galloway Jr.'s trial for next year with new motions expected

Trial date set in Floyd Galloway Jr murder case

A judge set a trial date for the man accused of murdering Danielle Stislicki for February 2026. The latest development in a slow-moving case that's evolved for more than nine years.

OAKLAND COUNTY, Mich. (FOX 2) - Floyd Galloway Jr., the man charged with murder in connection with Danielle Stislicki's death, appeared in court Wednesday for a pre-trial, almost nine years after the Farmington Hills woman disappeared.

The trial has been delayed numerous times since Galloway was charged with murder more than six years ago. These delays were spurred as the defense contested evidence in the case.

The Latest:

A judge set a trial date for Galloway's murder trial on Feb. 2, 2026, hoping the upcoming months provide enough time for legal teams to finish filing motions.

The judge previously assigned to the case had recommended the current prosecutors recuse themselves or the defense would be free to file a separate motion to dismiss the case.

If the prosecutors do recuse themselves and a new legal team takes over the case, then the defense attorney would file additional motions.

Prosecutors believe a trial would take approximately two weeks with the goal of wrapping it up by Feb. 16.

What's next:

Another pre-trial hearing is scheduled for June 25 at 11 a.m.

Galloway Jr. is expected to be back in court.

The backstory:

Stislicki, 28, was last seen leaving her job in Southfield in December 2016. The next morning, her 2015 Jeep Renegade was found parked outside her apartment at Independence Green Apartments near Halsted and Grand River in Farmington Hills.

Galloway was a former security guard where Stislicki worked, and was considered a person of interest in her disappearance long before he was charged with murder.

The Oakland County Prosecutor's Office denied charges against Galloway for Stislicki's murder multiple times, but in April 2019, Attorney General Dana Nessel's office took over the case and ultimately charged him with her murder.

Stislicki's body has never been located.

Danielle Stislicki (left) and Floyd Galloway Jr.

Dig deeper:

Galloway is currently in prison for an unrelated crime - an attempted rape of a jogger at Hines Park in Wayne County in September 2016.

He was sentenced to 16–35 years in prison after entering a plea to charges of assault with intent to do great bodily harm, criminal sexual conduct, and kidnapping. The earliest he could be released is 2033.