Miya’s Law: New version of bill to be presented in Tallahassee

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — A new version of Miya’s Law will be presented in Tallahassee on Thursday morning.

Sheriff’s deputies found the body of Miya Marcano behind Tymberskan apartments last October.

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Deputies believe the person responsible for kidnapping and killing her was Armando Caballero, a maintenance worker at Arden Villas where she lived, who later committed suicide.

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In the beginning, the law included mandatory national background checks for apartments’ staff and a key log for workers entering and leaving a home.

That’s no longer the case.

The new version of the bill will only include a 24-hour key access policy with consent of the renter in emergencies or if that person isn’t there for a lengthy period of time.

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As far as Marcano’s mother is concerned, the new bill isn’t enough.

“Everything has to be prioritized. Not just one over the other,” she said.

Rep. Robin Bartleman agrees.

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“What’s interesting is in a lot of these apartment complexes, you have to have a background check to live there but you don’t have to have a background check to hold a master key for those units,” Bartleman said.

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