On November 16, 2025, Kelby Gavin Miller, a 30-year-old man of faith, a beloved son, twin brother, family member, and friend was murdered in Cocoa, Florida. He never should have been in danger that night. He thought he was meeting someone he had connected with through a dating app. Instead, he was catfished. The person he had been messaging did not exist. It was a setup, and it ended his life.

Kelby arrived at Bristol Drive and texted to say he was there. Within minutes, he was shot once and killed. A 13-year-old has since been indicted for first-degree felony murder and will be tried as an adult. But investigators have made clear that the person Kelby was communicating with was not the shooter. It was an accomplice who arranged the meeting and directed the 13-year-old by phone. A 17-year-old currently in custody on unrelated robbery charges has been identified in connection with this case. As of now, that individual has not been charged with Kelby's murder.

Now, the defendant's legal team is pursuing competency proceedings based on a possible autism spectrum diagnosis which is raising the very real concern that accountability could be indefinitely delayed or avoided altogether. An autism diagnosis is not the same as legal incompetency. Florida law requires a specific finding that a defendant cannot understand the proceedings against him or assist in his own defense. That standard must be applied rigorously, not used as a procedural shield to deny justice to Kelby's family.

We are calling for full accountability at every level. Someone supplied a 13-year-old with a .45 caliber handgun. That firearm came from somewhere, and someone is responsible for it being in that child's hands. Beyond the weapon itself, there are adults who may have known the 13-year-old was being recruited into violence, who saw the warning signs of gang involvement, who were aware of associations with older teens or adults engaged in criminal activity, and who did not act. Florida must hold those adults criminally accountable. Willful blindness is not innocence. A parent or guardian who had reason to know a minor in their care possessed a firearm, was associating with violent individuals, or was being drawn into organized criminal activity, and chose to look away, shares responsibility. 

We are asking State Attorney William Scheiner and Florida Attorney General James Utter to ensure full accountability in this case. That competency proceedings do not become an off-ramp from justice, that the 17-year-old who arranged this murder faces charges, and that whoever supplied the firearm is prosecuted. We are also calling for policy reform: stronger felony murder statutes when older individuals use younger minors as weapons, parental accountability laws with real teeth, and clear timelines for competency proceedings so families are not left waiting indefinitely.

Kelby Miller's twin brother Tyler said it simply: they used Kelby's own kindness and compassion against him. He was a good man. 

Sign this petition to demand full justice for Kelby  and the policy changes that could stop this from happening to the next family.