Kim L. Davis who was just released from the county jail for a drug paraphernalia charge decided to steal a car because he got tired of waiting for his sister to arrive to drive him home. The sport utility vehicle Davis stole belonged to Christy Robel who left the keys in the ignition and her 6-year-old son Jake in the backseat. She parked for a few minutes outside an Independence, Mo., sandwich shop. Before she could return from ordering food at the counter less than 25 feet away from where she parked, Davis proceeded to get in and take off. When Christy saw Kim L. Davis get into her car, she dashed out of the shop to rescue her son. The scene attracted several horrified witnesses who rushed to Robel's aid. One even tried to get Davis out of the driver's seat before he drove out of the parking lot. While Christy had managed to grab her son, Davis had already started to speed off before he was completely out of the car, with 40-pound Jake trapped by the seatbelt. Preoccupied with the thought of leaving the scene, Davis didn’t even realize the screams of Christy Robel, let alone Jake tumbling alongside the car. Other motorists tried to

It was aftertime that there was a lead to who fired the gun that night. It was when authorities raided Green's apartment on an unrelated matter and made an unexpected find, a handgun that during routine tests was found to match the bullets retrieved from Miller's body.

The jury of seven men and five women, (six black, the rest Caucasian) deliberated for 3.5 hours before returning with a verdict. The verdict was life in prison without the possibility of parole. He was formally sentenced to two life terms plus an additional 22 years in prison.

The state’s case was made up of eyewitness accounts from those who saw the incident at different points, from the parking lot to where Davis was captured. The star witness, Christy Robel, says she begged Davis to allow her to take her son out of the car, but that Davis refused, demanding she "get away from the car." The state’s position is that Davis knew the child was still tied to the seatbelt but did not stop because he was too intent on making his escape. Prosecutors are convinced that Davis had to have heard and seen the child because, a witness located further away from the incident responded to the screams of Christy Robel. Davis concedes that he was trying to steal the car in a rash, impulsive act. But he denies that he knew at any time the child was being dragged. Davis claims that the loud traffic noise and the car radio distracted him. Defense lawyers say Davis believed Jake made it out of the car when he watched his mother grab him and hold him against her chest.

When police arrived at the scene minutes later, they did not find a gun. And Calvin David Johnson, who accompanied Miller outside to alert neighbors, claims that Miller did not pull or fire a weapon.

By convicting Green, the jury rejected an argument that the killing was done in self-defense.

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