ORLANDO, Fla. — Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis signed Miya’s Law, a bill named in honor of slain Orlando college student Miya Marcano that seeks to make apartments safer by requiring background checks on employees, at a private ceremony Monday, according to a news release.
Marcano, a 19-year-old Valencia College student, was killed by a maintenance worker who used a master key to access her apartment at Arden Villas, authorities said. Her body was found bound with duct tape Oct. 2 near the dilapidated Tymber Skan apartments following a massive weeklong search.
Marcano’s parents and brother traveled to the state Capitol Monday to attend the governor’s signing, according to the foundation started by the family in her name. Marlon Marcano, the teenager’s father, thanked DeSantis for signing the bill.
