A Miami man who threw a 5-year-old girl into the Everglades and left her to be eaten by alligators could again be condemned to die almost three decades after the girl’s cruel death.
Harrel Braddy, 76, kidnapped Quatisha Maycock, 5, and her mother, Shandelle Maycock — an acquaintance Braddy met in a church group — on the night of Nov. 7, 1998. Braddy beat Shandelle, choked her, put her in the trunk of his car and later left her in a deserted stretch of U.S. 27 near the Broward-Palm Beach county line, according to prosecutors. She survived.
Now, a new jury will hear details of the brutal crime as Braddy again faces execution due to changes in Florida’s death penalty law. Braddy’s resentencing started Monday in Miami-Dade Circuit Court with jury selection.
Braddy’s motive, investigators say, was that he was spurned by Shandelle, who had repeatedly rejected his advances. Fearing Quatisha could identify him, Braddy dumped the child — alive — on the side of Alligator Alley, prosecutors say. Quatisha’s body was found in a canal days later by fishermen.
The girl had bite marks from alligators on her head and stomach, according to the Herald’s archives. Her left arm was severed…