A Florida man who slashed and stabbed a woman 77 times with a box cutter and shot at detectives was convicted and sentenced.
The Central Florida man who murdered his girlfriend in Volusia County before shooting at detectives during a foot chase in Sanford has been found guilty of attempted murder and sentenced to two extra life terms in prison.
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Brandon P. McLean, 36, was recently convicted of various crimes after a three-day trial in which Seminole County prosecutors Jacob Polk, Richard Babcock, and Paul Brill presented their case. McLean was sentenced to the following prison terms for firing at Seminole County sheriff’s detectives in 2021. Attempted first-degree premeditated murder on a law enforcement officer carries a life sentence; attempted second-degree murder on a law enforcement officer carries a life sentence; and aggravated assault on a law enforcement officer carries a 15-year sentence.
Seminole County authorities apprehended the box cutter killer on April 21, 2021, the day after he slashed and stabbed 28-year-old Amy Humphries 77 times with a box cutter in her new Volkswagen Jetta and buried her body near an Osteen walking route. The DeLand man was apparently upset that Humphries couldn’t get him a firearm.
Seminole County officers saw McLean and the victim’s Volkswagen outside a laundry on US 17/92 in Sanford and attempted to contact the suspect. But McLean fled, then turned and shot a revolver at detectives numerous times as they pursued him. The deputies returned fire, quickly bringing McLean down in the backyard of a home.
McLean was tried and convicted for Humphries’ murder in Volusia County in 2023. He received a life sentence in state prison without the possibility of release.
In Seminole County, prosecutors argued at trial that McLean was a jail releasee reoffender, allowing him to receive the maximum jail sentence. At sentencing, Circuit Judge Jessica Recksiedler ordered that McLean’s life sentences for attempted murder be served consecutively, ensuring that he will not be released.
McLean represented himself in both trials.
“We don’t know the extent of the defendant’s malicious intentions, wishes or goals that day in April,” said Babcock. “But what we do know is this: Through the courageous efforts of Detective Daniel Brown, Detective Spencer Sheldon, Detective Blake Reiss, and Sgt. Kiel Bryant, those desires were extinguished, and the community was protected against any further harm at the hands of the defendant. These deputies didn’t run from danger, but met it head on. Seminole County is a safer place because of their actions that day.”
