Steven Galloway

HILARY GALLOWAY’S STORY

Child Abuse Leads To Murder

On October 25, 1990, Steven Galloway’s wife returned from work and found her four-month-old daughter, Hillary, unresponsive in a car seat inside their home. The only person she had been with that day was her father, Steven Galloway. Hillary’s mother rushed her to Riverside Methodist Hospital, where she was almost immediately placed on life-support systems. Hillary never regained consciousness and passed away on October 28, 1990, at 1:40 pm.

Police determined that Hillary died from being shaken so hard her brain swelled and hemorrhaged. Franklin County Coroner William Adrion ruled the cause of Hillary’s death was swelling of the brain and brain damage. The medical and autopsy reports also showed that both of Hillary’s legs had been broken at the knee on two separate occasions, seven to 14 days prior to her murder.

A Child Rapist Is Revealed

A family friend of the Galloways reported to police that his 12-year-old daughter told him that Galloway had been sexually assaulting her for five years. The abuse consisted of digital penetration, fondling, and oral sex. The victim also informed her father that Steven Galloway had been taking naked pictures of her. The photographs of the child were found by Galloway’s wife, and per police reports, she then showed some of the pictures to the victim’s father. Galloway stated in a letter to our organization in 2019, “I personally destroyed all of the photos using gasoline as an accelerant.”

Plea Deal Nets 15-40 Years In Prison

Facing overwhelming evidence, Galloway decided to accept a plea bargain. He pled guilty to one count of involuntary manslaughter for murdering Hillary, one count of rape, and one count of endangering children for taking and keeping pornographic photographs of a nine-year-old female child. Galloway was sentenced to 15-years to 40-years in prison for his crimes against children. In 2001, Galloway was adjudicated to be a sexual predator, the most dangerous of all sex offender classifications.

No Parole

Releasing Steven Galloway will pose a serious risk to the community and will endanger any child that comes into contact with him. In addition, paroling Steven Galloway would not further the interests of justice and would deny justice for Hilary Galloway. Based on the fact that Steven Galloway tortured and murdered his own infant daughter, and the fact that he raped an innocent child from the time she was seven to 12-years old, we believe Steven Galloway should be required to serve his maximum sentence of 40 years in prison for his heinous and vicious crimes.