FL Millionaire Denied Bond In Teen's Shooting Death: Reports

WEST PALM BEACH, FL — Michael Troy Hutto, a millionaire charged with manslaughter in connection with the 2020 death of 18-year-old Lora Grace Duncan, will remain in custody in Palm Beach County, a judge decided this week.

Hutto, 56, was denied bond Monday by a Palm Beach County judge, according to the Lake City Reporter. The decision came a week after his bond was revoked for allegedly stalking two women in Suwannee County.

Hutto, the co-founder of the ocean-centric apparel and lifestyle brand Salt Life, was arrested in October 2020 and charged with manslaughter in connection with Duncan's death.

According to a CNN report, Duncan's parents called authorities on October 26, 2020, to request a welfare check on their daughter. Her father learned she was at a Hilton hotel in Riviera Beach.

Police found Duncan's body in the hotel room on Oct. 29 after she died from an apparent gunshot wound to the stomach. The room was rented in Hutto's name, CNN reported.

In October, a Suwannee County judge Lin Williams granted protection orders to two women that accused Hutto of stalking them, according to the Lake City Reporter. The women both worked at the Lake City gym where Duncan worked out and Hutto was a member, and both women were listed as state witnesses in the manslaughter case.

Hutto, despite being banned from the facility, continued to drive through the gym’s parking lot, the Reporter reported, citing both women’s petitions.

On Monday, Judge Cymonie Rowe denied a request from Hutto’s attorney for a new, reduced bond with conditions.

"The court stands by its order,” Rowe said after hearing sworn testimony from Hutto and his attorneys, according to the Reporter. "The court finds that the defendant is intimidating witnesses in these proceedings and otherwise obstructing the judicial process by stalking witnesses in these proceedings."