His family described Kevin Ryan as a 6-foot-3-inch teddy bear who served as a human jungle gym to adoring young cousins, who was stubborn but fiercely loyal and who showed the potential to become a successful businessman. He was a graduate of Atholton High School in Columbia and had been studying finance at Towson University.
They also spoke of a scholarship they established in his name at Towson University and how he had saved lives through his decision to be an organ donor. They said his heart now beats in a teacher, who contacted them with his thanks.
In sentencing Miller, Dugan said he had read "with great emotion" statements from family members of Miller and Ryan that described both of them as good men. Despite the "cowardly way in which [Miller] left the scene," Dugan said, he "could not in good conscience" send Miller to the state penitentiary, which he described as a "hellhole."
