Scout Anderson, a 28-year-old expectant father who started a business with his stepfather in Texas, was on track to become the company’s next CEO.
However, on June 21, 2025—vacationing on Pensacola Beach just 29 days after marrying his wife—he was hit and killed while driving his motorcycle down Via De Luna Drive by 62-year-old Ann Killough, who was drunk and had recently ingested cocaine.
According to Florida Highway Patrol troopers, Killough was traveling at around 100 miles per hour when she struck his motorcycle and dragged his body 400 feet before stopping the vehicle.
on a second motrcycle but was not injured in the incident.
On hearing March 25, Judge John Miller sentenced Killough to 27 years in prison for DUI manslaughter and vehicular homicide.
“I’ve got to say honestly that—and this is my 40th year doing this as a lawyer and a judge — this is the worst DUI manslaughter case I’ve ever seen,” Miller said during the hearing. “What shocked me is that … in this case there was the phrase ‘three fingers’ meaning anywhere from 3 to 6 ounces per drink.
“On a couple of occasions, she told her psychologist and troopers at the scene that she had two drinks, a Crown (Royal) in water and another drink,” Miller added. “I don’t believe that. For me to believe that I’d have to believe in the tooth fairy, and I don’t believe in the tooth fairy.”
Miller sentenced Killough to 15 years for vehicular homicide and 12 years for the DUI manslaughter charge, both to be served consecutively, followed by three years of probation. Killough has been in custody since her arrest on July 17, 2025, and will receive credit toward her prison sentence for time served in the Escambia County Jail.
Killough will be 89 years old when she’s released from prison.
“This case is unlike anything I’ve ever seen as a lawyer and a judge,” Miller said. “She just ran them down.”
A friend riding alongside Anderson on a separate motorcycle was not injured in the incident.
Scout Anderson’s family speaks to the court prior to Ann Killough’s sentencing
Before Miller levied his sentence, Anderson’s family was given the opportunity to speak to the court about what his loss meant to them and their hope for what a sentence should be.
The court room was packed with family members from Michigan, California and Texas, among them Demi, Anderson’s wife of less than one month. She walked up to the witness stand wearing a gray T-shirt with a photo of Anderson emblazoned with the words “Live Like Scout.”
“I lost my husband, my partner, my friend. He was my home,” she said during the hearing. “It cost Ava her father.”
Demi told the court that she was 20 weeks pregnant with their first child when Killough fatally struck Anderson.
She also said that it would have cost Killough roughly $13 dollars to use Uber instead of driving drunk, saying that her family has “been given a life sentence of grief.”
Anderson’s mother, Kathy Hannah, also took the time to speak at the hearing, telling the judge that Killough’s actions were “not a mistake of youth.”
“My son did not die a peaceful death,” Hannah said. “The violent way my son died are what my nightmares are made of.”
“She dragged Scout approximately 400 feet, and his motorcycle was embedded in the front of her car,” she added. “Those are the images that are replayed in my mind. The brutal impact, the brutality of the impact and what he endured will haunt me for the rest of my life.”
This article originally appeared on Pensacola News Journal: Pensacola Beach woman gets 27 years for fatal, 100-mph DUI crash
Reporting by Benjamin Johnson, Pensacola News Journal / Pensacola News Journal
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