Suspect in 1974 murder pleads guilty, family of slain father reacts

10:55 UPDATE:  Johnnie Miller walked out of prison in Jacksonville late Wednesday night after pleading guilty to the 1974 murder of Freddie Farah.

In 1974 Freddie Farrah, a husband and father of four was gunned down in his convenience store when he was only 34 years old.

For more than 40 years his family had no answers as to who pulled the trigger.

The case was cold, but in 2017 DNA evidence led to the arrest of 60-year-old Johnie Miller.

The evidence came from items Miller had put on a counter in Farrah's store.

A teen witnessed this and the shooting, but that witness died in 2017, meaning her testimony in the case was lost.

Read the State Attorney office memo here.

The state and the defense agreed to a plea deal, a guilty plea to second-degree murder in exchange for time served. Miller had served only 344 days in jail.

It was an outcome the family did not expect but accepted.

The Farah family sat down face to face with Johnie Miller to ask him why he did it.

Bobby Farah, Farah's son, said Miller told them he found a gun and wanted to show it to Farah.

He was in his teens at the time and frequented Farah's convenience store.

When he pulled out the gun he decided to rob and shoot Farah.

For Miller remained free for 43 years working in New Orleans as a notable street performer.

Farrah says Miller apologized for the killing, saying he will regret it for his entire life.

"He was very remorseful. If he didn’t tell me he was sorry 50 times, he probably said it 100 times," Bobby Farah said. "He says he has lived with this his whole life and hes going to carry it to his grave and I agree to that​."

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