The homicide of a New Jersey man who was allegedly killed and dismembered by three members of the identical household was a “intentionally deliberate, brutally violent assassination,” based on prosecutors.
Suspect Everton Thomas was taken into custody earlier this month on the Port of Buffalo by U.S. Customs and Safety brokers in reference to the disappearance of Harold “Hal” Miller Jr. Authorities mentioned he’d been trying to flee to Canada earlier than he was arrested on expenses together with homicide, desecration of human stays and tampering with bodily proof.
Everton is accused of killing Miller after which enlisting the assistance of his spouse, 41-year-old Sherrie Parker, and his 22-year-old son, Deshawn Thomas, to chop up the physique. They’re additionally dealing with expenses of desecration of human stays and tampering with bodily proof, based on the Camden County Prosecutor’s Workplace.
Miller was initially reported lacking on June 14, after members of the family discovered his automobile in Pennsauken on the identical day. He was final seen alive days earlier taking part in playing cards with buddies in Camden on June 12.
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Harold “Hal” Miller Jr. was initially reported lacking on June 14. (Handout)
Prosecutors throughout a listening to this week mentioned they’ve adequate proof to construct a case in opposition to every of the suspects, together with bodily and digital proof, NJ.com reported. They mentioned they found Miller’s cellphone inside his automobile and that his final telephone name was to Thomas.
Whereas Thomas has acknowledged receiving the decision, he has claimed the final time he noticed the sufferer was after they performed poker collectively the evening of June 11 and into early the next morning.
There may be additionally surveillance video displaying Miller getting into Thomas’ residence on the 2600 block of Baird Boulevard in Camden on June 12 shortly earlier than 11:30 a.m., police mentioned, noting {that a} gunshot was reported within the space a short while later.
“The defendant summoned this sufferer to his residence and, decide, he’s killed instantly with a single gunshot as quickly as he walked into that residence,” the prosecutor mentioned, per NJ.com. “The information present that this was clearly a intentionally deliberate, brutally violent assassination of this sufferer.”
The defendants then bought a chainsaw and different provides — together with containers, cleansing supplies, heavy responsibility contractor luggage, a number of luggage of ice, gloves, duct tape and plastic sheeting — earlier than chopping up Miller’s physique. His stays have nonetheless not been discovered and motive for the killing stays unclear.
