Police arrest man, 45, in death of Georgia father-of-five, found dead of accidental overdose on rolled-up carpet: Suspect ‘was seen driving stolen car near crime scene’
- Derrick Perkins, 45, was arrested Tuesday for property damage, three counts of access device fraud and unauthorized use of a motor vehicle.
Louisiana police have arrested a man in connection with the death of a father of five after his body was found rolled up in a rug and dumped in a parking lot.
Derrick Perkins, 45, was arrested Tuesday for property damage, three counts of access device fraud and unauthorized use of a motor vehicle. He is not accused of killing Nathan Millard.
However, he is accused of using the decedent’s debit card and was allegedly seen driving a stolen 2004 Toyota Camry near the crime scene.
Millard, known to be a family man, was found dead, wrapped in plastic and rolled up in a rug near the 2900 block of Scenic Hwy, Baton Rouge, after allegedly dying of an accidental overdose on March 6.
Nathan Millard, 42, of Georgia, who had been missing since February 23, was found dead March 6 in a vacant lot in the 2900 block of Scenic Hwy, Baton Rouge.
Derrick Perkins, 45, was arrested Tuesday for property damage, three counts of access device fraud and unauthorized use of a motor vehicle. He is not accused of killing Nathan Millard.
Millard, a husband and father of five from Walton County, Georgia, had traveled to Baton Rouge for what was supposed to be a 24-hour business trip, his wife Amber said.
Perkins had allegedly spray-painted the car’s bumper, removed decals and changed license plates when news of the father’s death broke. The police accused him of trying to ‘disguise’ the car.
On Monday they found the charred vehicle. He has not been charged with any crime in connection with the death.
Police say there is surveillance footage of Perkins using Millard’s debit card at two businesses within days of the father’s disappearance.
Millard, who was in the area to look for a job site for the construction company he worked for, was last seen around 11:30 p.m. on February 23 at Happy’s Irish Pub on Third Street in downtown the city.
The cause of his death is unknown and will be determined by the East Baton Rouge Parish Coroner’s Office.
The father of five from Walton County, Georgia, had traveled to Baton Rouge for what was supposed to be a 24-hour business trip, his wife Amber previously said.
But after a Louisiana State University basketball game and drinks at the pub with his client from work, Millard never returned to his hotel room, which was only a few steps away. The room was reportedly not disturbed and he did not show up for a meeting scheduled the next morning.
The vacant lot is behind Rhodes United Fidelity Funeral Home
Surveillance footage was released last week showing Millard leaving the hotel with his work client the night he went missing. He is seen on the right wearing the baseball cap and black T-shirt.
Milliard’s phone was found near her hotel and her debit card was used after she went missing.
Surveillance camera footage showed Millard leaving the Courtyard Marriott where she was staying that night with her work client.
Millard’s wife, Amber, previously told WSB TV that he had FaceTimed her that night from the LSU basketball game.
She said there was no text from him when she woke up the next morning, which was unusual for the family man.
Amber also said police told her they had surveillance video of a person withdrawing money from their debit card at an ATM near a Greyhound bus station.
Millard was the father of four teenage girls and a seven-year-old girl, and was on a business trip to look for a potential job location for his Conyers-based company Advanced Construction.
Millard’s wife, Amber, says he FaceTimed her from the game the night he disappeared
The pub where Millard was last seen is about a two-minute walk from the Courtyard Marriott in Baton Rouge, where he was staying. His body was found some three miles away from the pub.
