Willie Miller says he was high on meth and oxycodone when a quarrel led him to kill three friends
Associated Press
December 10, 2015
WAYNESBORO, Miss. -- A man charged with killing three people and sexually assaulting a witness told a Mississippi judge Thursday it was all "a big mistake" that began when he hit a deer, and got worse when he took drugs and tried to find the roadkill.
William "Willie" P. Miller, 27, of Millry, Alabama, spoke softly as he tried to explain what happened to Wayne County Justice Court Judge Charles Chapman, who set his bail at $4.6 million.
Deputies said Miller hit the deer with his van while driving to the home of Lloyd and Sonya Taylor near Buckatunna around midnight Tuesday.
Miller told the judge that he consumed methamphetamine and oxycodone at the home, and then took off around dawn with Lloyd Taylor and Jamie Gardner to find the roadkill.
He said they quarreled along the way, and that one of the men was "more or less picking on me."
"He kept on and it got physical," he added.
Deputies believe Miller shot and killed Lloyd Taylor and Jamie Gardner near the Alabama-Mississippi state line around sunrise on Tuesday, then returned to the home with their bodies in the car and killed Sonya Taylor, Wayne County sheriff's investigator Jamey Beard said.
Beard said Miller then sexually assaulted another woman at the home who saw Sonya Taylor die, and forced her to lead him to a dirt pit where he set the car on fire with the men's bodies inside. Their remains have not yet been identified.
Beard said Miller fled from police in the survivor's car, eventually running into the woods, before surrendering Wednesday after an 18-hour manhunt.
Miller was charged with three counts of murder; first-degree rape and oral sex, and malicious mischief for the alleged destruction of the truck registered to the Taylors.
EDITOR’S NOTE: This is an example of why meth is so dangerous. It is not only highly addictive, but you never know how a person under the influence of meth is going to act.
2 comments:
Sometimes they fight the police with super human strength.
Speed kills. Trouble is, it often kills other people.
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