Crime
Everton Thomas, his wife and son arrested for murder of missing Camden man Harold Miller Jr
CAMDEN, N.J. — Camden County Prosecutor Grace C. MacAulay and Camden County Police Chief Gabriel Rodriguez announced the arrest and charging of a Camden man and two of his family members in connection with the murder of a Deptford Township man whose body has not been recovered.
On September 11, 2025, detectives charged 41-year-old Everton Thomas with first-degree Murder in the death of 48-year-old Harold “Hal” Miller Jr.
Thomas also faces charges of second-degree Desecration of Human Remains and fourth-degree Tampering with Physical Evidence.
His wife, 41-year-old Sherrie Parker, and his son, 22-year-old Deshawn Thomas, are each charged with second-degree Desecration of Human Remains and fourth-degree Tampering with Physical Evidence.
Miller was reported missing to the Deptford Township Police Department on June 14, 2025, after friends said he had last been seen playing cards in Camden during the early morning hours of June 12, 2025.
Later that same day, Miller’s unoccupied vehicle was discovered in Pennsauken.
As detectives investigated, surveillance footage and cell phone records placed Miller at a residence in the 2600 block of Baird Boulevard in Camden at approximately 11:30 a.m. on June 12.
Moments after his arrival, the video captured the sound of what investigators described as a single gunshot. Miller was never seen leaving the residence.
The same surveillance system later recorded Everton Thomas moving Miller’s vehicle and parking it in the location where it was ultimately recovered in Pennsauken.
Investigators discovered that Sherrie Parker and Deshawn Thomas purchased a chainsaw, containers, trash bags, and cleaning supplies shortly after Miller entered the residence but failed to exit.
Additional video surveillance allegedly showed both Everton and Deshawn Thomas making multiple trips to the Tamarack Apartments dumpsters, discarding containers and bags before leaving the area.
On June 20, 2025, a search warrant was executed at the defendants’ residence.
Detectives recovered suspected bloodstains inside the home and found Everton Thomas carrying a loaded firearm with one round chambered and nine rounds in the magazine.
The following day, before charges were filed, Thomas fled the United States and crossed into Canada. Subsequent forensic testing later confirmed that the blood evidence inside the residence matched Harold Miller Jr.
After an exhaustive multi-agency investigation, all three defendants were formally charged on September 5, 2025.
On September 8, 2025, the U.S. Marshals Service New York/New Jersey Regional Fugitive Task Force – Camden Division arrested Sherrie Parker and Deshawn Thomas in Camden. Both are currently being held at the Camden County Correctional Facility.
On the same date, U.S. Customs and Border Protection arrested Everton Thomas at the Port of Buffalo, New York, after he re-entered the country from Canada on a commercial bus. He is currently detained in New York pending extradition to New Jersey.
The case is being led by the Camden County Prosecutor’s Office Homicide Unit, with assistance from the Camden County Police Department, the Gloucester County Prosecutor’s Office, and the Deptford Township Police Department.
Anyone with information is urged to contact Detective Jake Siegfried of the Camden County Prosecutor’s Office Homicide Unit at (856) 225-5086, or Detective Andrew Mogck of the Camden County Police Department at (609) 519-8588.
Authorities have identified the man shot and killed Friday afternoon in a parking lot outside a Little Caesars restaurant in Chicago’s Little Village neighborhood.
The victim has been named as Stevens Jeffrey, 29, according to police and the Cook County Medical Examiner’s Office.
The shooting occurred in the 2600 block of West Cermak Road near Rockwell Street at approximately 1:10 p.m., according to the Chicago Police Department (CPD).
Preliminary reports indicate that Jeffrey was sitting in his vehicle when he was approached by an unknown vehicle.
An armed individual exited that vehicle and opened fire, striking Jeffrey multiple times in the face and body.
Emergency responders arrived on the scene, where Jeffrey was pronounced dead. He was discovered inside his vehicle with his two young children, ages 4 and 6, who were unharmed.
Both children were transported to Stroger Hospital for precautionary evaluation.
The shooting took place in the parking lot of a Little Caesars restaurant, where investigators recovered multiple shell casings and placed numerous evidence markers on the ground.
As of Friday evening, no suspects are in custody, and detectives from the CPD Area Four Homicide Unit are leading the investigation. Police have not released information on a possible motive.
Authorities are urging anyone with information about this homicide to contact Chicago Police or submit an anonymous tip at CPDTip.com.