what an unlucky guy

[Gil Bang 25958]

A driver who was arrested after Las Vegas police found a severed head and other body parts in his pickup truck was just an unlucky thief who stole the wrong vehicle, his lawyer says.

 

However, prosecutors say Eric Holland, 57, killed the man who was found dismembered in the truck.

A hearing Tuesday determined he would be charged with murder and held without bail.

The events that led to Holland’s arrest began with an attempted traffic stop on the afternoon of Dec. 23 on Tropicana Avenue in the Spring Valley neighborhood.  A Las Vegas Metropolitan police officer pulled over a Toyota Tundra truck after a license check showed its registration was suspended.  The driver initially stopped but then drove away, the police report said.

Officers followed the truck for about three miles and saw it go into a parking garage next to the Rio hotel & casino. A short time later, another truck, a Chevrolet Avalanche, came out of the garage.

Believing it was the same driver, the police followed the Chevy truck for two more miles, until it stopped at an apartment complex near the Orleans casino.

There Holland got out and repeatedly ignored commands given by police, according to court documents. When he attempted to flee, he was stunned with a taser and detained, police said.

Once Holland was in custody, police found that both trucks had been reported stolen — the Chevrolet from California’s Santa Clara County.

While searching the Chevy, police found a black plastic trash bag emitting “a foul odor.” It had a severed head inside, according to the complaint. Coolers allegedly contained “two human legs” and “an apparent human torso.”

The Clark County coroner’s office identified the victim as Richard P. Miller, 65, of Las Vegas. The coroner’s office ruled the death a homicide due to multiple gunshot wounds.

An attorney for Holland, P. David Westbrook, said that his client had stolen the truck from the garage near the Rio without knowing what was in it. He pointed out that the truck bed was covered and the coolers sealed.

“In order to presume that Mr. Holland had prior knowledge of the contents of this truck, you would also have to believe that he lead police to the body intentionally,” Westbrook said. “The question is: why would he do this?”

Prosecutors contend that Miller was an acquaintance of Holland’s and that Holland had been caught on video in a Home Depot buying a saw and plastic bags, the Las Vegas Review-Journal reported.

 

[Dennis Taylor 18824]

There's no way the esteemed P. David Westbrook is full of shit, is there???

[Doc Reeves 6434]

Yup officer, I just happened to steal a truck which happened to have a chopped up selection of a guy I seem to know.

 

[Doc Reeves 6434]

41 minutes ago, Dennis Taylor said:

There's no way the esteemed P. David Westbrook is full of shit, is there???

As my 4yo daughter would say, “The ‘p’ stands for ‘poop’”

[General Specific 3261]

What happened to “What happens in Vegas, stays in Vegas “?

[Hook1997 5354]

Why was the head in the trunk?  Has this guy never heard of road head?

[tfoolry 8214]

[Upgrayedd 5812]

Wait.  Who’s the unlucky one?

[Doze 1322]

5 hours ago, Doc Reeves said:

As my 4yo daughter would say, “The ‘p’ stands for ‘poop’”

His mugshot

[justhookit 4191]

Who here hasn’t stolen a truck with body parts? I hate it when this happens. Again.

 

[cmontexas 3271]

[El Diablo 4232]

What were the odds? Being Vegas that seems like a fair question. 

[Onboard 2.0 9083]

I don't doubt his story one bit. I seen't it happen on that movie The Star Chamber, so I'm sure he's tellin' the truth.

[Onboard 2.0 9083]

7 hours ago, justhookit said:

Who here hasn’t stolen a truck with body parts? I hate it when this happens. Again.

 

Yeah, usually those body parts are fenders, hoods, and quarter panels, but your point stands....

[OneOfTheOutOfFocusGuys 2076]

14 hours ago, Gil Bang said:

Prosecutors contend that Miller was an acquaintance of Holland’s and that Holland had been caught on video in a Home Depot buying a saw and plastic bags, the Las Vegas Review-Journal reported.

I believe that also happened in the Colton pitonyiak murder.  Went to breed and got a saw, bleach, and trash bags.  

[Pato del Muerto 52498]

13 hours ago, Doc Reeves said:

As my 4yo daughter would say, “The ‘p’ stands for ‘poop’”

Trouble right here in sin city. Trouble with a capital T that rhymes with P

[Elvis 3371]

[Sbbruin 21853]

On 1/7/2022 at 11:04 PM, cmontexas said:

Well, honestly, if in fact he switched trucks, why would you knowingly jump in a truck with severed human parts as opposed to just taking the rap on the initial stolen truck?

[retsevlys 408]

28 minutes ago, Sbbruin said:

Well, honestly, if in fact he switched trucks, why would you knowingly jump in a truck with severed human parts as opposed to just taking the rap on the initial stolen truck?

Maybe he actually did murder the guy and is using the stolen truck and why would he lead cops to the body as a way out.

[Scheiss Meister 8407]

Maybe it's a frame job by dirty cops.  How do we know that it isn't a throw down dismembered body, stolen from the evidence locker and kept in the back of the cop car for just this situation?

[ABSR 5312]

1 hour ago, Scheiss Meister said:

Maybe it's a frame job by dirty cops.  How do we know that it isn't a throw down dismembered body, stolen from the evidence locker and kept in the back of the cop car for just this situation?

Happens all the time.