Man charged with improper disposal of Nathan Millard’s body

The accused drug dealer arrested in connection with the disappearance of Georgia father Nathan Millard, who went missing in Baton Rouge last month, has been charged with improperly disposing of his body.

Millard, 42, a father-of-five, was found wrapped in plastic and rolled up in a carpet two weeks after he was reported missing on Feb. 23.

Derrick Perkins, 45, was arrested last week in the case and initially charged with damage to property, access device fraud and unauthorized use of a motor vehicle.

Louisiana authorities said Millard had no signs of trauma and believe he died of an accidental drug overdose, but allege Perkins was the one who dumped Millard’s body in a lot along Scenic Highway.

On the night of the incident, Millard reportedly refused help from a security guard at a Greyhound Bus station, with newly released police documents revealing he told the guard he was looking for “something to make him feel better,” WBRZ reports.

Millard had left the Happy’s Irish Pub, where he was cut off for allegedly having too much to drink, and also told the guard he wanted “a girl to take back to his room.”  

Witnesses interviewed by the police said Millard met Perkins, who is known as “Stanka,” hours later when a man and a prostitute connected them so they could do drugs.

The witnesses said Millard suffered an overdose at a home off Highland Road.

Police believe that Perkins wrapped Millard’s body up and put it in the trunk of his car, a blue Toyota sedan, and left it there for days until the “odor got too bad.”

Perkins then spray-painted his bumper, removed a rear bumper sticker and swapped the license plate of his vehicle in an effort to “disguise” it when news about Millard’s disappearance “gained national attention,” police added.

Perkins’ car was spotted on surveillance cameras near the area where Millards body was finally found on March 6.

Police also noted that on the day of the discovery, Perkins had put his phone in airplane mode, in an alleged attempt to hide his location.

Although Perkins’ car was found burned to a crisp on Monday, police said a K9 was still able to detect the scent of “human decomposition” in the trunk.

Millard, who was in Baton Rouge to stake out a prospective gig for his construction company, had gone to a Louisiana State University basketball game and the pub with a client on the night of the disappearance.

He is survived by his wife, Amber, their 7-year-old daughter, two teenage sons from a previous marriage and two teenage stepsons.

An official cause of death is pending a toxicology report from the coroner’s office.