Dad killed man, then his wife and son helped get rid of body, NJ officials say
A New Jersey father is accused of killing a man who vanished in June, according to authorities, who said his wife and son then helped dismember and get rid of the man’s body.
Bloodstains belonging to Harold “Hal” Miller Jr., 48, of Deptford, were found inside the family’s Camden home more than a week after his disappearance, according to the Camden County Prosecutor’s Office. Miller went missing after police said he went to play cards with his friends in Camden.
Now Everton Thomas, 41, of Camden, is charged with first-degree murder in Miller’s death, the prosecutor’s office announced in a Sept. 11 news release.
His wife Sherrie Parker, 41, and their son, Deshawn Thomas, 22, are charged with desecration of human remains and fourth-degree tampering with physical evidence, according to officials.
Attorney information for the three family members was not immediately available Sept. 11.
Miller went into a home in Camden before 11:30 a.m. on June 12 and never left the residence, the prosecutor’s office said, based on evidence from surveillance footage and cellphone data.
Soon after he went inside, the sound of a gunshot was heard on the surveillance video, according to authorities.
Footage later showed Everton Thomas “moving Miller’s vehicle,” officials said.
Miller was reported missing on June 14, when his car was found in Pennsauken, which is about 5-mile drive northeast from Camden, according to the prosecutor’s office.
Everton Thomas was also caught on camera driving the vehicle to the neighboring town, the office said.
An investigation revealed Sherrie Parker and Deshawn Thomas bought a “chainsaw, containers, trash bags, and other cleaning supplies after Miller was observing entering the residence, but never exiting it,” authorities said.
Everton and Deshawn Thomas were also caught on surveillance footage repeatedly visiting dumpsters at a Camden apartment complex and “loading containers and trash bags into a vehicle,” according to officials.
Detectives searched the family’s home on June 20 and found Everton Thomas armed with a loaded firearm, as well as bloodstains in the house, the prosecutor’s office said.
On June 21, Everton Thomas left New Jersey and fled to Canada, according to the office.
He was still in Canada when the prosecutor’s office filed charges against him, Sherrie Parker and their son on Sept. 5, officials said.
On Sept. 8, Everton Thomas took a bus from Canada to the U.S. and was arrested by U.S. Customs and Border Protection at the Port of Buffalo, New York, according to the office.
Sherrie Parker and Deshawn Thomas were arrested in Camden the same day by U.S. marshals, the prosecutor’s office said.
Everton Thomas is detained in New York and will be extradited to New Jersey, according to officials.
Authorities are asking anyone with information related to Miller’s death to call Camden County Prosecutor’s Office detective Jake Siegfried at (856) 225-5086 and Camden County police detective Andrew Mogck at (609) 519-8588.
This story was originally published September 11, 2025 at 5:03 PM with the headline "Dad killed man, then his wife and son helped get rid of body, NJ officials say."
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