A twisted New Jersey father shot and killed another man — and then enlisted his wife and son to chop up the victim’s body with a chainsaw, according to law enforcement officials.
Everton Thomas, 41; Sherrie Parker, 41; and their son Deshawn Thomas, 22, are each being charged for their part in the killing and grisly butchering of Harold Miller, 48, of Deptford, according to a release from the Camden County Prosecutor’s Office.
Miller was playing cards at a friend’s house in Camden in the early morning hours on June 12. After leaving the home, Miller entered the Thomas residence, according to cell phone tracking data, the release stated.
It’s unclear how or if Miller knew the Thomas family and why he went into the home.
Surveillance footage from outside the Baird Boulevard home showed Miller enter the residence at around 11:30 a.m. — shortly before a gunshot rang out from inside the building, prosecutors alleged.
Miller never emerged from the home and a missing person report was filed on June 14, authorities said.
After the alleged shooting, Parker and Deshawn Thomas purchased a chainsaw, containers, trash bags, and other cleaning supplies, according to the release.
Additional surveillance video showed Everton and his son hauling heavily loaded trash bags to dumpsters at Tamarack Apartments in Camden, the prosecutor’s office said.
On June 20, Camden police conducted a search of the Thomas residence, where they observed bloodstains and found the twisted father was in possession of a loaded gun, cops said.
The following day, Thomas attempted to flee to Canada despite not yet being charged. He was arrested on Monday at the Port of Buffalo after crossing the border on a commercial bus.
All three members of the sick family were charged in relation to Miller’s murder on September 5, the release stated.
Everton Thomas is charged with first-degree murder, second-degree desecration of human remains, and tampering with physical evidence in the fourth degree.
Parker and Deshawn Thomas are each charged with second-degree desecration of human remains and fourth-degree tampering with physical evidence, prosecutors said.
Miller’s body hasn’t been found.
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