Jeremiah Miller, a 22-year-old, had the dream of converting methamphetamine manufacturing and exporting into a lucrative company. He travelled to Las Vegas, Nevada in 2002 from Phoenix, Arizona in an effort to uncover a trustworthy supplier of ephedrine, a key ingredient in the illegal drug. But when he met Scott Raymond Dozier, a fellow meth dealer with a violent and merciless bent, his search for quick money became a nightmare. Dozier murdered Miller, chopped his body, and put it in a bag near to an apartment building. Later, Dozier found guilty of two murders and given the death penalty; yet, he committed suicide in jail before the execution. This is the story of the horrific incidents that lead to Jeremiah Miller’s death, a victim of a drug-related killing.
HOW SCOTT DOZIER AND JEREMIAH MILLER MET
Miller and Dozier met through a common friend called David Burnham, who was also engaged in the meth trade, claims the Las Vegas Review Journal. Dozier had been recommended to Miller by Burnham as someone who could aid with his big ephedrine purchase. Dozier asserted that he could obtain a fair deal for Miller because of his contacts with a Mexican supplier. Miller planned on setting up a separate meth lab and agreed to meet Dozier on April 18, 2002, at the La Concha resort on the Las Vegas Strip. He had the capacity to make the transaction with $12,000 in money on hands.
The manner in which Scott Dozier killed Joel Miller
Miller was unaware that Dozier had no desire to offer him ephedrine. He intended to rob and kill him instead. Miller received a shot in the head by Dozier, reportedly to the Associated Press, as soon as he entered his motel room. He then disassembled his body with an electric carving knife and a hacksaw. He collected most of the body parts into a bag, which he then left behind an apartment complex in western Las Vegas. He kept Miller’s head and arms, which he later threw away elsewhere. Additionally, he used Miller’s money to go on a spending binge while delusionally telling his buddies that he had won it in a casino.
How Scott Dozier was found, tried, and found guilty
Miller’s death did not put an end to Dozier’s crime spree. In Arizona in 2001, he was also accountable for the murder of Jasen “Gryphon” Greene. Dozier’s drug partner Greene had also threatened to reveal his meth operation. Dozier murdered him at a caravan park with the assist of two supporters, then hiding his body in the middle of the desert.
When Doug Powell, one of Dozier’s collaborators, told investigators about Greene’s killing, Dozier was taken into custody on June 25, 2002, in Phoenix, Arizona. Powell allegedly acknowledged helping Dozier dispose of Greene’s body along with another man. Through witness testimony and DNA evidence collected during the inquiry, the police were also able to connect Dozier to Miller’s slaying.
Dozier was tried for both killings in two different trials and found guilty. For killing Greene, he received a 22-year jail sentence in Arizona, and for killing Miller, he received a death sentence in Nevada.
HOW SCOTT DOZIER DIED IN PRISON BY SUICIDE
Dozier waited for his execution date for more than ten years in Nevada’s death row. However, legal disputes over the medications used for the deadly injection hampered his case. For Dozier’s execution, Nevada intended to administer a three-drug combination consisting of fentanyl, diazepam, and cisatracurium. To ban the use of its medication in executions, Alvogen, the company that produces midazolam, a substitute for diazepam, filed a lawsuit against the government. The company that produced of the medicine claimed that it did not want its product associated with “botched” executions that would result in unwarranted anguish for the condemned.
Dozier constantly professed his desire to pass away and did not object to his execution. He declared that he did not care about the execution technique and that he chose death to life in prison. He requested an earlier execution date from the judge and surrendered his right to appeal his sentence.
However his wish did not come good. His execution had to be delayed twice by court commands: once in November 2017 and again in July 2018. Dozier made the decision to act on his own after becoming impatient with the delays. He was discovered dead in his cell at Nevada’s Ely State Prison on January 5, 2019. A bed sheet had been used to hang him.
MILLER JEREMIAH’S LEGACY
Jeremiah Miller was a nice and giving man who had made some bad choices in life, thus his family and friends found his death to be tragic. Anne-Marie Hunsaker, his mother, stated apology to Dozier for taking her son’s life and her prayers for his soul. She said that she hoped Dozier’s dying might settle her case and help her to go on with her life.
Miller’s murder also increased public awareness of methamphetamine’s risks and the attendant violence. Many documentaries and podcasts, including The Daily, Death in Ice Valley, and The Vanished, featured his case. His tale served as the basis for Laura Dave’s 2021 book, The Last Thing He Told Me.
A young man named Jeremiah Miller had a fantasy of generating money by creating and selling methamphetamine. He travelled to Las Vegas, Nevada in 2002 from Phoenix, Arizona in an effort to uncover a trustworthy source of ephedrine, the main component in the illegal drug. But when he met Scott Raymond Dozier, a fellow meth dealer with a violent and merciless bent, his search for quick money became a nightmare. Dozier murdered Miller, disassembled his body, and put it in a bag near to an apartment complex. Later, Dozier was convicted of two murders and given the death penalty; yet, he committed suicide in jail before the execution. This is the story of the horrific happenings that caused Jeremiah Miller’s death, a victim of a drug-related killing.