Man Accused Of Improperly Disposing Of Missing GA Man's Body

BATON ROUGE, LA — A man has been accused of improperly disposing a missing Georgia man's body in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, police said Monday.

Nathan Millard, 42, of Covington, was found dead around 3:30 a.m., March 6, in the 2900 block of Scenic Highway after being missing since Feb. 23, Baton Rouge Police said.

Derrick Perkins, 45, is being charged on suspicion of unlawful disposal of remains, obstruction of justice, simple criminal damage to property and failure to seek assistance, police said.

Perkins was previously arrested the night of March 12 on suspicion of probation violation, criminal damage to property, three counts of access device fraud and unauthorized use of a motor vehicle charges. He was taken to the East Baton Rouge Parish Prison.

Police have not yet said how Millard died. Police previously said they didn't have any indication of foul play and a preliminary autopsy showed no signs of external or internal trauma.

The Advocate, a Louisiana-based newspaper, reported Millard's body was found wrapped in a rug and plastic and had been left near fast-food restaurants.

Millard, who was in Baton Rouge on a business trip, was reported missing on Feb. 23, and police used video surveillance to track his movements. Police said he was seen leaving a downtown business around 10:30 p.m., Feb. 22, and went to a Greyhound station about an hour later.

At the station, a security guard offered to call him an Uber or call the police for him but Millard declined, Capt. Kevin Heinz of the department's violent crimes unit, said at past news conference. Heinz said he did not appear to be in distress but "appeared to be out of place." He later left the station.

Millard was seen over the next several hours at different businesses in Baton Rouge and police tracked his last location at 4:30 a.m.

Asked at a past news conference what police were doing to find the person or persons who appear to have dumped Millard's body where it was found, Heinz said that was not most likely where he died.

"Efforts are underway to locate and to talk to whoever may have put him there," Heinz said. "If something happened and there was a moment of panic, come forward, we just want to know what happened to him," he said.