Richard P. Miller, 65, of Las Vegas was reported missing in November 2021 after he failed to show for a meeting at his houseboat on Lake Mead. On December 23, 2021, police pursuing a stolen vehicle arrested 58-year-old Eric Holland; during an inventory of the vehicle officers found multiple coolers taped shut containing dismembered human remains identified as Miller’s. Miller’s severed head was in one cooler and other body parts were in others, and an officer noted a strong smell of decay emanating from a cooler. Autopsy findings showed Miller had been shot multiple times, including one gunshot to the head.

Prosecutors said the killing was premeditated and presented evidence Holland bought construction-grade garbage bags and a power saw, which prosecutors say were used to dismember the body. The two men had worked together and were described as friends; investigators believe an argument led to the killing.

Did anyone who knew Richard or Eric notice tensions between them before November 2021?