Hunter Miller was 26 when he was shot and killed in Gautier, Mississippi, on the evening of January 14, 2014. Miller, a waiter at The Hook Up restaurant in Biloxi, was in his car at the intersection of Ladnier Road and University Street during what authorities described as a prescription drug deal when he was shot in the back. His vehicle then crashed into a fence at College Park Elementary School.

Investigators tied the killing to Nicholas DeMorst. At trial, testimony placed DeMorst as the person who fatally shot Miller during the attempted transaction. A Jackson County jury convicted DeMorst of capital murder in June 2015; he was sentenced to life without parole for the robbery and killing. His later appeal arguing errors over witness identification and admission of jailhouse recordings was rejected by the Mississippi Court of Appeals in June 2017.

Brittany Bridges was charged as an accessory for attempting to help DeMorst cover up his whereabouts the night of the shooting and was sentenced in July 2017 to 10 years in prison. Has anyone with knowledge of Miller’s life or the events around January 14, 2014, got information to add?