Nathan Millard: Georgia dad of five was looking for 'a girl' before overdosing on drug and being found rolled in carpet

Police investigate possible prostitution in Nathan Millard's death after he is believed to have died of an overdose

PUBLISHED MAR 23, 2023

Nathan Millard, 42, was discovered dead on the 2900 block of Scenic Highway, roughly three miles from the bar he was last seen at (Baton Rouge PD)

BATON ROUGE, LOUISIANA: A Georgia dad of five was allegedly looking for "a girl to take back to his room" before he is believed to have died of an overdose last month. Nathan Millard was on a 24-hour business trip in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, on February 22, when his body was found mysteriously rolled in a carpet of a vacant lot near a highway on March 6.

Millard's ill-fated journey started after he was kicked out of Happy's Irish Pub for drinking too much with a client before he went out into the city. Hours later he was wandering around a Greyhound bus station and had a brief chat with a security guard who offered to call him a taxi, to get back to his hotel but he refused and walked away. Chilling surveillance footage showed the businessman walking with an anonymous man who introduced him to a prostitute and drug dealer "Stanka", later identified as Derrick Perkins. Millard and Perkins ditched the anonymous man and woman.

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Derrick Perkins has not yet been charged with Nathan Millard's death (Baton Rouge PD)

Police investigate potential prostitution related to Nathan Millard's case

Police were hanging around a neighborhood about potential prostitution related to Millard's death, when a car raced in front of them, crashing into another vehicle. The man and woman in the car were rushed to a hospital. Authorities claim the passengers were not connected to Millard's case. According to them, Millard met Perkins while he was looking for "something to make him feel better." It is believed the 42-year-old went to a home in the south part of the city where he overdosed on a form of heroin called "blue magic." “It was blue magic, but it had some form of fentanyl in it," said Sgt L'Jean McKneely, about Millard's overdose.

He added, "So, we believe the fentanyl was administered or the partaking in the drug activity. There is some mention of possibly giving some Narcan.” Perkins has been arrested and faces charges, but police have maintained he did not kill Millard. Perkins allegedly drove around with Millard's body in the back of his blue Chevy for two to four days "until the odor got too bad," and he had to dispose of it, reported the arrest warrant.

Police maintain Derrick Perkins did not kill Nathan Millard

"Several people" claimed to have "smelled, observed, and/or were told" that Millard's body was in Perkins' 2004 blue Toyota Camry. The drug dealer even put Millard's phone on flight mode to prevent police from detecting the missing Georgia man's location. Pekins is then accused of wrapping Millard's body beside a highway on March 6 which was noticed by someone who noticed the foul scent. He is now facing charges including unlawful disposal of remains, obstruction of justice, simple criminal damage to property, and failure to seek assistance. Millard's cause of death will be determined by the East Baton Rouge Parish Coroner's Office as it currently remains unknown.