Police in Louisiana have arrested an individual accused of using the debit card of a man whose remains were found rolled up in a carpet and wrapped in plastic.
Derrick Perkins, 45, was arrested on Tuesday on charges of damage to property, three counts of access device fraud, and unauthorized use of a motor vehicle, in addition to probation violation, per WBRZ.
Officials say he had attempted to "disguise" a stolen vehicle he was seen driving close to the crime scene in South Baton Rouge.
He was seen behind the wheel of a 2004 Toyota Camry close to the vacant lot where the body of 42-year-old Nathan Millard was dumped - wrapped in plastic and rolled up in a rug - when he passed away from a fatal overdose, police believe.
A spokesperson for the police department told WBRZ that the vehicle was discovered burned on Monday.
In an apparent bid to disguise the car, Perkins had spray-painted its bumper, removed a rear bumper sticker and swapped the license plate. He had supposedly done so after reports emerged about Millard's disappearance.
Just days after Millard's disappearance, he was allegedly caught by surveillance cameras using the deceased man's debit card at two establishments on Highland Road, according to arrest records.
His home address is under a mile from the lot off Scenic Highway where the body of the Georgia father of five was found on March 6.
Perkins, who was detained at the East Baton Rouge Parish Prison, has not been accused of causing Millard's death, the outlet states.
Last week, footage surfaced of Millard walking with an unidentified man along Florida Boulevard not long before his disappearance on February 22.
Per reports, he had just left an Irish pub, where he was refused service after excessive drinking.
Police believes there was no foul play involved in the man's passing. An official cause of death will be revealed following the autopsy report.
Authorities are currently investigating how Millard's body ended up being in plastic and wrapped in a rug.
"It does appear that he was left there, that that's most likely not where he died. I don't want to go into details on our investigative efforts, but efforts are underway to locate and to talk to whoever may have put him there" Baton Rouge Police Captain Kevin Heinz told reporters on Tuesday.
Police revealed that they have told the late father's loved ones that they believe he died following a drug overdose.
Millard, who was in Baton Rouge on a business trip with a client for his company Advanced Construction, had gone to a Louisiana State University basketball game and the pub with said client the night he went missing.
He is survived by his wife, Amber, their seven-year-old daughter, two older sons from a previous marriage and two stepsons.
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