Las Vegas Man with Severed Head in Trunk Claims He is ‘Unlucky Car Thief’

A Las Vegas man who was supercharged with murder after constabulary found a severed head inward his truck inward a parking garage next to the Rio says it’s not his truck.

A lawyer for Eric Holland, 57, claimed finally week his client is a “hapless thief” who stole a vehicle that just happened to have got organic structure parts in it, according to court of law filings.

In the car, law found a set-apart human head, 2 legs and “an plain human torso” in coolers.

That was after Holland was pulled over by Las Vegas Metro Police on Dec. 23 for a subprogram traffic stop. During the certify check, the enrolment of Holland’s Toyota Tundra was suspended.

High-Speed Chase

During the traffic stop, Holland briefly radius to officers before speeding off. A tag ensued, and an LVMPD chopper building block joined to rail him from the air, according to the felon complaint.

During the pursuit, Holland headed for the parking garage by the Rio at 3700 Rebecca West Flamingo Road. But the broadcast unit saw him acquire come out of the Toyota and move into a golden Chevrolet Avalanche, which so horde come out of the garage.

Police resumed the trail of the Chevrolet and followed it to an apartment mental block nigh the siege of Orleans Casino. There, Holland exited the vehicle and attempted to run, but was tasered past officers.

With the surmise inwards custody, police force searched the vehicles, both of which had been reported stolen. In the tree trunk of the Chevy, they found a blackness pliant junk travelling bag emitting a “foul odor,” according to the complaint.

But according to the public protector assigned to Holland’s case, it’s all just a horrible misunderstanding. P. Jacques Louis David Westbrook said his client did not obliterate anybody. He was just now a “hapless motorcar thief who simply picked the wrongfulness car.”

A Las Vegas judge denied him bail, just inwards typesetter's case that wasn’t true.

“Proof is evident, and the presumptuousness is outstanding that Mr. Holland committed murder,” the justice said.

Caught on Tape

According to the complaint, LVMPD has a picture of Holland inner a Home Depot buying a saw and scum bags.

The Kenneth Clark County Coroners Office has named the victim as Richard P. Miller, 65, of Las Vegas. He died of multiple gunshot wounds. Police trust Holland and Miller knew from each one other.

Holland, who has a long felon history, has yet to enter a plea in the case. He is beingness held at the Clark County Detention Center.