A suspect accused of kidnapping and killing a Detroit nurse may also be involved in the disappearance of his son’s mother, police said.
Jamere Miller, 36, was arrested on Monday and accused of murdering his ex-girlfriend, 29-year-old Patrice Wilson after abducting her in the parking lot of the DMC Detroit Receiving Hospital around 7:40 a.m. Saturday morning.
Police said Miller allegedly grabbed her from behind and forced her into a car before speeding off. Wilson, a mother, was found shot to death in the trunk of a car not far from her home later that afternoon.
Miller turned himself in with his lawyer on Sunday after “feeling the pressure of this investigation,” Detroit Police Chief James White said, according to Fox 2 Detroit.
His arrest is “a lot to stomach” for relatives of his son’s mother, who mysteriously vanished more than a decade ago.
Bianca Green, who was a 24-year-old pregnant nursing student living 30 minutes outside Detroit, in Romulus, Michigan, has not been seen alive since March 25, 2011, according to Fox 2.
The two have a child together, Jamere Jr. When Green disappeared, Miller sat holding his son at a Crime Stoppers press conference.
He was questioned by investigators but never charged in Green’s disappearance. The case went cold.
Detroit Police Chief White said his department is working with Romulus Police to compare notes on their investigations, the outlet reported.
“He is a violent person. He has a significant criminal history and there is a history of domestic violence associated with that as well,” Detroit Police Chief James White said.
Miller has a lengthy rap sheet that includes gun and drug charges, assault, drunk driving and eluding police crimes.
His arrest has reopened wounds for Green’s family, who are now questioning everything about her disappearance.
“It’s a lot to stomach,” her uncle, Keith Green, told Fox 2.
“We all never gave up hope and we tried to give Jamere the benefit of the doubt,” he added.
The family, he said, always suspected foul play.
“She would have never left Jamere Jr., that was her Velcro. She would have never left her son,” her uncle said.
Wilson’s death has rocked the tight-knit Detroit nurse community.
Wilson’s mother, who works at the same hospital as her daughter, demanded justice.
“It’s Mother’s Day, and she is not here to be with her son. Her son cannot hold her and say ‘Happy Mother’s Day’ today. That bothers me,” Rosalind Livingston told Local 4.
She said Wilson and Miller used to date, but Wilson broke things off.
“She has been trying to get away from him. She knew he was toxic to her,” she said.