Ray Elmer Miller

Murderer

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Case Facts

Gender: male
Country: USA
Location: Las Vegas, Nevada, USA
Date of birth: 1898
Age at first offence: 34
Characteristics: parricide, domestic dispute, shooting spree, truck driver
Victim profile: His wife
Method of murder: Shooting
Date(s) of murder: December 1, 1932
Years active: 1932
Date of arrest: Same day
Status: Executed
Executed by asphyxiation-gas in Nevada on May 8, 1933

Case Summary

Background

Ray Elmer Miller was a native of Nebraska and was 34 years old. He worked as a truck driver.

Miller’s wife was in the process of filing for a divorce.

The offence

Miller murdered his wife in Las Vegas.

Investigation

Miller was arrested while he was trying to fix his jammed gun.

Arrest

Miller was arrested as he was trying to fix his jammed gun.

Trial

Miller pleaded not guilty but was convicted.

Sentencing

Miller was sentenced to death.

Outcome

Ray Elmer Miller was executed at the Nevada State Prison in Carson City on May 8, 1933. He died at the age of 34. He was executed in the Gas Chamber at Nevada’s State Prison.

Timeline

December 1, 1932 — Miller murdered his wife in Las Vegas after she was going to her lawyers’ office to file for a restraining order against her husband for making threats against her life.
May 8, 1933 — Miller was executed at the Nevada State Prison in Carson City by asphyxiation-gas.

Other details

Miller’s wife, Evelyn, was going to the office of her lawyers in Las Vegas to get a restraining order because of threats he had made against her life.

As Evelyn was climbing the stairs to her lawyers’ office, Ray Miller shot his wife twice.

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