A Georgia man who was visiting Baton Rouge, Louisiana, on a business trip was found dead more than a week after he was reported missing, police said Monday.
Nathan Millard, 42, took a customer to a Louisiana State University basketball game and Happy’s Irish Pub on Feb. 23, police from Baton Rouge NBC affiliate WVLA said.
Millard, of Covington, Georgia, left the pub around 11:30 p.m. to return to his Courtyard Marriott hotel, Texas told EquuSearch, an organization that helps find missing people.
He never made it back to his hotel. The group said Millard’s phone and wallet were found discarded.
Nathan Millard. via Texas EquuSearch
Authorities said at a Tuesday night news conference that security footage from businesses in the area helped them track Millard’s recent movements.
After leaving the pub, he visited a greyhound station, said Baton Rouge Capt. Kevin Hines to reporters.
A security guard at the train station offered to call an Uber for Millard or contact the police, but Millard declined.
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“He didn’t seem distressed,” Hines said. “She just felt like he was out of place.”
Millard left the station alone, the captain said. The last time Millard was seen on security video was around 4:30 a.m. on February 23.
Hines declined to say where Millard was or who he was with, but investigators don’t think foul play was involved.
Police said on Facebook that Millard’s body was found on the Scenic Highway around 3:34 a.m. Monday. Sergeant L’Jean McKneely told WVLA that his body was wrapped in plastic and rolled in a rug.
The captain said investigators do not believe Millard died at the location where his body was recovered and are trying to “speak to whoever may have brought him there”.
“And look, we’re going to ask whoever put him there, if anything happened, if there’s been a moment of panic, come forward. We just want to know what happened to him,” Hines said.
The cause of death is unknown, although police said a preliminary autopsy found no signs of internal or external trauma. Baton Rouge Police said the investigation is ongoing.
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