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Man Admits To Committing More That Two Murders
Posted: 8/16/2005 7:16:00 AM
Updated: 8/16/2005 7:23:01 AM
Earlier this month in night court, Garland Milam, 40, confessed to killing two homeless men in Hickory Hollow and asked for the death penalty.
NewsChannel 5's Amy Rao talked to Milam in an exclusive interview and found out new information that has the police digging deeper.
Milam described the intense satisfaction he felt after strangling two men in a south Nashville homeless camp.
“It made your whole body tingle from your head down to your feet,” he said.
Milam confessed to detectives after he told a Kroger manager he had killed someone and wanted to lead police to the body.
Milam told police he was drinking in this homeless camp with his friend Tim McCoy. Milam said he stumbled and McCoy wouldn't help him up so he asked God what to do.
“I heard my voice in my head real loud like say be a vessel of my vengeance,” Milam said.
Milam said he strangled McCoy with a money belt, set him on fire and told investigators how sad he was to lose his friend in such a tragic accident.
But Milam, who said he's fantasized about killing since he was 10 years old, said his craving was uncontrollable and that he had to kill again.
“It was an internal beast that was dormant, trying to wake up,” Milam said.
The next day Milam said he bought beer and whisky and shared it with a man he barely knew, a man known as J.D.
When the liquor ran out, Milam wanted more but J.D. wouldn't pay. That's when Milam felt his rage surface again.
“I didn't want to be his mule,” Milam said. So, he told J.D. he would kill him too.
“I says you got five minutes to get out of camp or I'm coming hunting,” Milam said.
Milam said he yelled "time" and strangled J.D. with a dog leash.
“I grabbed it and choked him and as he drew his last breath I made him look at me and went hmmmmm and inhaled his last breath,” Milam said.
Milam was ushered into night court the next morning charged with two counts of first-degree murder.
He told the night court judge, “Give me the death penalty. I am a monster.”
Milam told NewsChannel 5 that he’s fed his urge to kill before.
“I'm not a brutal killer, there's a little more fineness to what I do. I don't like a messy kill,” Milam said. “I had killed up in Tucson, Arizona but I made it look like an accident, put him on railroad tracks, just pieced him up.”
He then confessed to beating a man severely with a baseball bat in Topeka, Kansas. “I don't know if he died or not.”
Police in Tucson and Topeka were searching through their cold case files to see if there were any murders that match Milam’s description.
Police now worry they may have a serial killer on their hands and these will be just the first of many murders to surface.
Milam said, “I don't want to be released, I don't want to do what I'm doing. I want to have the monster put to sleep.”
Milam's Nashville case has been bound over to the grand jury.
Man Admits To Committing More That Two Murders
Posted: 8/16/2005 7:16:00 AM
Updated: 8/16/2005 7:23:01 AM
Earlier this month in night court, Garland Milam, 40, confessed to killing two homeless men in Hickory Hollow and asked for the death penalty.
NewsChannel 5's Amy Rao talked to Milam in an exclusive interview and found out new information that has the police digging deeper.
Milam described the intense satisfaction he felt after strangling two men in a south Nashville homeless camp.
“It made your whole body tingle from your head down to your feet,” he said.
Milam confessed to detectives after he told a Kroger manager he had killed someone and wanted to lead police to the body.
Milam told police he was drinking in this homeless camp with his friend Tim McCoy. Milam said he stumbled and McCoy wouldn't help him up so he asked God what to do.
“I heard my voice in my head real loud like say be a vessel of my vengeance,” Milam said.
Milam said he strangled McCoy with a money belt, set him on fire and told investigators how sad he was to lose his friend in such a tragic accident.
But Milam, who said he's fantasized about killing since he was 10 years old, said his craving was uncontrollable and that he had to kill again.
“It was an internal beast that was dormant, trying to wake up,” Milam said.
The next day Milam said he bought beer and whisky and shared it with a man he barely knew, a man known as J.D.
When the liquor ran out, Milam wanted more but J.D. wouldn't pay. That's when Milam felt his rage surface again.
“I didn't want to be his mule,” Milam said. So, he told J.D. he would kill him too.
“I says you got five minutes to get out of camp or I'm coming hunting,” Milam said.
Milam said he yelled "time" and strangled J.D. with a dog leash.
“I grabbed it and choked him and as he drew his last breath I made him look at me and went hmmmmm and inhaled his last breath,” Milam said.
Milam was ushered into night court the next morning charged with two counts of first-degree murder.
He told the night court judge, “Give me the death penalty. I am a monster.”
Milam told NewsChannel 5 that he’s fed his urge to kill before.
“I'm not a brutal killer, there's a little more fineness to what I do. I don't like a messy kill,” Milam said. “I had killed up in Tucson, Arizona but I made it look like an accident, put him on railroad tracks, just pieced him up.”
He then confessed to beating a man severely with a baseball bat in Topeka, Kansas. “I don't know if he died or not.”
Police in Tucson and Topeka were searching through their cold case files to see if there were any murders that match Milam’s description.
Police now worry they may have a serial killer on their hands and these will be just the first of many murders to surface.
Milam said, “I don't want to be released, I don't want to do what I'm doing. I want to have the monster put to sleep.”
Milam's Nashville case has been bound over to the grand jury.