Man jailed after friend’s severed head found in car in Las Vegas

FILE – Eric Holland appears in court at the Regional Justice Center in Las Vegas, Dec. 28, 2021. Holland, who is accused of cutting up a body and storing it in a stolen car, was then ordered held without bail. Holland was sentenced Thursday, Dec. 1, 2022 to 18 to 45 years in prison for killing and dismembering a man whose severed head was found by police in a stolen pickup truck he was driving about a year ago in Las Vegas. Holland declared himself truly remorseful about the shooting death of his friend, Richard P. Miller. (K.M. Cannon/Las Vegas Review-Journal via AP, File)

A 58-year-old man has been sentenced to between 18 and 45 years in prison for killing and dismembering a friend whose severed head was found in a stolen vehicle the ex-convict was driving in Las Vegas.

Eric Holland declared himself “truly remorseful” about the shooting death of 65-year-old Richard P Miller, whose remains were found in coolers in the back of a stolen Chevrolet Avalanche after a police chase.