{"id":43455,"date":"2025-08-13T16:18:12","date_gmt":"2025-08-13T16:18:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/the-case-against-the-zombie-hunter\/"},"modified":"2025-08-13T16:18:12","modified_gmt":"2025-08-13T16:18:12","slug":"the-case-against-the-zombie-hunter","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/the-case-against-the-zombie-hunter\/","title":{"rendered":"The case against the Zombie Hunter"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-6606220950177433\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<!-- ItShrt World News -->\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-6606220950177433\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"1882483372\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"auto\"\r\n     data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script>\r\n<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"\">\n<p>Bryan Patrick Miller violently murdered two young women in Phoenix in the early 1990s and went decades without being caught. By the time police caught up to him, he had a new persona and was hiding in plain sight. Genetic genealogy and DNA would be the keys to identifying him as the killer.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>See how investigators tracked down a killer more than 20 years after the Phoenix canal murders.<\/p>\n<h2>The Zombie Hunter<\/h2>\n<figure class=\"embed embed--type-image is-image embed--float-none embed--size-medium\">\n<p>      <span class=\"img embed__content\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/assets1.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2023\/10\/21\/e2c8c79b-f39a-4869-a96c-cd3219df8f1d\/thumbnail\/620x349\/e44a59ce016aabd800602cc99045747d\/zombie-02.jpg#\" alt=\"Zombie Hunter \" height=\"349\" width=\"620\" class=\" lazyload\" srcset=\"https:\/\/assets1.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2023\/10\/21\/e2c8c79b-f39a-4869-a96c-cd3219df8f1d\/thumbnail\/620x349\/e44a59ce016aabd800602cc99045747d\/zombie-02.jpg 1x, https:\/\/assets2.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2023\/10\/21\/e2c8c79b-f39a-4869-a96c-cd3219df8f1d\/thumbnail\/1240x698\/ef99bf921a06fac06642bfdbc23d8b33\/zombie-02.jpg 2x\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><\/span><figcaption class=\"embed__caption-container\">\n<p>                  <span class=\"embed__caption\">Bryan Patrick Miller, center, who called himself the Zombie Hunter, poses for a photo with police officers.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>                  <span class=\"embed__credit\"><\/p>\n<p>                Facebook<\/p>\n<p>                          <\/span><br \/>\n              <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>In 2014, Miller was known to many in the Phoenix area as the Zombie Hunter \u2013 a comic-book-inspired character who wore a mask and a long trench coat and carried a fake Gatling gun. He drove around in a tricked-out old police car and attended events taking photos with fans and even police officers. Investigators would later learn the man behind this costumed character had an extremely violent past.<\/p>\n<h2>1989: Celeste Bentley stabbing<\/h2>\n<figure class=\"embed embed--type-image is-image embed--float-none embed--size-medium\">\n<p>      <span class=\"img embed__content\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/assets3.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2023\/10\/21\/91b63a46-2ca7-4c48-b766-9962195d1b9c\/thumbnail\/620x826\/1fcbcacbc848898d90eabf0806bb3829\/zombie-bentley.jpg#\" alt=\"zombie-bentley.jpg \" height=\"826\" width=\"620\" srcset=\"https:\/\/assets3.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2023\/10\/21\/91b63a46-2ca7-4c48-b766-9962195d1b9c\/thumbnail\/620x826\/1fcbcacbc848898d90eabf0806bb3829\/zombie-bentley.jpg 1x, https:\/\/assets2.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2023\/10\/21\/91b63a46-2ca7-4c48-b766-9962195d1b9c\/thumbnail\/1240x1652\/70c0c4bd49838c9f294ffb80e97eae23\/zombie-bentley.jpg 2x\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><\/span><figcaption class=\"embed__caption-container\">\n<p>                  <span class=\"embed__caption\">In May 1989, Celeste Bentley was stabbed in the back by a 16-year-old Bryan Patrick Miller.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>                  <span class=\"embed__credit\"><\/p>\n<p>                Celeste Bentley<\/p>\n<p>                          <\/span><br \/>\n              <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>In May 1989, a Phoenix woman named Celeste Bentley got off a bus at the same stop as a 16-year-old Miller. &#8220;Well, when he had ran by me, I thought he had just hit me,&#8221; Bentley said. &#8220;But then, I reached back to my back and I pulled my hand up and I saw the blood.&#8221;\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Miller had stabbed Bentley in her upper back. He was caught and charged with aggravated assault and sent to juvenile detention where he stayed until he turned 18.<\/p>\n<h2>1990: An ominous note<\/h2>\n<figure class=\"embed embed--type-image is-image embed--float-none embed--size-medium\">\n<p>      <span class=\"img embed__content\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/assets2.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2023\/10\/21\/dc63c19d-eca5-4df1-8f25-be9298ebf901\/thumbnail\/620x349\/eb2d0c783fa551533ef033aca77ae343\/zombie-plan.jpg#\" alt=\"Bryan Patrick Miller note \" height=\"349\" width=\"620\" class=\" lazyload\" srcset=\"https:\/\/assets2.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2023\/10\/21\/dc63c19d-eca5-4df1-8f25-be9298ebf901\/thumbnail\/620x349\/eb2d0c783fa551533ef033aca77ae343\/zombie-plan.jpg 1x, https:\/\/assets3.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2023\/10\/21\/dc63c19d-eca5-4df1-8f25-be9298ebf901\/thumbnail\/1240x698\/ea46470bd0c86072aeff7fe147c357af\/zombie-plan.jpg 2x\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><\/span><figcaption class=\"embed__caption-container\">\n<p>                  <span class=\"embed__caption\">A disturbing note written by a teenage Bryan Patrick Miller that his mother found while he was in juvenile detention. It spelled out how he wanted to find, abduct, rape, murder and dismember a young woman.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>                  <span class=\"embed__credit\"><\/p>\n<p>                Phoenix Police Department<\/p>\n<p>                          <\/span><br \/>\n              <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>While Miller was in juvenile detention, his mother Ellen made a strange discovery. She told police she found a disturbing note while cleaning his room. The note, with the heading &#8220;Plan&#8221; on the second page detailed a sadistic scheme to torture and kill a young woman. Ellen gave the note to police and refused to let Miller return home, so he moved into a halfway house.<\/p>\n<h2>Nov. 8. 1992: Angela Brosso disappears<\/h2>\n<figure class=\"embed embed--type-image is-image embed--float-none embed--size-medium\">\n<p>      <span class=\"img embed__content\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/assets1.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2023\/10\/21\/4eab5e62-d8ba-41ff-9bb8-9561f61b21ca\/thumbnail\/620x349\/8aad69058be268cc2a4a3fcc0cc2dde1\/zombie-brosso.jpg#\" alt=\"Angela Brosso \" height=\"349\" width=\"620\" class=\" lazyload\" srcset=\"https:\/\/assets1.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2023\/10\/21\/4eab5e62-d8ba-41ff-9bb8-9561f61b21ca\/thumbnail\/620x349\/8aad69058be268cc2a4a3fcc0cc2dde1\/zombie-brosso.jpg 1x, https:\/\/assets3.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2023\/10\/21\/4eab5e62-d8ba-41ff-9bb8-9561f61b21ca\/thumbnail\/1240x698\/f18c498ee3392f6f75e79a68a931e690\/zombie-brosso.jpg 2x\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><\/span><figcaption class=\"embed__caption-container\">\n<p>                  <span class=\"embed__caption\">Angela Brosso<\/span><\/p>\n<p>                  <span class=\"embed__credit\"><\/p>\n<p>                Cedar Cliff High School<\/p>\n<p>                          <\/span><br \/>\n              <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>On the eve of her 22nd birthday, a Phoenix woman named Angela Brosso went out for a solo evening bike ride. Her boyfriend Joe stayed home to bake her a birthday cake and expected her to be home within the hour. When Brosso didn&#8217;t return, Joe took his bike out and rode around looking for her. He told investigators he went out three times that night looking for Brosso but couldn&#8217;t find her.<\/p>\n<h2>Nov. 9, 1992: Brosso&#8217;s body is found<\/h2>\n<figure class=\"embed embed--type-image is-image embed--float-none embed--size-medium\">\n<p>      <span class=\"img embed__content\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/assets2.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2023\/10\/21\/040f5765-c6e1-4c9c-b0d4-1912a460444d\/thumbnail\/620x349\/1057cbb127cba8a7877e24a8962ca9c7\/zombie-brosso-crimescene.jpg#\" alt=\"Angela Brosso crime scene \" height=\"349\" width=\"620\" class=\" lazyload\" srcset=\"https:\/\/assets2.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2023\/10\/21\/040f5765-c6e1-4c9c-b0d4-1912a460444d\/thumbnail\/620x349\/1057cbb127cba8a7877e24a8962ca9c7\/zombie-brosso-crimescene.jpg 1x, https:\/\/assets1.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2023\/10\/21\/040f5765-c6e1-4c9c-b0d4-1912a460444d\/thumbnail\/1240x698\/4760c255a8571fbabd84310163d52d0a\/zombie-brosso-crimescene.jpg 2x\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><\/span><figcaption class=\"embed__caption-container\">\n<p>                  <span class=\"embed__caption\">Detectives at the Angela Brosso crime scene.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>                  <span class=\"embed__credit\"><\/p>\n<p>                KPHO<\/p>\n<p>                          <\/span><br \/>\n              <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The next morning, police searching for the missing woman came upon Brosso&#8217;s body in the field next to her apartment. She had been fatally stabbed in the back, sexually assaulted and decapitated. Her head was nowhere to be found. Investigators discovered she had been attacked on the nearby bike path, and her bike was also missing. <\/p>\n<p>Eleven days later, Brosso&#8217;s head was spotted in the Arizona Canal, about two miles from where her body had been found. Due to a lack of decomposition, investigators believed the killer may have kept her head in a refrigerator before dumping it in the canal.<\/p>\n<h2>Sept. 21, 1993: Melanie Bernas goes missing<\/h2>\n<figure class=\"embed embed--type-image is-image embed--float-none embed--size-medium\">\n<p>      <span class=\"img embed__content\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/assets3.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2023\/10\/21\/98b4e560-83e2-43c3-bda9-2e5fe486957e\/thumbnail\/620x349\/2ec1819f802d0169930e29bd968e7481\/zombie-bernas.jpg#\" alt=\"Melanie Bernas \" height=\"349\" width=\"620\" class=\" lazyload\" srcset=\"https:\/\/assets3.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2023\/10\/21\/98b4e560-83e2-43c3-bda9-2e5fe486957e\/thumbnail\/620x349\/2ec1819f802d0169930e29bd968e7481\/zombie-bernas.jpg 1x, https:\/\/assets1.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2023\/10\/21\/98b4e560-83e2-43c3-bda9-2e5fe486957e\/thumbnail\/1240x698\/bea6966f73624d69f420c3d29e172d45\/zombie-bernas.jpg 2x\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><\/span><figcaption class=\"embed__caption-container\">\n<p>                  <span class=\"embed__caption\">Melanie Bernas<\/span><\/p>\n<p>                  <span class=\"embed__credit\"><\/p>\n<p>                Maricopa County Court<\/p>\n<p>                          <\/span><br \/>\n              <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Ten months later, high school junior Melanie Bernas took an evening bike ride while her mother Marlene was out to dinner. Marlene told police that when she came home that night, Melanie and her bike were gone.<\/p>\n<p>The next morning, Phoenix local Charlotte Pottle was riding her bike with her daughter in the back seat when she rode through a strange-looking puddle. She circled back to get another look.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I could tell that it was a puddle of red, that it was a puddle of blood,&#8221; said Pottle. She also noticed drag marks. She rode home and called police. When police came to the scene, they found Melanie&#8217;s body floating in the canal dressed in a blue bodysuit. She had been fatally stabbed in the back and sexually assaulted. A matching DNA profile was found on both victims. Melanie and Angela&#8217;s murders became known as the &#8220;canal murders.&#8221;    <\/p>\n<h2>1994: A tip<\/h2>\n<figure class=\"embed embed--type-image is-image embed--float-none embed--size-medium\">\n<p>      <span class=\"img embed__content\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/assets3.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2023\/10\/21\/8392665e-1442-43ec-995b-02e7b731d392\/thumbnail\/620x349\/b99b067d7d998d60c919b3f8419cf72d\/zombie-bodysuit.jpg#\" alt=\"Melanie Bernas evidence \" height=\"349\" width=\"620\" class=\" lazyload\" srcset=\"https:\/\/assets3.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2023\/10\/21\/8392665e-1442-43ec-995b-02e7b731d392\/thumbnail\/620x349\/b99b067d7d998d60c919b3f8419cf72d\/zombie-bodysuit.jpg 1x, https:\/\/assets3.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2023\/10\/21\/8392665e-1442-43ec-995b-02e7b731d392\/thumbnail\/1240x698\/62be9b6e6897d944c1ea561c1c078dde\/zombie-bodysuit.jpg 2x\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><\/span><figcaption class=\"embed__caption-container\">\n<p>                  <span class=\"embed__caption\">A teal bodysuit like the one police say Melanie Bernas was found wearing.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>                  <span class=\"embed__credit\"><\/p>\n<p>                KPHO<\/p>\n<p>                          <\/span><br \/>\n              <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>In 1994, investigators received a tip suggesting Miller may have had a distinctive teal body suit that was similar to the one Melanie was found in. Investigators at the time seemingly never pursued Miller.<\/p>\n<h2>The case goes cold<\/h2>\n<p>With a volume of tips coming in and hundreds of persons of interest, investigators were unable to find the person responsible for the murders. Decades passed with no arrest.<\/p>\n<h2>2011: The cold case unit<\/h2>\n<figure class=\"embed embed--type-image is-image embed--float-none embed--size-medium\">\n<p>      <span class=\"img embed__content\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/assets2.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2023\/10\/21\/b5b491d4-022d-4e05-bc8d-1230c5650300\/thumbnail\/620x349\/ed2268200f7eaa2c47181834fa606b9a\/zombie-schwartzkopf.jpg#\" alt=\"Clark Schwartzkopf \" height=\"349\" width=\"620\" class=\" lazyload\" srcset=\"https:\/\/assets2.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2023\/10\/21\/b5b491d4-022d-4e05-bc8d-1230c5650300\/thumbnail\/620x349\/ed2268200f7eaa2c47181834fa606b9a\/zombie-schwartzkopf.jpg 1x, https:\/\/assets3.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2023\/10\/21\/b5b491d4-022d-4e05-bc8d-1230c5650300\/thumbnail\/1240x698\/c60919969e73ecf6125866338bb34dc6\/zombie-schwartzkopf.jpg 2x\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><\/span><figcaption class=\"embed__caption-container\">\n<p>                  <span class=\"embed__caption\">Clark Schwartzkopf was a cold case detective with the Phoenix Police Department.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>                  <span class=\"embed__credit\"><\/p>\n<p>                CBS News<\/p>\n<p>                          <\/span><br \/>\n              <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>In 2011, Phoenix police detective Clark Schwartzkopf was working with the cold case unit investigating the canal murders. He says there were over 600 persons of interest in the case files. &#8220;I said, &#8216;OK, give me the list,'&#8221; said Schwartzkopf. &#8220;Let&#8217;s start at A and I&#8217;m going to go through all the backgrounds on all these people and see if I can find anybody in there that would be possible of \u2026 committing this type of potential violence.&#8221;<\/p>\n<h2>2014: Genetic genealogy provides a new lead<\/h2>\n<figure class=\"embed embed--type-image is-image embed--float-none embed--size-medium\">\n<p>      <span class=\"img embed__content\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/assets1.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2023\/10\/21\/6c342311-d73b-4e0c-b45e-758191bcd705\/thumbnail\/620x349\/211b65e6e5523dae9b40d3344ad7a953\/zombie-fitzpatrick.jpg#\" alt=\"Colleen Fitzpatrick \" height=\"349\" width=\"620\" class=\" lazyload\" srcset=\"https:\/\/assets1.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2023\/10\/21\/6c342311-d73b-4e0c-b45e-758191bcd705\/thumbnail\/620x349\/211b65e6e5523dae9b40d3344ad7a953\/zombie-fitzpatrick.jpg 1x, https:\/\/assets2.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2023\/10\/21\/6c342311-d73b-4e0c-b45e-758191bcd705\/thumbnail\/1240x698\/de3ebac22e63e4b70585ecf9c1eef116\/zombie-fitzpatrick.jpg 2x\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><\/span><figcaption class=\"embed__caption-container\">\n<p>                  <span class=\"embed__caption\">Colleen Fitzpatrick, founder of   Identifinders International.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>                  <span class=\"embed__credit\"><\/p>\n<p>                CBS News<\/p>\n<p>                          <\/span><br \/>\n              <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>In late 2014, forensic genealogist Colleen Fitzpatrick spoke to investigators at a conference. Fitzpatrick&#8217;s company, Identifinders International, had developed software that could mine public genealogy databases, searching for matches to crime scene DNA. Phoenix police sent her the DNA information from the canal murders. Fitzpatrick&#8217;s company crunched the data and came up with the surname Miller. Schwartzkopf found six people with the last name Miller on his list. One of those names was Bryan Patrick Miller: a 42-year-old man with a juvenile record for the stabbing of Celeste Bentley.<\/p>\n<h2>December 2014: Surveilling a potential suspect<\/h2>\n<figure class=\"embed embed--type-image is-image embed--float-none embed--size-medium\">\n<p>      <span class=\"img embed__content\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/assets1.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2023\/10\/20\/63a262f2-1026-43a7-895d-955b347981f3\/thumbnail\/620x413\/527f97ca196666cc326ec9aaaf0b8823\/zombie-unmasked.jpg#\" alt=\"Bryan Patrick Miller \" height=\"413\" width=\"620\" class=\" lazyload\" srcset=\"https:\/\/assets1.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2023\/10\/20\/63a262f2-1026-43a7-895d-955b347981f3\/thumbnail\/620x413\/527f97ca196666cc326ec9aaaf0b8823\/zombie-unmasked.jpg 1x, https:\/\/assets3.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2023\/10\/20\/63a262f2-1026-43a7-895d-955b347981f3\/thumbnail\/1240x826\/788b32b7b5efd01146adfb18113ef1d3\/zombie-unmasked.jpg 2x\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><\/span><figcaption class=\"embed__caption-container\">\n<p>                  <span class=\"embed__caption\">Bryan Patrick Miller<\/span><\/p>\n<p>                  <span class=\"embed__credit\"><\/p>\n<p>                Maricopa County Court<\/p>\n<p>                          <\/span><br \/>\n              <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Schwartzkopf began to conduct surveillance on Miller and observed him on his breaks from work at an Amazon warehouse. To determine if he was the killer behind the decades-old canal murders, Schwartzkopf would have to obtain Miller&#8217;s DNA. He came up with a ruse. During one of Miller&#8217;s work breaks, Schwartzkopf approached Miller&#8217;s car, introduced himself and offered a job proposal.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I introduced myself as a security consultant. I said, &#8216;listen, I&#8217;ve got a team of people here in this parking lot and we&#8217;re watching this building that&#8217;s north of you.'&#8221; He told Miller the owner suspected thieves were stealing merchandise and had hired him to watch the building.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;You&#8217;re always \u2026 out here for your breaks,&#8221; Schwartzkopf said he told Miller. &#8220;\u2026 would you be interested in working for me as a security officer watching the building while you&#8217;re outside?&#8221; Miller agreed and Schwartzkopf later scheduled a meeting to fill out a job application, with the hope of getting Miller&#8217;s DNA.<\/p>\n<h2>Jan. 2, 2015: The sting at Chili&#8217;s<\/h2>\n<figure class=\"embed embed--type-image is-image embed--float-none embed--size-medium\">\n<p>      <span class=\"img embed__content\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/assets3.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2023\/10\/21\/c78f2c65-9bf8-45ad-b4c2-fd4071717265\/thumbnail\/620x413\/b65a92812b09edcd3e28af6888663466\/zombie-chilis-mug.jpg#\" alt=\"Mug from Zombie Hunter DNA sting \" height=\"413\" width=\"620\" class=\" lazyload\" srcset=\"https:\/\/assets3.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2023\/10\/21\/c78f2c65-9bf8-45ad-b4c2-fd4071717265\/thumbnail\/620x413\/b65a92812b09edcd3e28af6888663466\/zombie-chilis-mug.jpg 1x, https:\/\/assets1.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2023\/10\/21\/c78f2c65-9bf8-45ad-b4c2-fd4071717265\/thumbnail\/1240x826\/3fa6e487e024b28ff015f7a78295e10f\/zombie-chilis-mug.jpg 2x\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><\/span><figcaption class=\"embed__caption-container\">\n<p>                  <span class=\"embed__caption\">The mug Bryan Patrick Miller drank from during the sting.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>                  <span class=\"embed__credit\"><\/p>\n<p>                Maricopa County Court<\/p>\n<p>                          <\/span><br \/>\n              <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Schwartzkopf arranged for Miller to meet him at a Chili&#8217;s restaurant in Phoenix. Schwartzkopf says investigators from the cold case unit were on the scene, working with staff to ensure Miller&#8217;s silverware and dishes were free from contamination.\u00a0 <\/p>\n<p>&#8220;So, they watched them pull them outta the dishwasher,&#8221; Schwartzkopf told &#8220;48 Hours.&#8221; &#8220;The detectives take the plates and the glasses and the silverware, and they move them directly to a booth that this manager has set up for us, away from everybody else.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>To Schwartzkopf&#8217;s surprise, Miller arrived with his 15-year-old daughter. Miller ordered a hamburger and a water and when he finally took a drink, Schwartzkopf knew <span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/zombie-hunter-bryan-patrick-miller-phoenix-canal-killer-undercover-sting-chilis-capture\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">he had his DNA<\/a><\/span>. But after observing Miller&#8217;s mild temperament and his rapport with his daughter, Schwartzkopf doubted Miller could be the person responsible for the brutal canal murders in the early 1990s.<\/p>\n<p>After the meal, they left the restaurant and detectives seized Miller&#8217;s glass and sent it to the Phoenix Police Department crime lab for DNA analysis.<\/p>\n<h2>Jan. 13, 2015: DNA match<\/h2>\n<figure class=\"embed embed--type-image is-image embed--float-none embed--size-medium\">\n<p>      <span class=\"img embed__content\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/assets3.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2023\/10\/21\/fa4a094f-a495-4426-8dd9-1eb795f7bcf6\/thumbnail\/620x349\/4da77142b7d24ea6016bdb161e3087f3\/zombie-mug.jpg#\" alt=\"Brian Patrick Miller booking photo \" height=\"349\" width=\"620\" class=\" lazyload\" srcset=\"https:\/\/assets3.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2023\/10\/21\/fa4a094f-a495-4426-8dd9-1eb795f7bcf6\/thumbnail\/620x349\/4da77142b7d24ea6016bdb161e3087f3\/zombie-mug.jpg 1x, https:\/\/assets1.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2023\/10\/21\/fa4a094f-a495-4426-8dd9-1eb795f7bcf6\/thumbnail\/1240x698\/296e9edc35146f936d2599601f106be4\/zombie-mug.jpg 2x\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><\/span><figcaption class=\"embed__caption-container\">\n<p>                  <span class=\"embed__caption\">On Jan. 13, 2015, Bryan Patrick Miller was arrested and charged with the murders of Angela Brosso and Melanie Bernas.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>                  <span class=\"embed__credit\"><\/p>\n<p>                Maricopa County Sheriff&#8217;s Office<\/p>\n<p>                          <\/span><br \/>\n              <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Eleven days later, the head of the crime lab told investigators they had a match to the DNA from the crime scenes where both Angela Brosso and Melanie Bernas were found. <\/p>\n<p>&#8220;She leans down to me, she goes, &#8216;It&#8217;s him \u2026 Bryan Miller, it&#8217;s him,'&#8221; said Schwartzkopf. <\/p>\n<p><span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/man-pleads-not-guilty-to-1990s-killings-of-woman-and-teen\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">Miller was arrested<\/a><\/span> later that day. He was charged with first degree murder in both Angela Brosso and Melanie Bernas&#8217; deaths.<strong> <\/strong>When a detective told him they had DNA linking him to the canal murder victims, Miller replied, &#8220;I don&#8217;t see how that&#8217;s possible.&#8221; He also denied killing anyone.     <\/p>\n<h2>&#8220;It&#8217;s full of crap&#8221;<\/h2>\n<figure class=\"embed embed--type-image is-image embed--float-none embed--size-medium\">\n<p>      <span class=\"img embed__content\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/assets3.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2023\/10\/21\/a7f16102-c0ec-4cc8-b0fd-9de68ff140a5\/thumbnail\/620x413\/845f7b9c007364901486cd360eae7d8c\/zombie-kitchen.jpg#\" alt=\"Brian Patrick Miller's kitchen \" height=\"413\" width=\"620\" class=\" lazyload\" srcset=\"https:\/\/assets3.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2023\/10\/21\/a7f16102-c0ec-4cc8-b0fd-9de68ff140a5\/thumbnail\/620x413\/845f7b9c007364901486cd360eae7d8c\/zombie-kitchen.jpg 1x, https:\/\/assets3.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2023\/10\/21\/a7f16102-c0ec-4cc8-b0fd-9de68ff140a5\/thumbnail\/1240x826\/f6fb058c84b765e09ae74e8ae8b46564\/zombie-kitchen.jpg 2x\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><\/span><figcaption class=\"embed__caption-container\">\n<p>                  <span class=\"embed__caption\">Bryan Patrick Miller&#8217;s kitchen. &#8220;There was a little pass where you could get to a bathroom and the kitchen and where the TV was, and that&#8217;s it. Everything else is just stacked to the roof with garbage,&#8221; said Clark Schwartzkopf.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>                  <span class=\"embed__credit\"><\/p>\n<p>                Phoenix Police Department<\/p>\n<p>                          <\/span><br \/>\n              <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Investigators got a search warrant for Miller&#8217;s house where he and his teenage daughter had been living. Schwartzkopf was shocked by the state it was in. <\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I can remember like it was yesterday walking up to the front door and everybody going, &#8216;you can&#8217;t get in that way.&#8217; \u2026 &#8216;It&#8217;s full of crap,'&#8221; said Schwartzkopf.<\/p>\n<p>Schwartzkopf and his team went through the entire house collecting items of evidence, but the women&#8217;s long lost bicycles were not found, and neither was the murder weapon.\u00a0<\/p>\n<h2>Trial for the canal murders<\/h2>\n<figure class=\"embed embed--type-image is-image embed--float-none embed--size-medium\">\n<p>      <span class=\"img embed__content\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/assets3.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2023\/10\/21\/a103737a-95d1-4ae3-8107-94ba2c36df1f\/thumbnail\/620x349\/80ad1ad781fea8249f164246503412d5\/zombie-miller-court.jpg#\" alt=\"Bryan Patrick Miller trial \" height=\"349\" width=\"620\" class=\" lazyload\" srcset=\"https:\/\/assets3.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2023\/10\/21\/a103737a-95d1-4ae3-8107-94ba2c36df1f\/thumbnail\/620x349\/80ad1ad781fea8249f164246503412d5\/zombie-miller-court.jpg 1x, https:\/\/assets1.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2023\/10\/21\/a103737a-95d1-4ae3-8107-94ba2c36df1f\/thumbnail\/1240x698\/cc6ce737eecebc17153dbd35864ba11b\/zombie-miller-court.jpg 2x\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><\/span><figcaption class=\"embed__caption-container\">\n<p>                  <span class=\"embed__caption\">Bryan Patrick Miller during his murder trial.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>                  <span class=\"embed__credit\"><\/p>\n<p>                Pool<\/p>\n<p>                          <\/span><br \/>\n              <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/bryan-patrick-miller-trial-killings-angela-brosso-1992-melanie-bernas-1993\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">Miller&#8217;s trial<\/a><\/span> began in October 2022. His attorney&#8217;s admitted Miller was the canal killer but said that due to abuse he endured as a child, he developed severe mental health problems. His lawyers argued he was not guilty by reason of insanity.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>A psychologist testified that Miller developed a condition known as dissociative amnesia &#8211; an inability to remember some traumatic events. Miller&#8217;s attorneys claimed he had no memory of the canal murders. Miller claims he did not commit the murders.<\/p>\n<p>Judge Suzanne Cohen<span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/bryan-patrick-miller-sentenced-to-death-the-zombie-hunter-phoenix-murders\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\"> found Miller guilty<\/a><\/span> of both murders. In June 2023, Cohen sentenced him to death. Under Arizona law, he will have an automatic appeal.<\/p>\n<h2>Messages from death row<\/h2>\n<figure class=\"embed embed--type-image is-image embed--float-none embed--size-medium\">\n<p>      <span class=\"img embed__content\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/assets3.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2023\/10\/21\/12ac6fcc-3103-483f-b5e6-ff7defc3d578\/thumbnail\/620x349\/2f6cd0c219c9c56f77ad96fdb738a6b9\/zombie-prison-mug.jpg#\" alt=\"Bryan Patrick Miller \" height=\"349\" width=\"620\" class=\" lazyload\" srcset=\"https:\/\/assets3.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2023\/10\/21\/12ac6fcc-3103-483f-b5e6-ff7defc3d578\/thumbnail\/620x349\/2f6cd0c219c9c56f77ad96fdb738a6b9\/zombie-prison-mug.jpg 1x, https:\/\/assets2.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2023\/10\/21\/12ac6fcc-3103-483f-b5e6-ff7defc3d578\/thumbnail\/1240x698\/c6d9966de269fc3d501f06fbb0ed5b28\/zombie-prison-mug.jpg 2x\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><\/span><figcaption class=\"embed__caption-container\">\n<p>                  <span class=\"embed__caption\">Bryan Patrick Miller was sentenced to death in June 2023.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>                  <span class=\"embed__credit\"><\/p>\n<p>                Arizona Department of Corrections<\/p>\n<p>                          <\/span><br \/>\n              <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Miller, now in his 50s, sits on death row at the Eyman Prison Complex in Florence, Arizona. A &#8220;48 Hours&#8221; producer <span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/zombie-hunter-bryan-patrick-miller-convicted-killer-death-row-48-hours\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">contacted him via email<\/a><\/span> to discuss the case. Miller maintains he did not commit the canal murders. When asked to explain how his DNA was found at both crime scenes, Miller said that is a question that will go unanswered. <\/p>\n<p>&#8220;If I had a provable answer for that I wouldn&#8217;t be in this situation now, would I,&#8221; Miller replied. He says he doesn&#8217;t believe he had a fair trial.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Regarding the prison conditions, Miller wrote, &#8221; \u2026 it is far from great, as I am even more isolated from those I care about and also my legal team, the food is still not great and the cells are getting very cold now that temps are falling.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>He also expressed his personal views on the death penalty and its effect on the people he sees around him: &#8220;I see wasted lives and potential that would have been beneficial to society \u2026 I have always been against the death penalty and the more I see what death row is and who is here and how they got here, I am even more against it.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Miller says what he misses most is spending time with his daughter and friends and going to car shows and events.<\/p>\n<p>    <!-- data-recirc-source=\"queryly\" --><\/p>\n<aside class=\"component list recirculation component--type-recirculation \">\n<p><h3 class=\"component__title\">More from CBS 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