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Carla Vessel Miller

Case from Gonzales, LA dated Mar 10, 1999

Victim Details

Carla Vessel Miller

Female

Gonzales

LA

1999-03-10

25

Carla

Vessel Miller

07/09/2026

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In a devastating sequence of events that shattered a Gonzales, Louisiana community, 25-year-old Carla Vessel Miller was tragically killed on March 10, 1999. Her life was cut short by her estranged husband, Shon Miller Sr., in a violent outburst that also claimed the lives of three other people, including the couple's own two-year-old son.

The horror began when Shon Miller Sr. first went to the home of his mother-in-law, 53-year-old Mildred Vessel, and fatally shot her while she sat in her ...
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  • The Nation: Shon Miller: Portrait of a Mass Killer as a Human Being
  • Gunman Kills Wife, Child, Bystander At Church Service -- Relative Described Marriage As Increasingly Abusive | The Seattle Times
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    Does anyone else recall the community's response following Carla Vessel Miller's tragic murder? I re... ...Read More
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