An arson-related murder could have been motivated by racism, according to court testimony.
John D. Carothers, who is charged with burning Robert Miller
to death in a March 17 fire on North Maple Street, wrote a letter to a
white supremacist group from jail in which he admitted to setting the
victim on fire and saying he did it for race-related reasons. Miller
died from burns to his head and torso seven days later at Vanderbilt
University Medical Center, testimony showed.
“To my brothers and
sisters in Jesus Christ our savior and Lord, My name is John D.
Carothers and I believe the Bible is about white people and for white
people. I am in Rutherford County jail for burning a black man. I set
him on fire with lighter fluid poured on his head,” states the
handwritten letter intercepted at the jail by the sheriff’s office. It
also asks people to send him a study Bible.
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