Steven Miller homicide: What police want the public to know

In an unusual move, the Royal Newfoundland Constabulary has released a timeline with in-depth details of what police believe transpired the night Steven Miller was killed, in an effort to find those responsible.

Police say 25-year-old was abducted and killed Saturday morning

Ariana Kelland · CBC News · Posted: Aug 02, 2016 5:56 PM EDT | Last Updated: August 3, 2016

Police provide update into C.B.S. homicide investigation

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The Royal Newfoundland Constabulary said Tuesday that Steven Miller died in a homicide in Saturday's shocking incident in C.B.S. The force is looking for help from the public from a number of different locations.

In an unusual move, the Royal Newfoundland Constabulary released a timeline Tuesday with in-depth details of what police believe transpired the night Steven Miller was killed.

Police rule C.B.S. death of Steven Miller, 25, a homicide

Police told reporters during a late Tuesday afternoon news conference that Miller, 25, received multiple stab wounds early Saturday morning in Conception Bay South. Officers are treating his death as a homicide.

The RNC have confirmed that 25-year-old Steve Miller was the man who died following a violent abduction and house fire in Seal Cove, Conception Bay South early Saturday morning. (Facebook)

4:11 a.m

C.B.S. Highway, Seal Cove

Three armed, masked men force their way into Miller's home. Miller is violently abducted, before the assailants set the home ablaze.

By the time officers arrived on Saturday morning, the home on the Conception Bay South Highway was engulfed in flames. Police said the home was set on fire after Steven Miller was abducted.

Police say Steven Miller was taken from a home in Seal Cove, on the Conception Bay South Highway, early Saturday morning. (CBC)

5:08 a.m.

Trails End Drive, Paradise

Police find unconscious man with multiple stab wounds.

Apparent Paradise stabbing sends man to hospital, police say

The man, 35, is in hospital in serious but stable condition. It's unknown if his stabbing is connected to the killing of Miller.

8:16 a.m.

Bayview Heights, Kelligrews

Miller's body is discovered at the end of a driveway, with multiple stab wounds. The location of where his body was dropped is random, police said.

Steven Miller's body was discovered at the end of a driveway in Bayview Heights in Kelligrews at 8:16 a.m. (Garrett Barry/CBC)

1:30 p.m.

Roberts Heights, Paradise

Police respond to a call of a suspicious fire and locate a number of items on fire.

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Foxtrap Access Road

Officers find a burnt 2005 Dodge Caravan on a trail near Gull Pond. Police have confirmed the van was used in the homicide.

How you can help police

1. Yellow gas container

Police want to speak with any owners, managers or supervisors at service stations that sold yellow fuel containers in the days before the killing.

RNC Supt. Jason Sheppard is also looking for service stations that have information or surveillance video of the sale of gas or other fuel involving a yellow container.

The same goes for any individual that had yellow fuel containers stolen prior to Saturday.

Police want to speak with anyone who may have sold a yellow gas can in the days leading up to Steven Miller's death. (Royal Newfoundland Constabulary)

2. Surveillance video

Police want residents of Bayview Heights with surveillance cameras or information of suspicious activity between 4 a.m. and 8:30 a.m. to come forward.

3. Suspicious activity

The RNC is also looking to determine when the Dodge Caravan used in the homicide was set fire.

Officers found the burnt out vehicle on the Foxtrap Access Road, across from Gull Pond.

Anyone with information on when the van was seen in the area would be helpful to the investigation, police said.

ABOUT THE AUTHOR

Ariana Kelland

Investigative reporter

Ariana Kelland is a reporter with the CBC Newfoundland and Labrador bureau in St. John's. She is working as a member of CBC's Atlantic Investigative Unit. Email: ariana.kelland@cbc.ca