CAMDEN, MI (WTVB) – The Hillsdale County Sheriff’s Department says it is closing its investigation of a shooting incident early Saturday in Camden Township and ruling it a homicide/suicide.
The Lenawee/Hillsdale County Medical Examiner’s Office conducted autopsies on Joshua Daniel Miller and Eddie Coleman Heathcoe. The Medical Examine reported that Eddie Heathcoe died from multiple gunshot wounds and Joshua Miller died from a self-inflicted gunshot wound prior to the traffic crash. The handgun believed to be used for both deaths was recovered in the Miller vehicle.
Hillsdale County Sheriff Tim Parker says deputies were sent to 9020 Abbott at about 2:35 a.m. Saturday on a report of a Breaking and Entering in progress.
While deputies were racing to the home, the call was changed to a shooting. When they arrived, deputies found a man had been shot several times and was unresponsive.
Before deputies arrived, 25-year-old Joshua Daniel Miller of Camden fled in a Black Mazda 5.
Miller’s wife, 25-year-old Sadie Rae Miller, told investigators she was with 23-year-old Eddie Coleman Heathcoe of Grand Bay, Alabama who was said to be a male friend. She said her husband then arrived and an argument took place between the Millers. The Sheriff’s Department says Joshua Miller then shot Heathcoe who was later pronounced dead at the scene.
Hillsdale County Central Dispatch got a call at about 5:45 a.m. from a nearby residence on Abbott Road. The caller said they discovered a Black SUV type vehicle in their field. They reported the vehicle had gone off the road, hit some trees, drove through their yard and into the field.
When deputies arrived at that residence, they found an unresponsive Joshua Miller. He was pronounced dead just before 6:30 a.m..
