The suspect in the murder of Lehman High School graduate Ben Verse has been booked into Hays County Jail.
Davonte Miller, 20, was extradited from Acadia Parish, Louisiana on Oct. 29. He is being held without bond on a charge of capital murder in connection with Verse’s death and on a $250,000 bond on a charge of aggravated assault with a deadly weapon in connection with a non-fatal shooting that occurred in San Marcos a few hours earlier. Witnesses to the first incident said Miller, who had been accompanied by a female, fled the scene in a silver Hyundai.
The charge of capital murder reflects the fact that investigators believed the murder occurred in the course of a robbery. A handgun belonging to Verse was among items recovered from a bag Miller allegedly threw away while being chased by police in Louisiana.
Verse was found slumped over the steering wheel of his Toyota Corolla in the parking lot of AutoZone along Interstate 35 in Kyle just after 2 a.m. April 25 by an officer on patrol. Officer Keith Congdon of the Kyle Police Department said he observed two “circular holes,” one on the right side of Verse’s neck and another near his right temple. He also noted that Verse’s seat belt was still attached, and that police later recovered two bullet casings from within the vehicle.
