Everett Eugene Miller, Jr., Sex Crimes Against a Child, Tennessee 2023

Knoxville, Tennessee – A local man has been sentenced to life in prison for his role in a string of sex crimes against a child.

Everett Eugene Miller, Jr., 56, of Sunbright, Tennessee, was sentenced by the Honorable Judge Katherine A. Crytzer in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Tennessee at Knoxville on May 11, 2023.

Miller was convicted of Enticement of a Minor to Engage in Sexual Activity, Transportation of a Minor to Engage in Sexual Activity, Felony Offense Involving a Minor by an Individual Required to Register as a Sex Offender, and Escape.

The indictment charged that from July 2019 through January 2020, Miller’s minor niece was living with him and his wife. Miller, who was on the sex offender registry for sexual assaults against other children, bought his niece a secret cell phone and the two exchanged over 2900 messages.

Miller told his minor niece he loved her and only wanted to be with her, and that he would divorce her aunt for her and they would be married. From December 29, 2019, through January 2, 2020, Miller took his niece on a long-haul trucking run to New Mexico and during the trip raped her multiple times.

On August 14, 2020, while incarcerated and awaiting trial, Miller attempted to escape from a local hospital where he was being taken for a procedure.

Miller was sentenced to life plus 120 months in prison, followed by a lifetime on supervised release. He will be required to register with state sex offender registries and comply with special sex offender conditions during his supervised release.

U.S. Attorney Francis M. Hamilton III announced the sentencing.

The criminal indictment was the result of an investigation by the Federal Bureau of Investigation.

Assistant United States Attorney Jennifer Kolman represented the United States.

This case was brought as part of Project Safe Childhood, a nationwide initiative launched in May 2006, by the Department of Justice to combat the growing epidemic of child sexual exploitation and abuse.

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