ALEXIS RASMUSSEN - 16 yo (9/2011)/ Convicted: Eric Millerberg, Charged: Dea Millerberg - North Ogden UT

Alexis Rasmussen


Posted: Friday, September 23, 2011 9:10 am

North Ogden Police Department press release

The Pocatello Police Department is helping the North OgdenPolice Department distribute this information:

The North Ogden Police Department has issued amissing/endangered juvenile advisory.

16-year-old Alexis Rasmussen reportedly left on foot from afriend's house in North Ogden on the night of September 10, 2011.

She was also seen at about 10:30 p.m. that night at Walgreens, 1171W. 2000 N., Layton.

She is described as a Caucasian female, 5’3”, 117 poundswith blond hair and green eyes. She has piercings on right upper lip, left lower lip, and right eye brow.

If located, contact Weber Consolidated Dispatch, 801-629-8221


Read more: http://www.idahostatejournal.com/news/local/article_67dd7748-e5f6-11e0-ae0d-001cc4c002e0.html#ixzz1YorNWaRU

September 29th
NORTH OGDEN, Utah (ABC 4 News) – A North Ogden teen has been missing now for 18 days. It’s almost as if Alexis Rasmussen just vanished.

“Yea…pretty much,” said Alexis’s mother Dawn Miera.

Miero
last spoke to her daughter nearly three weeks ago while Alexis was
babysitting. Phone records show after she spoke to her mom the night of
September 9th, Alexis sent a few text messages and then silence.

“At this point I don't think we have a solid idea of where she could be or what happened,” said Miera.

After
striking out in Salt Lake County after some reports of possible
sightings, more leads in Davis County also led North Ogden Police
Department into dead ends Wednesday.

“At first I'm really excited and when it doesn't pan out I feel like I lost he all over again,” said Miera.

Police
say they haven’t found a thing. There isn’t any credit card activity,
nothing on facebook, no confirmed sightings, not texts, and no calls.
Her best friend says this just isn’t like Alexis to vanish like this.

“She
hasn't contacted me which is very strange. No matter what she would
always contact me and tell me what she is doing,” said Brenna Kinzenbaw.

“The one time she did run away I got a text that day,” said Miera.

Bryanna
Jacobson was just three years old when Alexis was born. They’ve grown
up together since then. Last Tuesday Jacobson started a facebook page
“Bring Alexis Home” to help spread the word that Alexis is missing.

“Honestly, at first when I made it I was like, ‘ok, I'm going to set a goal of 500 people,’” said Jacobson.

Just one week later the “Bring Alexis Home” facebook page has more than 2100 fans. They’ve all joined the effort searching for Alexis and educating the public.

“It's really amazing to see people across the country who don't even know her wanting to help,” said Jacobson.

“I don't care what the reason is or why or how. I just want her to come home. I want to hug her,” said Miera.
http://www.abc4.com/content/news/slc/story/18-days-later-still-no-trace-of-a-missing-North/xQECZc0bJkqnLrZwAVvisw.cspx

Bring Alexis Home Facebook







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'I don't care what the reason is, I just want her to come home': mum
is desperate to find 16 year old daughter after she disappeared 3 weeks ago

6:04 PM on 5th October 2011

The search for Alexis Rasmussen, 16, may have started off slow because her mother thought she was staying at a friends house.

Or given the fact that she previously ran away from home, cynics may have thought that this was just a repeat performance.

Family and friends dismissed both excuses and are convinced that something
more morbid occurred to keep Alexis missing since September 10.

Smiles: friends say they would have heard from Alexis if she had run away

After babysitting for a family friend, Alexis was last seen at a local Walgreens drug store in North
Ogden, Utah at around 10.30pm.

Phone records show that she sent a few texts while babysitting and right
around the time she was at Walgreens, but since then there has been no activity on her phone.

'She hasn't contacted me which is very strange. No matter what she would
always contact me and tell me what she is doing,' said her friend Brenna Kinzenbaw.


Vanished: after babysitting, 'Lexi' was last seen at a Walgreens


Distinguishable: Alexis had a piercing on her lower left lip and upper right lip

'The one time she did run away, I got a text that day,' her mother Dawn Houskeeper Miera said.

Pictures of Alexis, a photogenic blonde with green eyes and two face piercings,
have been plastered across the town on flyers, on television in reports and on Facebook.

Police say there are no leads and while there have been a few possible
sightings in Salt Lake County and nearby Davis County, none have been fruitful.


Missing: the last activity on Alexis' phone was the night she disappeared

'At first I'm really excited [about the leads] but then when it doesn't pan out, I feel like I lost her again,' Ms Miera said.

'At this point, I don't think we have a good solid idea of where she could be or what happened,' Ms Miera said.

When Alexis ran away from her home in North Ogden, which is about an hour drive north of the capital of Salt
Lake City, Alexis was only gone for one day and she texted her mother and called her brother during that time.

'I'm really trying to stay positive and just tell myself that she's going to come home, but I
fear for the worst and I think we all do,' said Alexis' friend Bryanna Jacobson, who started a Facebook group dedicated to the search which now has over 3,300 'likes'.

'I don't care what the reason is or why or how, I just want her to come home,' said Ms Miera.

Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2045586/Alexis-Rasmussen-missing-Utah-mother-desperate-daughter-16.html#ixzz1Zx1Xc2wj

Several police agencies are now assisting North Ogden police in the investigation of 16-year-old Alexis Rasmussen, who has been missing for more than a month.

Rasmussen was last seen on Sept. 10, while baby-sitting for a couple, Eric and Dea Millerberg, who live about a mile from her home.

Police said the teen was given permission by her mother to stay at the Millerberg’s home because it was late.

But, between 11 p.m. and 12 a.m., Rasmussen told the Millerbergs she was leaving to meet a friend at one of the area schools, said Paul Rhoades, spokesman with North Ogden police.

"That’s the last anyone has seen or heard from her," Rhoades said Wednesday. "Right now we are treating it like a missing and endangered person case because we don’t have any information to lead us in any other direction, but we are looking at those possibilities."

Tips have come in of possible sightings of her as far south as Utah County. Rhoades said assistance also has come in the form of manpower and technology from law enforcement agencies throughout Weber County, as well as the Utah Statewide Information Analysis Center, FBI and the National Center for Missing and Endangered Children.

The teen’s family described the disappearance as uncharacteristic because, while Rasmussen had run away before, she always was in touch with someone.

Tammy Reed, Rasmussen’s aunt said she is frustrated and fears something bad may have happened to her niece. "I just have a really have a bad feeling about it because these people [the Millerberg’s] were on drugs. I don’t know exactly what Lexy was doing." Both Eric and Dea Millerberg were arrested
earlier this month on charges that police are unrelated to the case of the missing teen. Search warrants have reportedly been served at the Millerbergs’ home, but Rhoades declined to comment about that.

Dea Millerberg was charged with two counts of fraudulent prescription and Eric Millerberg was arrested on a probation violation, according to Weber County jail booking documents.

Family members said Rasmussen had worked as a baby-sitter for the Millerbergs in the past.

Reed said police seem to be at a dead end. "I think there are friends who possibly know something but are afraid of saying something," the missing girl’s aunt said. "It’s so hard to say because there are so many loose ends and just do not match up."

Police are asking people to remain vigilant for Rasmussen and call the Weber Consolidated Dispatch at 801-629-8221 or their local police department with any information.

Rhoades said someone knows where Rasmussen is or what happened to her. "We need to find that person and I would hope that person would come forward and bring some relief to the family," he said.

A group of Rasmussen’s friends gathered Wednesday evening in downtown Salt Lake City for a rally designed to call attention to the case.

http://www.sltrib.com/sltrib/news/52712893-78/rasmussen-police-missing-millerberg.html.csp

Mom pleads for missing teens return

Updated: 1:28 am | Published: 10/12 9:37 pm
Reported by: Marcos Ortiz



NORTH OGDEN Utah (ABC 4 News) - Police are now turning up the heat in the case of a missing teen.

It's turned into a criminal investigation and the family of 16-year old Alexis Rasmussen says the FBI is involved.

"I feel lost, really lost," said Dawn Miera, the mother of Rasmussen.

It's been over 30-days since Rasmussen went missing. Originally North Ogden police called her a runaway.

"I told her she wasn't a runaway," said Miera. "She took nothing, nothing."

But police are calling her case an endangered missing persons case and are asking for outside help.

"They were trying to use every resource available including the FBI," Miera said.

On the night the 16 year old disappeared she was babysitting at the Millerberg's home in North Ogden.
Eric and Dea Millerberg have since been arrested on unrelated charges. Eric for a parole violation and Millerbert for writing a fraudulent prescription.
In fact, Miera said Dea Millerberg was caught on surveillance at a Layton store trying to get a prescription. Her daughter was also with Millerberg and was seen on the surveillance video.

"I don't know what she was doing with her there," Miera said.

Last Friday, police executed a search warrant at the home of the Millerbergs.

"They took a car and were in the home taking things," Miera said. "I called them today and asked them if I should be panicing and they wouldn't give me any information."

Miera says she was texting her daughter late into the night she disappeared. She said Alexis was worried because the Millerbergs had not returned home and it was approaching midnight.

"I told her to just sleep there and not come home," Miera said.

But Miera soon learned that her daughter was texting a boy at around 12:30.

"They were planning to meet at a nearby school," she said. "But that didn't happen and the boy he never met with her."

Police say there have been reports of sightings throughout northern Utah but none have panned out. Miera is holding out hope that she's alive and perhaps someone is holding her against her will.

"Send her home," Miera said. "Let her go. I miss her and I love her. I want her home."

http://www.abc4.com/content/news/top_stories/story/Mom-pleads-for-missing-teens-return/bLgbsciTWE2Azftl2CpKDg.cspx

A community has united to draw support in search of
missing 16 year old teenager Alexis Rasmussen that was last seen babysitting.

ABC4 reports that a community has joined together in a search for missing
teen Alexis Rasmussen who was last seen babysitting at the home of Eric
and Dea Millerberg September 10th. The Millerberg's are being
investigated and was recently arrested on drug charges.

Alexis's family thinks she isn't safe because she is normally a social
person. Family members told ABC4 that Alexis would have communicated
with her friends or mother.

"It is ridiculous that any can
child can go missing for 30 days or a week. I completely lay this on
the hands of North Ogden PD, because they should have issued a
statement,"

said Christal Stephens, a family friend.

CW30 reports that Detective Paul Rhoades with the Police Department said
investigators are following every lead. Police have followed up on
possible sightings and interviewed the last person that Alexis text.

KSL reports that the Odgen Police Department's Real Time Crime Center is like a
scene out of a movie, that information is being researched on several
levels. They are taking information about Alexis Rasmussen who has been
missing for over a month.

The crime center uses multiple data bases, maps and other programs to
sift through any information that may lead to her appearance. Alexis
has been missing over a month now, since September 10th after caring for
a child for a couple who were arrested last week on various drug
charges, unrelated to the case. The Detective clarified today that even
though those two people that saw Alexis last were arrested on unrelated
charges, her case is still a missing person's case and not a criminal case.

Read more: http://www.digitaljournal.com/article/312768#ixzz1aj8q0GKn

NORTH OGDEN -- The gathering was solemn, yet filled with hope as
groups of people crowded around to keep warm with candles in a vigil for
missing teen Alexis Rasmussen at Barker Park on Tuesday night.

The amphitheater at the park was filled with many people holding
lighted candles to demonstrate hope that Rasmussen is still alive and to
comfort those seeking peace and solace.

Rasmussen was last seen Sept. 10 when she went on a baby-sitting job in her North Ogden neighborhood.

Friends and family organized the vigil to help unite the community of
grieving teens and friends wondering where their friend is.

"There is an outcry, because the community is also hurting, and we
need healing," said Rasmussen's uncle, Wade Reed, who helped organize
the event.

"It is just incredible and amazing all the people that are here," he said.

Many of Rasmussen's classmates stood in clusters, talking about the 16-year-old and how they knew her.

Kadyn Edens and Rasmussen have had a couple of classes together. "We
really became good friends in cooking," Edens said as he blew at his
candle to keep the flame going. He said students talk about Rasmussen
quite a bit at school. "A lot of people are destroyed and heartbroken,"
he said.

Emily Black is a childhood friend of Rasmussen. She lived near her
when they were young, and Black recently moved back down the street from
Rasmussen just before she disappeared.

"I knew Lexi since we were little, and I just felt like I should be
here," Black said. Although she doesn't know her well now, she always
has had special feelings for her childhood friend. She has noticed that
rumors have been going around about where Rasmussen might be or what
might have happened, but what she has noticed most is the concern for
her safety. "There are pictures of her everywhere in the school," Black
said.

Others came who did not know Rasmussen, but felt sorrow that she is missing.

Chelsea Neal's son attends Weber High School. She fought tears as she
talked of the sadness she felt over a 16-year-old girl being missing.
"I can't imagine what I would do if something ever happened to my
child," she said. Because of that, Neal has tried to help by passing out
flyers, sending emails and making Facebook posts to help find
Rasmussen.

Throughout the vigil, family members and some friends spoke into a
microphone about Rasmussen and thanked not only those who had come but
also local businesses and friends who had donated time and money for the
vigil.

"What an amazing city we have, to let all our differences aside and
raise our lights," Dominique Sanders told the crowd. She encouraged
everyone to raise their candles high. "We're here to lean on each other
and bring her home," Sanders said.

As the song "Lean on Me" played in the background, the crowd swayed
to the music and some came up to the amphitheater stage, showing the
Alexis flyers attached to their candles.

For many in Rasmussen's family, the final plea is to send a message to Rasmussen.

"If she's out there, we want her to see this shining light and let
her know she's not alone," Reed said. He and his wife are sure that
seeing the community's support would bring her some happiness.

Rasmussen's aunt, Tammy Reed, told the crowd, "We miss Lexi, and we hope she can find the light to come home tonight."

A criminal investigation tied to Rasmussen's disappearance continues.

The case has no new developments "that I can comment on," Weber County Attorney Dee Smith said earlier Tuesday.

Police have arrested the couple for whom Rasmussen was baby-sitting the night before she was reported missing Sept. 10.

Eric and Dea Millerberg were arrested in the first week of this month on unrelated drug charges.

The Millerberg home was subsequently searched Oct. 9 by the Weber
County homicide task force, a loose unit of detectives from around the
county, called out on suspected homicides and supervised out of the
county attorney's office.

A vigil was held last week by residents in front of a Salt Lake City
television station to raise awareness of the case, announced on the
Facebook page Bring Alexis Home.
http://www.standard.net/stories/2011/10/18/flame-hope-alexis-candlelight-vigil-north-ogden

North Ogden — North Ogden police have located a
grave site in northern Utah’s Morgan County that may have contained the
remains of a missing 16-year-old girl.

At a news conference this morning,
authorities said they unearthed the remains late Tuesday afternoon in an
isolated area of Morgan County, based on a tip from a confidential
source.

Police declined to provide further details,
except to say they have identified possible suspects and would pursue
the investigation. The body has been turned over to the state medical
examiner’s office for an autopsy.

Missing since Sept. 10, Alexis Rasmussen was
last seen while baby-sitting for a couple, Eric and Dea Millerberg, who
live about a mile from her home.

The couple is being investigated, but was recently arrested on other drug charges.

http://www.sltrib.com/sltrib/news/52743564-78/conference-news-police-neugebauer.html.csp

North Ogden • Friends and family of
16-year-old Alexis Rasmussen are waiting to see if a body discovered in
Morgan County may answer a month’s worth of questions since her Sept. 10
disappearance.

North Ogden Police Chief Polo Afuvai
said Wednesday morning investigators found the body late Tuesday
afternoon in a rural area based on a tip from a confidential source.
Detectives spoke with the source more than once, and information given
by that source on Tuesday led them to the grave site, Afuvai said.

Afuvai declined further comment, only
saying that suspects have been identified and police are continuing
their investigation. An autopsy was performed on the body Wednesday
morning.

Weber County Attorney Dee Smith said
there was a "strong possibility" that the body is that of Rasmussen. The
teen’s best friend, Brenna Cain, was so distraught over the news she
couldn’t go to school.

"She is here with me no matter what," Cain said as tears fell down her cheek at her North Ogden home.

Cain and Rasmussen have been
inseparable for the past two years, but Cain wasn’t with her the night
she disappeared. "I know if I were there that night, it never would have
happened," Cain said.

Rasmussen was last seen while
baby-sitting for Eric and Dea Millerberg, who live about a mile from her
home. The teen’s mother had given her permission to stay at the
Millerbergs’ home that night because it was late. Between 11 p.m. and 12
a.m. Rasmussen told the Millerbergs she was leaving to meet a friend at
one of the area schools, police have said.

Rasmussen’s parents called police about 24
hours after their daughter didn’t return home on the night of Sept. 11,
explaining that although she had ran away previously she had always let
her mother know she was safe. Police alerted the media of the
disappearance on Sept. 23, saying the girl had a history of running
away.
Bonnie Cain, mother of Brenna Cain and
a neighbor of the Millerbergs, said Rasmussen began baby-sitting for
the Millerberg family — who have a 5-year-old girl and a newborn — about
a month ago. Bonnie Cain said she knew by the third day Rasmussen was
missing something bad had happened to her.

"She was a good girl," Bonnie Cain
said adding that when she ran away she would always call or let someone
know where she went.

Bonnie Cain said she confronted Dea
Millerberg about a week after Rasmussen’s disappearance to ask what
happened that night. Cain said Dea Millerberg told her she picked up
Rasmussen from a party in Pleasant View earlier that night to watch her
kids at her house. During the evening, Dea Millerberg took her to a
pharmacy in Layton, while the husband watched the children. When they
got home the couple went to sleep. About a half-hour later Dea
Millerberg said Rasmussen woke the couple and said a friend had offered
her a ride home. That was that last anyone heard of her.

The Millerbergs were recently arrested
on drug charges and as of Tuesday afternoon were being held in the
Weber County Jail. Dea Millerberg was charged on Oct. 7 with two counts
of prescription fraud, both third-degree felonies. Eric Millerberg on
Oct. 3 was found to be in violation of the terms of his probation in
connection with a 2010 credit card fraud case.

Attorney Smith on Tuesday said police
had "put a tremendous amount of time and resources" into the missing
teen’s case and "worked around the clock." It was their investigation
that led them to the grave site, he said.

Rasmussen’s step-father, Mike Miera,
said Wednesday afternoon during a brief interview at his home that
although the search for his step-daughter has gone on for more than a
month he trusts what police are doing.

"I think they have done the best they can," Miera said.

Tammy Reed, Rasmussen’s aunt said the family
is trying to take care of each other as they wait for more information.
"I couldn’t tell you how I feel. I’m still taking it in. Today I am
numb, yesterday I was angry," Reed said.

Neighbors in the area said since the
Millerberg family has lived on the street for the past three years there
has been a strong police presence. One neighbor in the area said there
isn’t a day that goes by that there isn’t at least one police car slowly
driving past the street.

North Ogden Police Det. Paul Rhoades said as of Wednesday no one had been arrested "in relation to this [Rasmussen’s] case."

The FBI, North Ogden Police, Weber
County Sheriff’s Office, Weber County search and rescue teams, and Adult
Probation and Parole have all been involved with the case.
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Police: No ID yet on body that could be missing North Ogden teen

By Cimaron Neugebauer

The Salt Lake Tribune
First published 6 hours ago
Updated 11 minutes ago
Police as of Thursday afternoon had not yet confirmed the identity of a body discovered during their investigation into the disappearance of 16-year-old Alexis Rasmussen.

North Ogden Police Det. Paul Rhoades said in a news release that results of an autopsy on the body are still pending.

Weber County Attorney Dee Smith has said there is a "strong possibility" that the body is that of Rasmussen, missing since Sept. 10.

Police said they discovered the body in a rural area of Morgan County late Tuesday based on a tip from a confidential source they spoke with multiple times.

Rasmussen was last seen while baby-sitting for Eric and Dea Millerberg, who live about a mile from her home. The teen’s mother had given her permission to stay at the Millerbergs’ home that night because it was late. The couple claim that between 11 p.m. and midnight Rasmussen told them she was leaving to meet a friend at one of the area schools, police have said.
Rasmussen’s parents called police about 24 hours after their daughter didn’t return home on the night of Sept. 11, explaining that although she had ran away previously she had always let her mother know she was safe.

Police alerted the media of the disappearance on Sept. 23, saying the girl had a history of running away.

Bonnie Cain, a family friend and a neighbor of the Millerbergs, has said she confronted Dea Millerberg about a week after Rasmussen’s disappearance to ask what happened that night. Cain said Dea Millerberg told her she picked up Rasmussen from a party in Pleasant View earlier that night to watch her kids at her house. During the evening, Dea Millerberg took her to a pharmacy in Layton, while the husband watched the children.
When they got home the couple went to sleep. About a half-hour later Dea Millerberg said Rasmussen woke the couple and said a friend had offered her a ride home. That was the last anyone heard from her.

The Millerbergs were recently arrested on drug charges and as of Tuesday afternoon were being held in the Weber County Jail. Dea Millerberg was charged on Oct. 7 with two counts of prescription fraud, both third-degree felonies.

Eric Millerberg on Oct. 3 was found to be in violation of the terms of his probation in connection with a 2010 credit card fraud case.

cimaron@sltrib.com

Twitter: @CimCity

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NORTH OGDEN -- Police are looking into
whether a missing 16-year-old girl briefly left the house where she was
babysitting on the night that she was last seen.

Police tell the Standard-Examiner
they received information that Alexis Rasmussen might have left the
home of Eric and Dea Millerberg around 11 p.m. or midnight on Sept. 10,
"either to meet a friend at a nearby school or for a ride home." A
source in the investigation tells the paper if she did leave, it's
unknown whether she returned to the Millerberg's home.

Police say they are looking at quite a few people she might have gone to meet.

The Millerbergs are in jail on drug charges unrelated to the girl's disappearance.

Earlier this week, police reported they found human remains in Morgan
County when acting on a tip in the search for Rasmussen. North Ogden
police issued a short statement Thursday saying they are still awaiting
the results of the autopsy and can't confirm an identity of the body
until then.

Store surveillance video confirms that about 10:20 p.m. that night, Dea
Millerberg and Alexis went to a Walgreens in Layton to pick up a
prescription. Alexis' mother said Millerberg left again to resume her
night out with Eric.

She texted her mother around 11:30 p.m. and reported that the
Millerbergs weren't home yet. Her mother told her to make sure she got
paid and to stay the night.

Alexis reportedly texted a boy around 12:30 a.m., but the boy told the girl's mother he didn't see her at all.
Alexis hasn't been seen since.

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One mystery ended Saturday when North Ogden
police confirmed the body they discovered earlier this week is that of
16-year-old Alexis Rasmussen, who had been missing since Sept. 10.

But there was still no explanation of what killed the teenager.

"The circumstances surrounding her
disappearance and the discovery of her body certainly suggest that we
are dealing with a homicide," Smith said. "At the same time, we’re real
early into this for me to say with any confidence what took place."

Eric and Dea Millerberg, who were with
Rasmussen on the last night she was seen, remained in the Weber County
jail Saturday on unrelated charges. Smith and North Ogden police
spokesman Paul Rhoades declined to discuss the pair.

Rhodes said detectives received word from the
Utah State Medical Examiner’s Office late Friday that fingerprints and
dental records had definitively determined the body found in rural
Morgan County on Tuesday did indeed belong to Rasmussen.

Rasmussen’s aunt, Tammy Reed, said police
officers arrived at the home of the girl’s mother about 4 p.m. Friday to
deliver the news.

"We all had a gut feeling. But still when you
actually get the confirmed news, it’s devastating," Reed said. "We’re
all saddened. . . . We want to know why and how and who."

Reed said police have not told the family the cause of death or even whether detectives believe Rasmussen was murdered.
Reed said the family has not yet discussed services for Rasmussen.

Police have said they discovered the body based on a tip from a confidential source they spoke with multiple times.

Rasmussen last was seen while baby-sitting
for the Millerbergs, who live about a mile from her home. The teen’s
mother had given her permission to stay at the Millerbergs’ home that
night because it was late. The couple claim that between 11 p.m. and
midnight , Rasmussen told them she was leaving to meet a friend at one
of the area schools, police have said.

Rasmussen’s parents called police about 24
hours after their daughter didn’t return home on the night of Sept. 11,
explaining that although she had ran away previously she had always let
her mother know she was safe.

"It is with great sadness and heavy hearts
that we make this announcement. This is certainly not the outcome we
were hoping for," Rhoades stated on Saturday. "We also offer our
thoughts and prayers to Alexis’ many friends and loved ones. All
indications are that Alexis was a very outgoing and loving person."

Rhoades also expressed "gratitude for the way
this community and the residents throughout northern Utah have rallied
together to help find Alexis. The many tips and other information
provided to police continue to help investigators create a clearer
picture of Alexis’ final days and of the events which led up to this
tragic outcome."

What that picture of Rasmussen’s finals days looked like was something police kept close to their vests on Saturday.

However, Rhoades did allow that information
gathered so far has "led us to direct more and more time and resources
toward looking into the possibility that Alexis’ disappearance was
criminal in nature. Our investigation continues into determining the
cause of Alexis’ death, and into determining who was responsible and why
this tragedy occurred."
Rhoades also conveyed a request from
Rasmussen’s family to be "allowed the privacy they need at this time as
they continue to cope with what has happened to their loved one, and
that they be allowed to grieve peacefully."

Police first alerted the media of the disappearance on Sept. 23, saying the girl had a history of running away.

Bonnie Cain, a family friend and a neighbor
of the Millerbergs, has said she confronted Dea Millerberg about a week
after Rasmussen’s disappearance to ask what happened that night. Cain
said Dea Millerberg told her she picked up Rasmussen from a party in
Pleasant View earlier that night to watch her kids at her house. During
the evening, Dea Millerberg took her to a pharmacy in Layton, while the
husband watched the children.

When they got home the couple went to sleep.
About a half-hour later Dea Millerberg said Rasmussen woke the couple
and said a friend had offered her a ride home. That was the last anyone
heard from her.

Dea Millerberg was charged on Oct. 7 with two counts of prescription fraud, both third-degree felonies.

Eric Millerberg on Oct. 3 was found to be in
violation of the terms of his probation in connection with a 2010 credit
card fraud case.

North Ogden police urged anyone with
inquiries concerning the case, including questions as to case status and
possible suspects, to call the Weber County Attorney’s Office at
801-399-8377.

http://www.sltrib.com/sltrib/news/52753525-78/rasmussen-police-alexis-family.html.csp?page=2

NORTH OGDEN — Weber County Attorney Dee Smith said Monday that any
possible charges in connection with the death of Alexis Rasmussen were likely weeks away.

As the investigation by police continues, Smith said a
key element will be waiting for the full autopsy report on the formerly missing 16-year-old girl to be completed.

"It's something that will be critical to the evaluation," Smith said.
Smith did call the case a "homicide" on Monday. Even though no
arrests have been made in connection to Alexis' death, he said the
public should not be worried about a killer still on the loose.

"There is a suspect in the case. That person is not a
threat to the community. He is not a threat at this time to do any additional harm," Smith said.

Smith later clarified and said there were multiple
suspects, but did not say why he believed the person, or people, was no longer a threat.

Rasmussen was last seen Sept. 10. The night of her disappearance, she was baby-sitting for Eric and Dea Millerberg.

Both of the Millerbergs were arrested after Alexis disappeared on unrelated drug charges.
Dea Millerberg is facing two charges of falsely obtaining/dispersing a prescription, a third-degree
felony. A preliminary hearing in her case has been scheduled for Wednesday.

Eric Millerberg will be sentenced for a parole
violation stemming from an earlier conviction of forgery and unlawful
use of an ATM card charges on Tuesday.

The couple's home has been searched several times by
authorities, but officials aren't saying if all of the searches were
for the drug cases or investigation into Alexis' disappearance.

Rasmussen's body was found last week in Morgan County
after a confidential informant gave police a key tip. Over the weekend,
North Ogden police announced that dental records and fingerprints had
confirmed the body was that of Rasmussen.

Monday, Smith gave a little more detail on the
discovery of the body, saying it was approximately a mile off the Taggart exit in Morgan County.

"It was off the road a little ways. It was in an area you could drive to," Smith said. "Any type of vehicle could get there."
It was near the river, "but on the other side of the road from the river," he said.
"It's possible it could have been discovered by someone stumbling on it, but probably unlikely," Smith said.

Smith declined to say if the body was found above
ground or in a shallow grave. He said it appeared her body had been in that location for some time.

He also could not talk Monday about a possible cause
of death. Until the autopsy results are returned, Smith said his office
would not be able to make any decisions. But he felt confident there would be charges.

"We know enough information already that we will be able to bring charges," he said.
One of the tasks still left for investigators was putting together a
sequence of events of Alexis' final hours. At some point during the
night she was with other teenage friends, Smith said. But they were not
connected to her disappearance, he said.

Smith said the only advice he had for other high school students was to be careful with who they associate with.

While the police investigation continues, Alexis' family is preparing for her funeral.
Monday, the "Bring Alexis Home" Facebook page announced a fund had been established
to help the family pay for funeral and other expenses.

"Our family has endured a catastrophe, one that has
changed each of us in ways that are far beyond words," Alexis' family
said in an online statement. "Life will never be the same. Now sadly we
mourn for the loss of our baby girl, as a family we will slowly try to
heal, knowing we will never fully recover."

A blog, called Angels for Alexis, was also set up by family members for friends and relatives
to leave stories and other memories about Alexis.

The girl's funeral has been scheduled for 11 a.m. Saturday at the North Ogden Stake Center located at 626 E. 2600 North.
http://www.deseretnews.com/article/705393035/Autopsy-will-be-key-in-investigation-into-teens-death.html?pg=2

Utah couple named 'persons of interest' in death of Alexis Rasmussen, 16, who they hired to babysit

BY NANCY DILLON
DAILY NEWS WEST COAST BUREAU CHIEF

Originally Published:Wednesday, October 26th 2011, 1:12 PM
Updated: Wednesday, October 26th 2011, 3:36 PM

Utah parents who hired a neighborhood teen to watch over their child have been deemed "persons of interest" in the beautiful babysitter's mysterious death.

Alexis Rasmussen, 16, vanished Sept. 10 after babysitting the child of ex-con and alleged white supremacist Eric Millerberg and his wife Dea.

Her decomposing body was finally recovered Oct. 18 in a shallow grave off an interstate highway after a confidential source directed police to the location, a prosecutor said Tuesday.

A prosecutor said Tuesday there's enough evidence to file charges, but authorities are awaiting a full autopsy report, which could take weeks.

"I've been told by the county attorney that charges will be coming against both [Millerbergs]," defense lawyer Michael Bouwhuis, who was assigned to represent Dea Millerberg on unrelated prescription fraud charges, said Wednesday, according to The Salt Lake Tribune.

But while investigators appear to be getting closer to making an arrest, Rasmussen's parents are frustrated because they have yet to learn how their daughter died.

"It's every parent's worst nightmare to have a child disappear and not know the cause of death or if they suffered," the family's Mormon bishop, Ron Flamm, told the Daily News.

"The authorities, if they know, haven't released any information to the family, and it's very frustrating."

The Millerbergs told police that Rasmussen left their North Ogden house - about 40 miles north of Salt Lake City - before midnight on Sept. 10, saying she was going to meet a friend.

But there is no evidence that suggests Rasmussen's friends were involved in her death, Weber County Attorney Dee Smith said Tuesday, according to KSTU-TV.

"I think there is an obvious connection between where she was last seen and his [Millerberg's] residence; beyond that, I really don't want to comment on what evidence we have," Smith said.

Investigators believe the bubbly teen died from unnatural causes in a home on Sept. 11 and was then dumped near Interstate 84.

The movement of her body means prosecutors are considering filing a charge for desecration of a corpse, among other counts, if an arrest is made, Smith said.

Eric Millerberg, 36, was affiliated with the Silent Aryan Warriors - a white supremacist prison gang that originated in Utah, The Tribune reported.

He was back in court Tuesday for a probation violation hearing, and a judge found that he had possessed heroin and Oxycontin and failed to report to his probation officer, the paper reported.

The judge reinstated Millerberg's original sentence of up to five years in prison, court officials said.

Millerberg spoke during his court appearance, but didn't reference Rasmussen. He said he needed the drugs as painkillers because he has a metal plate and screws in his neck.

Dea Millerberg, 37, remains jailed after being charged Oct. 7 with two prescription fraud felonies. Her preliminary hearing is set for Wednesday, along with a press conference from the victim's family.



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OGDEN — Search warrants briefly unsealed in the  Alexis Rasmussen
 case Tuesday allege that Eric Millerberg's friends said he asked them
to "bring a car and don't ask any questions" the night the teenager went missing.



               Eric and Dea Millerberg have been named as persons of
interest in the death of 16-year-old Alexis, whose body was found in a
rural part of Morgan County Oct. 18. Alexis was last seen Sept. 10, when
she was baby-sitting the Millerbergs' two young daughters.
Search warrants obtained Tuesday by the Standard-Examiner indicate
that two friends of Eric Millerberg told investigators he called them
the night Rasmussen went missing and asked about a car and help to get rid of something.

               One of them later told police: "I can't believe he
killed a little girl," the Standard-Examiner said, quoting the search
warrant. The warrants were apparently served Oct. 9.

               The warrants also said Alexis was "partying with the
Millerbergs" and had been paid for her baby-sitting services with drugs,
the newspaper reported on its website. Dea Millerberg, accompanied by
Alexis, also allegedly sold some prescription drugs to one of Alexis'
friends for $100 and "a small amount of marijuana" on the night she was baby-sitting.

               Security surveillance videos showed Alexis and Dea
Millerberg around 10:20 p.m. on Sept. 10 at a Layton-area Walgreen's
store, where they reportedly went to pick up a prescription.

One search warrant affidavit stated that human blood
was found in the Millerbergs' home in an area where the carpet and
padding had been removed, ABC-4 reported on its website. Investigators
also found a car sold by Eric Millerberg to someone in Utah County. The
carpet had apparently been removed from the trunk of the car.

               Court officials said the Weber County Attorney's
Office filed a motion to seal the search warrants Tuesday, shortly after
they were released to at least one media outlet. Second District Court
Judge Michael Lyon signed the motion, preventing further release of the documents.

               The same witness who said Eric Millerberg asked him
to "bring a car and don't ask any questions" also told police that a
16-year-old girl had requested  that Eric Millerberg "shoot her up" with
drugs and that she wanted to have a  "threesome" with the couple, the TV station reported.

               Neighbors of the Millerbergs have previously said they believe
the couple may have paid some baby-sitters with drugs.

               Both Eric and Dea Millerberg were arrested and
charged with drug-related violations around the time Alexis was reported
missing. Dea Milerberg is facing two felony counts of falsely obtaining
a prescription. Eric Millerberg violated parole by using drugs and was
sentenced to zero to five years in prison Oct. 25.

               Attorneys have reported that they anticipate both
Millerbergs will be charged in the coming weeks in connection with
Alexis' death. Prosecutors say they are waiting for a full autopsy to be completed.

               Alexis, who was described by family and friends as
someone who was smart, beautiful and capable of making "a big difference," was buried Oct. 29.

http://www.deseretnews.com/article/705393569/Man-investigated-in-teens-death-asked-friend-to-bring-a-car-dont-ask-questions-warrant-states.html

NORTH OGDEN — Friends of Alexis Rasmussen told investigators
that the 16-year-old was often given drugs in exchange for babysitting,
according to a search warrant filed in 2nd District Court.

Now a North Ogden mother, who asked not to be identified, said
Wednesday that a year and a half ago, her son was also paid with drugs
for baby-sitting the children of the couple now considered persons of interest in Alexis' death.

The woman said her son, who was 17 at the time, received heroin
and other drugs in exchange for watching the children of Eric and Dea Millerberg.

"I wish I could have known so I could
have told them (Alexis' family) that these people are not people that
you want your daughter to be spending time with."

"We didn't hear anything about Dea, we were just told that Eric was supplying him with drugs" for babysitting, the woman said.

When the woman first heard that Alexis went missing Sept. 10
after baby-sitting at the Millerbergs' home, she said she feared the worst.

"When I saw their names, I thought, 'This can't be good,'" the woman said.

The mother said her son is now doing much better after going
through rehab. "I know that my son could have ended up a lot worse, if
we wouldn't have gotten involved and if he wouldn't have gotten caught by the cops," she said.

"Words can't express how sorry I am for Alexis' family. I wish I
could have known so I could have told them that these people are not
people that you want your daughter to be spending time with."

Details from the search warrant

Eric Millerberg did not want to go back to prison and Dea
Millerberg wanted to protect her husband, the search warrant also
indicates. But it apparently was associates and friends of the
Millerbergs who didn't want to have any part in Alexis' disappearance
and death who were key to helping police and prosecutors with their investigation.




Alexis disappeared Sep. 10, and her body was found in a shallow
grave on Oct. 19. Search warrant documents indicate that several friends
of the Millerbergs believe they were involved in her death, and that Alexis was using narcotics.

Tuesday, the Standard-Examiner obtained search warrants in
relation to the Rasmussen case. Shortly afterward, a judge ordered that
the warrant be sealed. Wednesday, the newspaper posted the warrants on its website.

Eric Millerberg asked at least two friends to help him with a
project. On the night Alexis went missing, he asked one friend — who was
also a member of Millerberg's white supremacist gang — to "bring a car
and don't ask any questions," the warrant states.

Names of all of the Millerbergs' and Alexis' friends were redacted from the search warrant for their protection.

One friend Eric Millerberg had asked to help later talked to an
attorney. That friend commented to the attorney, "I can't believe he
killed a little girl. I'm not getting involved with that," according to the Oct. 9 warrant.

Alexis was last seen Sept. 10 when she went to the Millerberg
house to allegedly babysit. Her body was found Oct. 18 in Morgan County
after police received a tip from a confidential informant.

As of Wednesday, Eric and Dea Millerberg had not been charged
with a crime in connection with Alexis' disappearance and death. Dea
Millerberg is currently in the Weber County Jail after being charged
with two felony counts of falsely obtaining a prescription. Eric
Millerberg was sent back to the Utah State Prison for violating his probation by using drugs.

Another friend told police that Eric Millerberg contacted him the
night Alexis was last seen, saying, "I need to get rid of something,
Holmes." That friend refused to help, according to court documents, but
ran into Millerberg a few weeks later on the street. At that time,
Millerberg made a comment that he was "not going back to prison for that
girl," the warrant states.

Timeline of the case


Sept. 10 - Alexis went to the house of
Eric and Dea Millerberg, 3228 N. 900 East, to babysit.

10:20 p.m. - Surveillance video captures Dea Millerberg and Alexis picking up a
prescription at Layton Walgreens.

Dea leaves Alexis and resumes night out with Eric Millerberg.

11:30 p.m. - Irritated by the long night out, Miera sends the last of 10 - 15 unanswered
texts. She tells Alexis to spend the night there and make sure she gets paid.
The Millerbergs say that Alexis left the house about this time to see a friend.

12:30 a.m. - Alexis exchanges texts with a boy. The content of these texts is unknown.
Alexis was at the boy's house the night before. The boy says he did not see Alexis that night.
No one is known to have seen or heard from Alexis after this point.

The Millerbergs are later arrested unrelated charges.

Oct 19 - Body is found, later confirmed to be Alexis.

Oct. 25 - The Millerbergs are called'persons of interest' for the first time,
but are not officially considered suspects.

Nov. 1 - Search warrants indicate that friends of the Millerbergs
believed they were involved with the death, that their house served as a
crash pad for teens, and that Alexis was using drugs with the Millerbergs.

During their interviews with Eric and Dea Millerberg before
Alexis' body was found, police said the two insisted that after they had
gone to bed, she left their house to meet up with a friend at Bates Elementary School.

"(They) continually stated it wasn't their fault since it was not
their responsibly to stop Alexis from leaving," according to the warrant.

Over the course of several interviews with Dea Millerberg, police
noted that she felt officers were "badgering" her and that she appeared
to be "exhibiting signs and symptoms of possible stimulant use, as she
had uncontrollable movements during our conversations."

The search warrant attempts to put together a timeline of events of Alexis' activities right before she went missing.

The warrants also paint a picture of Alexis caught up in a world
of drug use. Her friends told investigators, though not confirmed by
police, that Alexis was often paid with Xanax for babysitting, the warrant states.

"In the months leading up to the disappearance of Alexis she was
heavily involved in narcotic use, specifically methamphetamine and prescription medication."

It was previously reported that Alexis went to Walgreens in
Layton with Dea Millberg on the night she disappeared. According to the
warrant, Alexis went with Dea to help complete a drug deal with Alexis' best friend.

On the night she disappeared, Alexis and Dea Millerberg sold
Percocet pills to Alexis' friend for $100 and a small amount of
marijuana. The surveillance video of Alexis at Walgreens was taken after
she allegedly picked up the money from her friend.

"(It was) possibly the second or third time making these
arrangements with Dea Millerberg through Alexis' best friend," the warrant states.

Another informant described a kind of crash pad at the Millerberg
house. The person said Eric Millerberg would talk about two 16-year-old
girls who hung out there and one wanted to be "shot with narcotics and
he stated he eventually did that for her.

After Dea Millerberg was arrested and sent to the Weber County
Jail, she allegedly made comments to an inmate that were relayed to police.

The inmate told investigators that Millerberg had said,
"Something bad has happened and that she, Dea, wants it to blow over and
go away. (Redacted) stated "Rooster" has got her caught up in something
and she doesn't know what to do," according to the warrant. "Rooster" is Eric Millerberg's moniker.

The staff at the Weber County Jail also later turned a letter
over to investigators. The author's name was redacted from the search warrant.

In it, the writer makes statements such as, "It was a terrible
tragedy that happened at her home … It's something she (Dea) can't fix.
(Redacted) stated (Dea) is worried about telling on her husband (and) it
had something to do with a girl dying," the court records state. "Only
her, her husband and one other person know about it."

Other statements from the author of the letter included, "She's
sorry it happened," "She's protecting herself and husband and one other
male friend," "drug related something to do with a case," "Find the car
you find an answer, she'd dead" and "Dea knows everything that happened
the girl is buried somewhere in the state she's not gone but not alive."

Prosecutors have said they were waiting on complete autopsy
results, including toxicology tests, before filing charges in the case.
http://www.ksl.com/index.php?nid=960&sid=17922300

11:35 a.m. MST, November 16, 2011

OGDEN, Utah—

The woman declared a person-of-interest in the
Sept. death of a North Ogden teen was in court Wednesday on unrelated drug charges.

Dea Millerberg and her husband Eric have been declared persons of
interest in the death of 16-year-old Alexis Rasmussen, who went missing
while babysitting for the couple in mid-September. Rasumssen was found
dead a month later in rural Morgan County.

The medical examiner has not yet released a report on
Rasmussen's death and prosecutors are waiting to submit possible charges
against the Millerbergs until after that report is filed.

Dea Millerberg was in court Wednesday morning on unrelated drug
charges. She has been charged with two counts of falsely obtaining prescription drugs and with the endangerment of a child by exposing them to a closed substance.

The new charge comes after an Oct. 4 investigation into the
Millerberg home found drug presence in the hair follicles of one of the couple's children.

"I think it's a concern that pops up in cases where we have charges
that continue to trickle in. Not unique to her case, but obviously we
have the two charges that came last month and now this new charge. The
judge is concerned that the defendant's rights are protected and that
things aren't being delayed," said Mike Bouwnuis, Millerberg's defense attorney.

Millerberg faces a sentence of zero to five years in prison and a
$5,000 fine for each of the three charges. She will be back in court on
Nov. 30 and a preliminary hearing is expected to be set at that time.
http://www.fox13now.com/news/kstu-millerberg-20111116,0,6861492.story

Prosecutors charged a Utah man Tuesday with child abuse homicide in the overdose death of his teenage baby sitter whose body was found in a shallow grave more than a month after she was reported missing.

Suspect Eric Millerberg also faces charges of having sex with a minor, obstructing justice and desecration of a body, Weber County Attorney Dee Smith said. Millerberg's wife, Dea, was charged with desecration of a body.

Alexis Rasmussen was babysitting for the Millerbergs at their North Ogden home on Sept. 10 - the night she vanished. The 16-year-old's body was found Oct. 18 off a nearby interstate after police received a tip from a confidential informant.

Smith said Rasmussen died of a drug overdose but declined to elaborate.

"We do know what happened to Alexis," Smith said.

Eric Millerberg faces the homicide charge because he provided the drugs that led to the girl's death, the prosecutor said.

The Millerbergs were arrested in October on separate drug charges stemming from the investigation.

Eric Millerberg has since been sent to prison on a probation violation. Dea Millerberg was released on bond pending a May 24 trial on charges of prescription drug fraud and child endangerment.

Dea Millerberg's defense lawyer, Michael Bouwhuis, said his client is "relieved" to have finally been charged.

"She has always maintained that she did not cause the death of Alexis Rasmussen, and this charge bears that out," Bouwhuis said. "She is very sorry about the untimely death of Alexis Rasmussen and sincerely hopes that the Rasmussen family will someday soon find healing and comfort."

A call to a public defender who previously represented Eric Millerberg was not returned Tuesday.

Smith previously said only that Rasmussen died in a house on or around Sept. 11 and that her body was moved to a grave near Interstate 84, about 35 miles from North Ogden.

The Standard-Examiner of Ogden has reported that, according to a now sealed search warrant, Dea Millerberg drove the girl to buy $100 worth of prescription medication and a small amount of marijuana on the night she vanished.

The search warrant cited statements from people interviewed by police who said the Millerbergs had a drug-fueled, salacious sexual relationship with Rasmussen and that the girl was paid in pills the night she disappeared.

Read more here: http://www.thenewstribune.com/2012/01/31/2006539/woman-charged-after-death-of-utah.html#storylink=cpy

http://www.thenewstribune.com/2012/01/31/2006539/woman-charged-after-death-of-utah.html

OGDEN -- Dea Millerberg has filed for divorce from Eric
Millerberg, charged with homicide in the death of the couple's baby
sitter.

She filed her divorce petition Thursday afternoon in 2nd District
Court in Ogden. No supporting documents accompanied the filing except
for a motion to waive filing fees.

The case has been assigned to Judge Ernie Jones and Court Commissioner Dan Garner.

The divorce papers came the same day Millerberg was booked into Weber
County Jail then released on bail on a charge for her alleged role in
the death of 16-year-old Alexis Rasmussen.

She is charged with abuse or desecration of a body, an offense that includes moving or concealing a body.

Both Millerbergs were charged Jan. 31 in the death of Rasmussen.

Eric Millerberg was directly linked to the death with charges of
first-degree felony child abuse homicide, second -degree felony
obstructing justice and third-degree felony unlawful sexual activity
with a minor and abuse or desecration of a body.

Rasmussen died of a drug overdose in the Millerbergs' North Ogden
home, possibly Sept. 11, the same day she was reported missing by her
family, officials said in announcing the charges.

Her body was discovered Oct. 18 in a shallow grave in Morgan County.

A search warrant was served on the Millerberg home Oct. 9 as the
search for Rasmussen became a homicide investigation. That was just days
after both Millerbergs were arrested on unrelated charges, she for
prescription drug fraud and he for probation violation for drug use.

Eric Millerberg has since been sent to prison on the probation
violations, while trial is still pending for Dea Millerberg on the
unrelated charges, which include a count of child endangerment when
police say hair follicle samples for the couple's 1-year-old daughter
tested positive for methamphetamine.

Both have hearings scheduled on the Rasmussen case on different dates later this month.
http://www.standard.net/stories/2012/02/10/millerberg-files-divorce-faces-new-charge

Dea Millerberg waived her right to a preliminary hearing on Wednesday
stemming from charges that say she desecrated the body of teen who was
killed in September.


~Dee Millerberg

Prosecutors say Millerberg desecrated Alexis Rasmussen's body when she helped to move her body.

16-year-old Rasmussen went missing on September 11, and her
body was found in a shallow Morgan County grave more than a month later.

Millerberg's
husband Eric faces 1st Degree Felony Child Abuse Homicide, Obstruction
of Justice, Unlawful Sexual activity with a Minor, and Abuse or
Desecration of a Human Body in connection with Rasmussen's death.

Dea has since filed for divorce from Eric.

The man accused in the death of a Weber County teen is due back in court on Monday.

Eric Millerberg and his wife, Dee, are accused of involvement in the
death of Alexis Rassmussen, who disappeared in September 2011 while
babysitting at the Millerberg’s home in North Ogden.

Weber County prosecutors have charged Eric Millerberg with four felonies, including child abuse, homicide, and sex with a minor.

They also say he supplied the drugs that killed Alexis and disposed of the body.

According to the Weber County attorney, Alexis Rasmussen died before she was reported missing on September 11.

Her body was found a month later in Morgan County. Prosecutors have
accused Eric Millerberg of recklessly causing her death through drugs.

Prosecutors say Dee Millerberg helped dump the body, which is why she is being charged with desecration of a body.

“I am comfortable saying these were the two that were involved,” said
Dee Smith,Weber County attorney. “I can tell you that she, again that
the evidence is, the allegations are, is that she passed away at their
residence and it was the result of a drug overdose.”

Dee Millerberg filed for divorce from her husband in early February and is due back in court later this month.
http://fox13now.com/2012/04/09/man-accused-in-death-of-north-ogden-teen-to-appear-in-court/

A
woman charged with helping dump her babysitter's body testified with
immunity Monday that her husband injected the girl with heroin and
methamphetamine before the 16-year-old died of an overdose.
Dea Millerberg, 39, took the stand at a hearing in Ogden's 2nd District
Court and gave her account of the final hours of Alexis Rasmussen's
life.
Her husband, Eric Millerberg, faces charges of child abuse homicide,
unlawful sexual activity with a minor and obstructing justice. Eric
Millerberg, 36, is being held in Utah State Prison on a probation
violation and was not at the hearing.
Prosecutors said both Millerbergs face a charge of desecration of a
body. Dea Millerberg has not been charged with causing the babysitter's
death. However, she faces unrelated charges of prescription drug fraud
and child endangerment. Prosecutors wouldn't say if she had entered
into a deal in return for her testimony against her husband.
Dea Millerberg has filed for divorce from her husband, court records show.
The Millerbergs had a drug-fueled, sexual relationship with Rasmussen
that caused her death in September, police have said. Her body was
recovered the next month near the Weber River in Morgan County.
The teen's body was so badly decomposed that a full autopsy wasn't
possible, "but all the signs suggest a drug overdose," prosecutor Chris
Shaw said Monday.
Eric Millerberg's fellow gang members — "even they were disgusted by the conduct" — led police to the body, Shaw said.
The Salt Lake Tribune, KSL and Standard-Examiner of Ogden reported on the court hearing.
Dea Millerberg testified the babysitter became disoriented after being
injected once with heroin and twice with methamphetamine.
The girl took a bath to warm her body and rested on a bed, but wasn't
breathing 30 minutes later when the couple checked on her.
Dea Millerberg, a nurse, said she tried but couldn't revive the girl
"There was nothing we could do at this point to bring her back," she said.
At that point, Dea Millerberg said she dressed the teen and helped put her body in a "footlocker" in the trunk of their car
The Millerbergs left their 6-year-old daughter behind, put an infant
daughter in their car and drove off to dispose of the babysitter's
body, she said.
Rasmussen died of an overdose late Sept. 10 or early Sept. 11,
prosecutors said. Search warrants allege the couple had long supplied
Rasmussen drugs in exchange for baby-sitting.
Eric Millerberg has not entered a plea on his charges. His public
defender, James Retallick, was in a trial Monday on another case and
didn't return a phone message from The Associated Press.

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May 15th, 2012 @ 3:49pm

Defense attorneys for a man charged with
killing a 16-year-old North Ogden teenager are looking to
impeach the man's wife in advance of his trial.

Eric Millerberg, 36, is facing child abuse homicide and
other charges in the death of Alexis Rasmussen. His wife,
Dea Millerberg, is facing a charge of abuse or desecration of a human body.

Dea Millerberg, 39, was a crucial witness at a preliminary hearing last month, testifying that it was
Eric Millerberg who injected heroin and methamphetamine into Alexis' veins the night she died. But Eric
Millerberg's attorney, Randall Marshall, doesn't believe the woman is a credible witness.

"We need to do some research on Dea Millerberg's background," Marshall said Tuesday. "She's their key
witness and she's impeachable. "She has motive to lie."

Prosecutors have called Dea Millerberg's involvement
"minimal" compared to her husband's role. She filed on Feb. 9 for divorce from her husband.

Marshall also said he wants an expert to review the
toxicology reports and take a closer look at Alexis' cause
of death, which was classified as "undetermined" by the state medical examiner.

Dea Millerberg testified that the couple met Alexis
through a girl in their neighborhood and used her as a
babysitter for their two children. Eventually, though, she
said the relationship turned social and the teenager would
often come over to smoke and drink.

We need to do some research on Dea
Millerberg's background. She's their key witness and she's impeachable.
She has motive to lie.

--–Randall Marshall

According to Dea Millerberg, Alexis began asking for
methamphetamine and Eric Millerberg injected the teenager.
The night of Sept. 10, the couple asked Alexis over to
baby-sit, but instead they "hung out" and used heroin and methamphetamine.

The girl later became unresponsive and died. The couple
took her to a remote area in Morgan County, where her body was found Oct. 18.

Eric Millerberg is currently in prison. He was sentenced to zero to five years for a separate drug-
related probation violation in October.

Marshall said prosecutors have made offers in terms of
a plea agreement, but they are "not offers we think are
acceptable." Currently, the case is headed for trial.

In addition to first-degree felony child abuse homicide, Eric Millerberg is also charged with obstruction
of justice, a second-degree felony; and unlawful sexual
activity with a minor and abuse or desecration of a human body, both third-degree felonies.

Dea Millerberg also faces criminal charges from
unrelated cases, including two counts of falsely obtaining
or dispensing of a prescription, a third-degree felony,
and endangerment of a child or a vulnerable adult, a third-degree felony.
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White supremacist gang member changes wife's name on neck tattoo from 'Dea' to 'Death' after she testifies against him in drugs homicide trial

By Rachel Quigley
PUBLISHED: 12:28 EST, 30 May 2012
UPDATED: 13:14 EST, 30 May 2012

The white supremacist charged with homicide in the drug overdose death of 16-year-old Alexis Rasmussen has altered a tattoo that once honored the wife who is now testifying against him.

Eric Millerberg, from Utah, a member of the Silent Arayan Warriors, has added to a neck tattoo that read Dea. It now reads 'Death'.

It’s unclear when the tattoo was changed, but it was visible during an April 9 preliminary hearing when Dea Millerberg testified against him.

She told the court the couple spent a weekend with the babysitter that involved drugs and sex.

Alexis Rasmussen’s body was found near the Weber River in Morgan County in October, about a month after her death.

Eric Millerberg’s public defender told the Standard-Examiner he had no comment about the tattoo.

Dea Millerberg’s lawyer says he couldn’t speculate about a motive for it.

The couple got high and had oral sex with the teenage babysitter who died that night.

Gang member Casey Peterson said Mr Millerberg called himself a 'watcher of the flock' meaning that he felt it important that he be the one to help teens do drugs 'so they wouldn't go elsewhere and try it on their own'.

One of Alexis' friends, whose name was not released, also testified that the two of them would go over to the Millerberg's house to smoke drugs, and that the 36-year-old man was the one to teach them how to smoke methamphetamine out of a light bulb.

Peterson's statement, which was read in court, confirmed the account of the night given by Mrs Millerberg, saying that Alexis died in their home because of the drugs and they could not revive her.

The letter also detailed Mr Millerberg's rehashing of he and his wife's sexual dalliances and drug use with the teen prior to her death.

'I was paranoid and I did not want to be involved,' wrote Peterson, who is currently serving time for unknown charges.

His motivation to help, however, was more personal: 'I have a 16-year-old daughter.'

Peterson was not the only gang member who found the Millerberg's behavior to be an affront, as Eric Smith has been identified as the police informant who tipped them off to the location of the body.

'I wanted the family to have closure,' Mr Smith said.

'Then again, they came at me and said they knew about my involvement in it and that they'd give me immunity if I helped them.'

New details also painted a grizzly picture of the body itself when it was finally found, as detective Mike Tribe said that Alexis's corpse was found kneeling face down, covered in brush in a rural part of Morgan County.

He said that her neon toe nail polish, ankle bracelets and jawline helped identify her.

The added details come a day after Dea Millerberg told a Salt Lake City courtroom about the extent of their relationship with the girl before her death, including their varied drug use and group sex sessions.

Months after the September 10 death of Alexis, the Millerbergs were charged for their involvement in her death and Mrs Millerberg testified against her husband in court on Monday after receiving immunity for any direct involvement with the girl’s death.

Mrs Millerberg faces one third-degree felony charge relating to the disposal of Alexis’ body, but prosecutors have called her overall involvement ‘minimal’ as compared to Mr Millerberg’s, as he faces charges of child abuse homicide, unlawful sex with a minor, the disposal of the body and obstruction of justice.

The 39-year-old, who filed for divorce from her husband after they were charged with the death of Alexis, told the torrid story of how the couple befriended and corrupted the young girl in the months leading up to her death.

Mrs Millerberg said that they started using Alexis- or Lexi as she called her- as a babysitter for their two daughters in the spring of 2011.

They became friends and started drinking alcohol and smoking marijuana with the teen before Alexis began requesting that they try harder drugs like methamphetamine and heroin. Eventually they even began paying Alexis in meth.

One of their most raucous nights as a group came in August, a month before her death, when Alexis reportedly asked to become sexually involved with the married couple.

'Eric and I started kissing and having sex. Then Alexis jumped in,' Mrs Millerberg told the court.

On the fateful night of September 10, the couple wanted Alexis to babysit because they were going to go shopping for their daughter’s birthday. Neither babysitting nor shopping ended up happening.

As soon as Alexis arrived at the house, Mr Millerberg helped her get high by injecting her with drugs- once with heroin and twice with meth- into her arm and neck.

Then, when she was ‘as high as she had ever been’, she and her husband performed oral sex on one another. Mrs Millerberg says that she was not involved in the encounter.

A short while later, the drugs had a negative effect on the teen and she started ‘freaking out’. She reportedly felt disoriented and cold, so she asked if she could take a warm bath in the couple’s master bathroom.

After leaving her alone in the bath at her request, the Millerbergs checked on her about 45 minutes later to find that she was still cold, so Mrs Millerberg wrapped her in a blanket and told her to lie down in another bedroom.

The couple left her to go smoke some cigarettes, and returned about a half hour later to find her unresponsive.

‘She wasn't breathing. She had mucousy stuff coming out of the right side of her mouth,’ said Mrs Millerberg, who was a licensed nurse and tried to resuscitate the girl to no avail.

They then tried to figure out what to do next.

‘It really was a panic. The idea of it was, we will lose our kids and go to jail, and there was nothing we could do to bring her back,’ she told the court.

Mr Millerberg was on parole at the time for prior burglary and firearm charges, and he was also known to be part of the Silent Aryan Warriors, a white supremacist prison gang.

Mrs Millerberg, who also had outstanding court dates due to her involvement with two unrelated prescription drug fraud and child endangerment cases, says that she dressed the then-naked body of Alexis and put it into a foot locker which the couple moved into a box in the trunk of their car.

Leaving their 6-year-old daughter at home but taking their toddler with them, they 'drove all over the place' disposing of any evidence that may connect them to the crime.

They dumped her body in a remote area of Morgan County where Mr Millerberg covered it with brush and shrubs so that it was hidden. Police only found it six weeks after Alexis’ death with the help of a confidential tip from Eric Smith, one of Mr Millerberg’s gang members.

Moving on to the remaining evidence, they left Alexis' purse in one dumpster with the box that had held the body, then drove to a different dumpster where they left the carpet from the car 'in case there was any evidence on it'.

After filing for divorce from Mr Millerberg in February, Mrs Millerberg is free on bail but police say that she will ‘not get a walk on all of (her) charges’.

So far, police officials seem to agree with Mrs Millerberg’s version of events though a full autopsy could not be completed because of the decomposition of the body. The state medical examiner did conclude that there was a serious amount of meth and heroin in the girl’s body at her time of death.

‘Drugs are dangerous and unpredictable. Every time you use drugs there is a chance of death,’ said medical examiner Dr Joseph White.

Prosecutor Chris Shaw included the other charges against Mr Millerberg in his assessment, saying: ‘After a lengthy period of drug use ... and sexual misconduct, she died.’

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