Bryan Patrick Miller biography: 24 things about Trenton, Michigan native

Who is Bryan Patrick Miller?

Bryan Patrick Miller is an American convicted serial killer from Phoenix, Arizona, United States. His mother Ellen Miller was a detention officer with the office of the Maricopa County, Arizona sheriff.

Born in Trenton, Michigan, USA, Bryan was diagnosed with post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and sexual sadism. As a child, he was abused by Ellen.

Bryan is Amy Miller‘s former husband. Here are 24 more things about him:

1. In May 1989, he stabbed Celeste Bentley, then 18. He He was caught and charged with aggravated assault.
2. From May 1989 to 1990, he was in juvenile detention.
3. In 1990, his mother found a note in his room, detailing a scheme to torture and kill a young woman. She gave the note to police and refused to let him return home so he moved into a halfway house.
4. On May 26, 1992, he allegedly killed Brandy Lynn Myers. She was 13.
5. He fatally stabbed Angela Marie Brosso who disappeared on November 8, 1992 and was found dead on November 9, 1992. She was 22.
6. He fatally stabbed Melanie Beth Bernas who disappeared on September 22, 1993 and was found dead on September 23, 1993. She was 17.
7. In 1994, investigators received a tip suggesting he may have had a distinctive teal body suit that was similar to the one Bernas was found in but he was not named a suspect.
8. In November 1996, he and Amy had their first date at Castles N’ Coasters by Interstate 17 and Dunlap Avenue in Phoenix followed by dinner at the Olive Garden in Phoenix.
9. On December 31, 1996, he and Amy got engaged.
10. In 1998, he and Amy moved from Phoenix to his mother’s house in Washington, USA.
11. In 1999, Amy gave birth to their daughter.
12. On May 23, 2002, he attacked Melissa Ruiz-Ramirez. He was arrested and imprisoned but in January 2003, he was acquitted and released.
13. In 2003, he and Amy moved back to Phoenix with their daughter.
14. In 2005, he and Amy separated.
15. In 2010, his mother died.
16. He allegedly killed Adrienne Salinas who disappeared on June 15, 2013 and was found dead on August 9, 2013. She was 19.
17. In 2014, while working at an Amazon warehouse, he was known in Phoenix as the Zombie Hunter for the costumes he wore and was identified as the suspect in the murders of Brosso and Bernas through the works of forensic genealogist Colleen Fitzpatrick‘s company Identifinders International.
18. On January 2, 2015, detectives collected his deoxyribonucleic acid at a Chili’s restaurant in Phoenix and sent it to the Phoenix Police Department crime lab for DNA analysis and on January 13, 2015, the head of the crime lab confirmed his DNA matched the DNA of Brosso and Bernas’s killer.
19. On October 3, 2022, his double murder trial began before Maricopa County Superior Court Judge Suzanne Cohen without a jury. His lawyers admitted he killed Brosso and Bernas but argued he was not guilty by reason of insanity. 
20. On March 9, 2023, Amy testified at his double murder trial.
21. On April 11, 2023, Cohen found him guilty of kidnapping, first-degree murder and attempted sexual assault in relation to Brosso and Bernas.
22. On June 7, 2023, Cohen sentenced him to death.
23. In July 2024, while on death row at the Eyman Prison Complex in Florence, Arizona, he denied killing Brosso and Bernas in an email he sent to a producer of the CBS show “48 Hours”.
24. On October 24, 2024, he turned 52.