Published: September 11, 2009 06:41 pm      

Local murder detailed on TV tonight

‘America’s Most Wanted’ hoping to help catch killer in Borden crime

An episode of “America’s Most Wanted” featuring a Clark County murder will air at 9 tonight on Fox.

Footage was shot in early July detailing a 2005 murder at a horse farm in Borden, and authorities are hopeful that national exposure could help them track down the suspect.

Charges were filed under the name of Juan Delarosa, also known as Raul Cruz, but Prosecutor Steve Stewart said the man wanted for beating 36-year-old Ronald L. Miller to death in 2005 has at least 12 aliases, according to a previous article in The Evening News.

“The show has a high success rate of getting information that allows the arrest warrant to be served, and I expect similar success in this case,” said Stewart who gave an interview for the program in July.

According to the probable-cause affidavit, Delarosa beat Miller to death with a wooden bed post at a horse farm in Borden on May 25, 2005. Miller, who was from Pekin, died during a STAT flight to University Hospital in Louisville.

Stewart said investigators described the scene as one of the worst they had ever seen because of the brutality of the beating. Delarosa reportedly did not go to work the next day, left home and was never heard from again.

Stewart previously said Delarosa, who was likely in the United States illegally, could be anywhere in this country or in Mexico. His family is in Mexico, and police believe he may have returned there.

Delarosa was originally charged with battery, but that charge was amended to murder this summer. Stewart explained that they originally intended to capture Delarosa first and then amend the charges later.

Jenna Griffiths, producer of “America’s Most Wanted,” said in July the show became interested in the case last fall when a family member of the victim wrote them a letter. She said they were intrigued by the angle of showing what goes on in the horse racing industry.

Delarosa and Miller worked on horse farms in Clark and Floyd counties.