44-year-old man sent to prison after theft of drugs led to murder of Doug Rose

Cape & Islands District Attorney Robert J. Galibois announced that on Tuesday, 44-year-old Tishaun Miller of East Bridgewater, was sentenced by the Barnstable Superior Court for his involvement in a murder that took place in the town of Falmouth. 

With this verdict, the jury found that on September 22, 2022, Kimberly McCarthy drove Vincent Purdie, Charee Rainey, and Tishaun Miller to 250 Davisville Road in Falmouth to find Doug Rose. The day before, Rose had stolen drugs from McCarthy; Rainey had given those drugs to McCarthy for her to sell for him. 

After arriving at 250 Davisville Road, Rainey broke in through a side door and chased Rose out the front door where Miller was waiting for him. Miller grabbed Rose and then he and Rainey repeatedly stabbed Rose. Miller and Rainey subsequently fled in the car driven by McCarthy. In addition to eyewitness testimony, law enforcement officers used cell site location data to put Miller’s and Rainey’s phones in the area of McCarthy’s house and 250 Davisville Road before and at the time of the homicide. Law enforcement officers also located a knife in close proximity of the homicide that was sent for DNA testing. Forensic testing revealed that the victim’s DNA and Miller’s DNA were on the knife. 

The jury found Miller guilty of 1st Degree Murder, Conspiracy to Commit Murder, and Breaking and Entering in the Daytime for a Felony – Placing a Person in Fear. 

On Tuesday, Judge Pasquale sentenced Miller to the Department of Corrections for the remainder of his life without the possibility of parole. 

The case was investigated by the Falmouth Police Department and the Massachusetts State Police Detectives Unit assigned to the Cape & Islands District Attorney’s Office. The case was prosecuted by Assistant District Attorney Courtney Leigh Scalice, Chief of Child Abuse and Vulnerable Victims, Assistant District Attorney Kevin Burke, and Victim Witness Assistant Deborah McCoy. 

Charee Rainey is also charged with Murder and his trial is scheduled to begin on March 30, 2026. 

District Attorney Galibois commended “the dedicated investigators and prosecution team whose professionalism and persistence brought us to this outcome.” He also thanked the jury “for their careful consideration of the evidence and their service to our community.”