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North Carolina authorities on Tuesday launched a 911 name and complete timeline of South Carolina girl Mica Miller’s final moments main as much as her loss of life by suicide April 27.
Robeson County Medical Examiner Richard Johnson dominated Miller died from a self-inflicted gunshot wound after authorities discovered her in Lumber River State Park, about an hour’s drive from the Millers’ hometown of Myrtle Seashore, April 27.
“This incident has garnered a lot consideration from throughout the Carolinas and past. I need to guarantee everybody {that a} very methodical investigation was performed by our Felony Investigations Workforce and Crime Scene Investigative Workforce,” Sheriff Burnis Wilkins mentioned in an announcement Tuesday. “Sadly, rumors and conspiracy theories had been spreading shortly, and assumptions had been being made.
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“Nonetheless, ultimately, we should make selections primarily based on the info and proof that has been gathered. Whereas I do know it’s not what many individuals needed to listen to, the proof is kind of clear and compelling, and we’re as saddened as anybody that this occurred. There are numerous elements that we’ve reviewed that occurred over an prolonged time frame which can be in all probability associated to the explanation for this investigation, however ultimately, sadly, a tragic determination was made by Mica that ended her life.”
Miller, 30, was married to a pastor named John-Paul Miller, the lead preacher at a congregation known as Strong Rock at Market Frequent in Myrtle Seashore. John-Paul has reportedly been launched from ministry duties on the church, the place he introduced his spouse’s suicide April 28, the day after her loss of life, ABC 15 reported.
Hypothesis surrounding the circumstances of Mica’s loss of life started circulating on social media, notably as a result of Mica was within the means of formally separating from her husband. She had filed three “separate help and upkeep” requests since final yr, the most recent filed April 16. Separate help and upkeep permits one partner to obtain court-ordered help from one other partner with out formally divorcing.
However Robeson County Sheriff’s Workplace investigators decided Miller “and a feminine that he’s allegedly romantically concerned with” weren’t in Robeson County on the time of Mica’s loss of life.
“Investigators discovered by means of interviews that John Paul Miller was at an athletic occasion in Charleston on the day of Mica Miller’s loss of life. John Miller’s car was noticed touring on Hwy 17 Bypass, in Horry County at 2:22 pm on April 27, 2024,” the sheriff’s workplace mentioned in a press launch. “The investigation confirmed that John Miller was accompanied whereas touring to and from the occasion in Charleston, SC.”
Investigators additionally decided that Mica bought a 9 mm Sig Sauer handgun from a pawn store on the morning she allegedly died by suicide. Authorities discovered the gun case and a receipt for the acquisition in her car at Lumber River State Park.
They later recovered a 9 mm Sig Sauer handgun the place she was discovered lifeless, noting the identical “serial quantity on the weapon matched the gun field that was present in Miller’s Honda Accord.”
In a 911 name made to Robseon County 2:54 p.m., which was shared by the sheriff’s workplace, Mica may be heard asking a dispatcher if she will be able to monitor down her location. When the dispatcher says she tracked Mica to the Lumber River State Park, she requested Mica why she needed her location identified.
“Inform me what occurred,” the dispatcher says.
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“I am about to kill myself, and I simply need my household to know the place to seek out me,” Mica may be heard saying.
A pal of Mica says she doesn’t “agree with” the medical expert’s findings that Miller died by suicide.
“It simply makes me s[o] mad. I do not consider it is over,” Allicia Younger informed Fox Information Digital. “I consider extra stuff will come out! It all the time does.”
Younger mentioned Mica was “all the time, so constructive, so encouraging,” and “supportive.”
“I actually do not assume I actually ever heard a unfavourable phrase popping out of her mouth, as a result of that is simply the kind of individual she was,” Younger mentioned. “She was by no means afraid to talk out about her religion and even cease and pray for any individual. She was very daring like that.”
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Younger, who was a former member of Strong Rock congregation and pals with the Millers by means of her husband, mentioned John-Paul’s sermons usually talked about his spouse and her struggles with psychological well being. The pair apparently met when Mica was simply 14 years outdated in John-Paul’s youth group, Younger mentioned.
The day after his spouse’s loss of life, John-Paul’s sermon mentioning his spouse’s suicide rubbed Younger the unsuitable approach, too.
“What pastor will get up in lower than 24 hours of his spouse’s passing to nonetheless give a sermon and already has a funeral deliberate for the next week? No person does that,” she mentioned.
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An obituary for Miller states the 30-year-old girl was “energetic, affirming, adventurous, trustworthy, loving, giving, forgiving, gifted, joyous, artistic, assertive, daring, decided, authoritative, passionate, hardworking, a danger taker, and a lot extra.”
Nonetheless, Mica’s family members on social media are noting one a part of the obituary that strikes them as odd: “She would reward her husband after each church service telling him he was the very best preacher on the earth (even when it wasn’t true). She additionally informed him he was the funniest preacher on the earth (although that wasn’t true both). Mica liked her household soooooooo a lot.”
Younger mentioned the pastor talked about Mica usually in his sermons and spoke about girls in a usually derogatory method.
“He all the time made positive that he informed everyone that he had a sizzling spouse and the way sizzling she was, and that each man ought to exit and discover themselves a sizzling spouse,” Younger mentioned.
The Horry County Clerk’s Workplace confirmed to Fox Information Digital that Mica had filed three “separate help and upkeep” requests since final yr, the most recent filed on April 16. Separate help and upkeep permits one partner to obtain court-ordered help from one other partner with out formally divorcing.
Since Mica’s loss of life, which has rocked the Myrtle Seashore group, her household and pals have been sharing posts on social media with the hashtag “JusticeforMica.”
Her sister pleaded with pals on social media to “not take heed to false tales being shared about” Mica.
“Mica was a God-fearing, joyful, loving girl who didn’t deserve the abuse she endured. If you happen to hear something about this from anybody aside from her household please query it, attain out to her siblings or dad and mom,” she wrote.
Fox Information Digital reached out to John-Paul’s Myrtle Seashore congregation, Strong Rock at Market Frequent, for remark however didn’t instantly hear again. Regina Ward, an legal professional representing Mica’s household, additionally didn’t instantly reply to an inquiry from Fox Information Digital.
