Fisherman recalls hearing crying before gunshot, finding body of South Carolina pastor’s wife Mica Miller with gun and Bible

The individual items belonging to nan estranged woman of nan South Carolina pastor who fatally changeable herself successful a North Carolina authorities parkland were recovered by a section fisherman who reported proceeding crying moments earlier nan heartbreaking discovery.

Mica Miller, 30, was recovered successful Lumber River State Park suffering from a self-inflicted gunshot coiled to nan head, aft reportedly crying for respective minutes earlier nan fatal shot.

A fisherman who had been going up and down nan adjacent stream claimed he heard crying and nan fatal changeable earlier discovering Miller’s belongings lying on nan riverbank.

“She had her license, her slope card, keys successful nan bag, a small mini Bible, her purse, each of her in installments cards, and a fewer receipts and immoderate things,” Johnnie Jacobs told WBTW.

“As I decided that I was going to extremity fishing, I came backmost through, stopped wherever they telephone it a slew aliases a reservoir disconnected of nan river,” he said. “So, I pulled successful location pinch my small vessel and, possibly 5 minutes after, and possibly 5 minutes into nan slew, I heard a cry. I heard it for astir 2 aliases 3 minutes. Then I stopped, heard a gunshot. Then, nan crying stopped.”

Although nan fisherman didn’t spot Miller’s body, Jacobs says he would’ve helped if he had.

“If it had been a personification that was crying successful nan open, I would person checked connected them each time long,” he said. “I conscionable wish I would person gone successful location and checked connected her.”

Authorities besides provided a timeline of erstwhile Miller near her location and went to bargain a weapon astatine a shop successful Horry County connected her measurement to nan authorities park.

Miller’s husband, pastor John-Paul Miller casually announced his wife’s decease aft giving a sermon to his congregation astatine Solid Rock Church successful Myrtle Beach.

“I sewage a telephone precocious past night, my woman has passed away. It was self-induced and it was up successful North Carolina,” Miller said nan time aft her death.

“Y’all believe for maine and my kids and everybody. You each knew she wasn’t good mentally and she needed medicine that was difficult to get to her. I’m judge location will beryllium much specifications to come, but support her family successful your prayers.”

Robeson County Medical Examiner Richard Johnson ruled Miller’s decease a suicide, saying she had died from a self-inflicted gunshot wound.

“Based connected nan quality of nan wound, that it is accordant pinch a self-inflicted gunshot wound. And it was not successful nan backmost of nan head, arsenic it has been speculated,” Johnson said according to ABC 15.

Miller’s decease came 2 days aft her hubby was served divorcement papers from her, according to tribunal documents.

A 911 telephone to nan Robeson County Sheriff’s Office revealed Miller questioned whether authorities could trace her telephone to nan wooded area wherever she was recovered dead.

Before her death, she reportedly told her sister that if she was ever recovered dormant successful nan nonstop mode she was recovered successful nan park, her hubby was responsible, according to an affidavit revenge by her younger sister Sierra Francis successful Horry County Probate Court.

Mica Miller besides alleged to relatives and different religion members that she was abused by her partner, according to her sister’s affidavit.

Attorneys for nan pastor denied allegations of immoderate grooming and

“Following nan untimely decease of Mica Miller, unfounded rumors and mendacious accusations began circulating connected societal media and successful various media outlets, suggesting Pastor Miller’s engagement successful her demise,” lawyer Russell B. Long, according to News13. “This created a buzz, causing section and nationalist media outlets to beryllium proliferating these falsehoods, connected a mammoth proportion. Our customer refutes immoderate study that suggests he ever abused his wife.”

A precocious surfaced Facebook video recorded by Mica Miller captured her talking to nan camera speaking astir her caller struggles pinch intelligence health.

“I’m going done a batch and it’s hard, and it’s my transverse to bear. It is nan point that God has put successful my life to woody with,” she said.

“I don’t want to bring a batch of group into it. When your world is shook up you request to return a pause, I tin only believe that much group will return a pause.”

‘Thank you for each your prayers and support, cognize that I person to support my circle really mini conscionable now. This is nan champion measurement I cognize how,” Miller added.