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At first this may appear to be a person sharing the worst information he might have gotten along with his group. But each new element makes this story a lot sketchier…
John-Paul Miller is a pastor on the Solid Rock Church in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina. He shocked his flock final Sunday, April 28 by saying the loss of life of his estranged second spouse, Mica Miller. He stated, apparently fairly matter-of-factly:
“I got a call late last night, my wife has passed away. It was self-induced and it was up in North Carolina.”
He then gave everybody particulars about her memorial service and instructed them to not discuss concerning the announcement anymore inside the church. Weird. Also bizarre? He was exceptionally fast to label his ex’s shockingly sudden loss of life a suicide. He even added that “she wasn’t well mentally”:
“Y’all pray for me and my kids and everybody. You all knew she wasn’t well mentally and she needed medicine that was hard to get to her. I’m sure there will be more details to come, but keep her family in your prayers.”
Unlike all his different sermons, this one isn’t obtainable to look at on the Solid Rock YouTube web page anymore — but it surely’s the web, and somebody acquired a duplicate anyway. See for your self (under):
He additionally spoke to native outlet WPDE, telling them the identical — simply actually speaking surprisingly candidly about her suicide, and her previous struggles with it:
“She had struggled with suicide before. Each time we would help her through it and take her to the doctor, and we got through it and everything was fine. She even gave a few testimonies here at church that we have on video. She battled suicide but God took care of her and got her through it.”
He additionally instructed the outlet:
“She was probably the greatest wife anyone could ask for. She was incredibly affirming. We spent every night together for hours just talking and talking and talking.”
Awful information… besides… Right now the general public solely has his phrase this was a suicide. Robeson County Sheriff’s Office Major Damien McLean would solely inform the native ABC affiliate that there was an investigation into the loss of life of the 30-year-old, saying:
“Officers are in the process of gathering information from people in South and North Carolina as part of their investigation into how Miller died.”
No official explanation for loss of life has been launched.
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Local NC outlet The Robesonian was the primary to report any precise particulars of Mica’s April 27 loss of life, saying she was discovered with a gunshot wound to the pinnacle at Lumber River State Park in Lumberton (about an hour and a half north of Myrtle Beach). But they’ve since taken down their article! Everyone else was citing them for these deets. Why did they take that down? Did the cops inform them it’s too quickly?
Meanwhile right here you will have this Pastor simply telling anybody who will pay attention how his spouse undoubtedly died by suicide. If police weren’t certain but, wouldn’t you suppose a partner would need to wait and be 100% certain, too?? Why would a husband be so forthcoming about such a private matter anyway? Seems a bit odd, proper?
Odder nonetheless? In all his speak about spending each evening collectively speaking with Mica, he didn’t point out she’d filed for divorce from him simply weeks earlier. Yeah. Clearly their marriage was not as lovey-dovey as he makes out. And she has zero images of him left on her Facebook, apparently having deleted every thing earlier than March. And but he was the one who wrote her obituary. An obituary with strains about what an excellent spouse she was to him:
“She truly served Jesus and her husband with all of her heart. She would praise her husband after every church service telling him he was the best preacher in the world (even if it wasn’t true). She also told him he was the funniest preacher in the world (even though that wasn’t true either).”
Man, this man actually made her obit all about himself. Ugh. This all simply appears so sus to us! No surprise her family members are asking for a full investigation! Her pal Kenn Young instructed WPDE:
“This has to be at least looked into deeply. There’s got to be some accountability here.”
He made a degree of claiming “it’s not just as simple as mental health issues.” So what the heck is he speaking about??
Well, Mica herself began referring to “abuse” in posts made shortly earlier than her loss of life. In truth, there are ONLY posts from shortly earlier than her loss of life. As talked about, she appears to have wiped every thing earlier than mid-March! But round that point she posted a video during which she talks about “going through abuse and hurt.” She additionally talks about “leaving a dangerous situation”:
See that hashtag? #AbuseAwareness? Something was happening! She additionally posted simply three weeks earlier than her loss of life:
“When terrible terrible TERRIBLE things happen to you… (yall know what I’m talking about ???? RPF: resting peace face #stillblessed #Godisgood”
She wrote that she was “still blessed”? And at peace? Hmm.
And in her personal submit saying Mica’s loss of life, her sister made certain to say she “did not deserve the abuse she endured.” Whoa.
That leads us to what we’ve seen on social media that we can’t confirm. We’ve seen a number of girls claiming to be former members of the Solid Rock church and mates of Mica personally who’re accusing her ex — the pastor — of grooming, of stalking, of bodily and psychological abuse. We can’t confirm any of it, clearly, but it surely’s stunning stuff. And if we had been the cops investigating the case, we undoubtedly can be reaching out to speak to those folks. Read for your self HERE and HERE and HERE if you wish to dig deeper. But keep in mind to maintain a wholesome sense of skepticism as these allegations haven’t been vetted.
We simply hope the reality is discovered — and Mica will get all of the justice she deserves.
If you or somebody you already know is considering suicide, assist is offered. Consider contacting the 988 Suicide & Crisis Lifeline at 988, by calling, texting, or chatting, or go to 988lifeline.org.
If you or somebody you already know is experiencing home violence, assist is offered. Consider calling the National Domestic Violence Hotline at 800-799-7233, or textual content START to 88788, or go to https://www.thehotline.org/.
[Image via Solid Rock Church/YouTube/Mica Miller/Facebook.]