The skeptical family of a pastor’s wife, who is said to have died by suicide late last month, expected to meet with North Carolina investigators on Tuesday.
A medical examiner said Monday Mica Miller died from a self-inflicted gunshot wound in a North Carolina state park on March 27. Her husband, John-Paul Miller, echoed the claim that his 30-year-old wife “wasn’t well mentally” and took her own life.
But friends and family members told NewsNation the victim was looking forward to starting a new life apart from the pastor, from whom she filed for divorce in October following multiple attempts to legally separate.
“My gut feeling is I don’t agree,” Miller’s friend Tom Carter said. “The young lady was energetic. She was making plans. It just doesn’t sound like someone committed suicide.”
The Robeson County Sheriff’s Office said on Facebook it planned to share its findings with the Miller’s loved ones sometime Tuesday. A press conference is planned for Tuesday evening.
The victim told police weeks before her death “she was afraid for her life,” according to a March 11 incident report. She said her car’s tires had been slashed on two occasions by a male suspect who hasn’t been named by police. Miller also found a GPS tracking device on her Honda Accord. No one was charged with those alleged offenses.
Miller’s husband, a former preacher at South Carolina’s Solid Rock Church, told congregants during an April 28 sermon his wife was dead.
“You all knew she wasn’t well mentally and she needed medicine that was hard to get to her,” he said
The religious leader, who News13 said was relieved of his pastoral duties on Monday, reportedly asked churchgoers not to further discuss the matter.
