The cause of death has been released for 30-year-old Mica Miller, of Myrtle Beach, amid the ongoing investigation. According to Robeson County Medical Examiner Dr. Richard Johnson, Miller died from a self-inflicted gunshot wound.
Dr. Johnson said, “Based on the nature of the wound, it is consistent with a self-inflicted gunshot wound. And it was not in the back of the head, as it has been speculated.”
Johnson said he wasn’t the on-call medical examiner the weekend Miller died, but he did go to the scene to assist the on-call medical examiner. He is also a regional pathologist for the North Carolina Office of the Chief Medical Examiner.
Two days before she was found dead with a gunshot wound on April 27, Mica Miller, the wife of Pastor John-Paul Miller of Solid Rock at Market Common in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina, served her husband with divorce papers.
She allegedly warned her family that if she was found fatally shot in the head, her husband should be blamed, according to claims made by her younger sister, Sierra Francis.
In an affidavit shared on X by Protestia and filed as part of her application to serve as special administrator for her sister’s estate, Francis said Mica Miller, 30, had served her husband with divorce papers on April 25 and was looking forward to being free of him because she said he was abusive.
She further warned family members that if she was ever to be found “with a bullet in my head, it was not by me, it was JP,” Francis said in the affidavit, fingering her brother-in-law.
The affidavit, which was filed in Horry County’s Probate Court, comes as police in North Carolina continue to investigate Mica Miller’s death. Her husband insists he loved his wife, and despite all his care and support for her, she died by suicide because she suffered from serious mental illness with which she had been grappling for years.
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In her affidavit, Francis rejected the narrative Pastor Miller presented at his church two Sundays ago.
“My sister was hopeful for her future after filing for divorce from John-Paul,” Francis wrote in the affidavit.
“My sister also expressed to me that she was fearful that she would not make it to the divorce and that her life would be taken from her. Based on conversations with my sister, it is my belief that she told multiple people, including other family members,” Francis explained.
“Mica stated to me on many occasions ‘if I end up with a bullet in my head, it was not by me, it was JP.’ Mica forwarded a family group text message notifying us that Mr. Miller was served the divorce papers on April 25, 2024,” Francis added. “On April 27, 2024, my sister, Mica A. Miller, was found dead as a result of a gunshot wound in Lumberton, North Carolina.”
