Mica Miller: "Death of the Pastor's Wife" | MURDERISH Mini Ep. 005

On the afternoon of April 27, 2024, 30-year-old Mica Miller placed a call to 911, informing the dispatcher of her intention to end her life. Mica asked if her location could be traced through her phone. She wanted her family to be able to find her body afterwards. Mica was calling from Lumber River State Park in Orrum, North Carolina. Roughly 90 minutes after the 911 call, a kayaker spotted Mica’s body face down in the water. While a Robeson County coroner determined she died by suicide, more than two years later Mica’s loved ones remain suspicious of her estranged husband, pastor John-Paul Miller. The August 2026 release of Netflix docuseries Death of the Pastor’s Wife has renewed the public’s fascination with this case. Could her death have been orchestrated by her estranged husband and possibly others? Or was her passing simply the tragic outcome of pervasive mental health struggles?

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Research and writing by: Alison Schwartz.