Death of the Pastor’s Wife reconstructs the tragic story of Mica Miller after her marriage to John-Paul Miller, pastor of Solid Rock Church in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina. Miller began attending the church as a teenager and became its worship leader at a young age. She wed her first husband in the church but was soon coerced into a scandalous affair that marked the end of her marriage and the beginning of another with her pastor and mentor. Despite the 15-year age difference between Mica and John-Paul, they exchanged vows in 2017.
Mica endured the pastor’s coercive control in the years that followed, eventually losing her identity and freedom in the marriage. Left without any iota of independence, Mica decided to leave the marriage. This proved difficult, but she eventually served John-Paul with divorce papers in April 2024. Two days later, she was found dead at a park in North Carolina. Although her death was ruled a suicide, a federal grand jury indicted the pastor on two counts for cyberstalking and making false statements to federal investigators. The pastor is awaiting trial, but Julia Willoughby Nason and Michael Gasparro’s docuseries has exposed some disturbing claims about Mica Miller’s death.
Mica Miller Warned John-Paul Would Kill And Stage Her Death As Suicide
JUST IN: Law enforcement release heartbreaking 911 call of Mica Miller making sure her location could be found for her family before she tragically took her own life.
“I’m about to k*ll myself and I just want my family to know where to find me.”
Mica had just filed for divorce… pic.twitter.com/sKDr93HwRv
— Collin Rugg (@CollinRugg) May 7, 2024
The docuseries’ most unsettling revelation came from Mica’s friend, Burna Pabon, who claimed that the late church singer was afraid her estranged husband would kill her and make it look like suicide. “Mica told me and my husband she was afraid for her life,” Pabon divulged. “She’s sitting in our living room, and she’s saying, ‘I don’t wanna die… He’s gonna put a bullet in my head and then tell everybody I killed myself.'”
While Pabon’s statement seems to implicate John-Paul in Mica Miller’s death, the pastor was never a suspect. Authorities believe Mica died from a self-inflicted gunshot. She told 911 she was going to kill herself hours before her body was found at North Carolina’s Lumber River State Park. Also, surveillance footage showed her purchasing the gun found near the scene.
Mica Used Testosterone To Match John-Paul’s Sex Drive
3 months after Mica Miller was found dead in Lumber River State park, John Paul Miller agreed to sit for an interview with me. We spoke for nearly two hours. Here is the moment I asked him if he ever abused Mica. pic.twitter.com/ot4GO2zSGI
— Rich McHugh (@RichMcHugh) September 1, 2026
In exploring the extent to which Mica Miller lost herself while married to John-Paul Miller, the true-crime docuseries dug into the pastor’s hypersexuality. Although Death of the Pastor’s Wife didn’t dwell on John-Paul’s history of sexual misconduct, it was inferred that he is a sexual predator with an appetite that left Mica struggling to satisfy him. People close to her claimed the pastor wouldn’t let her sleep until they’d had sex several times per day.
At some point, Mica began taking testosterone to keep up with his demands for sex. Mica’s friend Charlotte Korn addressed this in the documentary, divulging that the testosterone pill changed a big part of Mica’s life – her voice. “Singing was such an important and big part of her life,” she said, adding that “her range totally changed, and they had to adjust all of the pitches when she was on stage.”
The Pastor Paid Men To Sexually Assault Mica
You can see the pain right through her smile. Makes me sick what he put her through. 😢 Why couldn’t JP have left her alone so she could live the rest of her life?! It is always about control. Mica Miller deserved so much more than all of this. #justiceformica #DomesticViolence pic.twitter.com/v8US1jXmTJ
— Rose (@901Lulu) May 7, 2024
John-Paul Miller’s alleged history of sexual misconduct dates back to his teenage years. Notably, he’s accused of raping a 15-year-old girl in 1998, when he was 19 and a youth church leader. Death of the Pastor’s Wife didn’t feature this allegation brought against the South Carolina pastor in a 2025 lawsuit. Be that as it may, the docuseries detailed how he harassed his estranged wife, going as far as posting her nude photo online.
Most unsettling of all, he arranged for strangers to assault Mica sexually. Mica’s friend Bruna Pabon spoke about this in the series, narrating how John-Paul would approach random homeless people, offering them money to do things to Mica. In one instance, “he forced her to allow a man to finish on her. She said she couldn’t wash her skin with enough things to feel clean ever again,” Pabon divulged.
John-Paul Allegedly Forced Mica Into Psychiatric Confinement When They Separated
Following Mica Miller’s resolve to leave the abusive marriage, John-Paul resorted to malicious harassment to break her will. The federal grand jury that indicted him in December 2025 alleged that, among other things, the pastor interfered with Mica’s finances and daily activities. He contacted her over 50 times in a single day, placed tracking devices on her vehicle, and damaged her car tires on one occasion.
Death of the Pastor’s Wife elaborated on those allegations, with Mica’s family disclosing that John-Paul went as far as using the police to hospitalize Mica in a mental facility against her will. He contacted the hospital, claiming that his estranged wife wanted to commit suicide. Mica decided to get a voluntary mental health evaluation, but was forcefully bundled to the hospital, where she was involuntarily hospitalized.
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