Disturbing 911 call as pastor’s wife Mica Miller tells cops ‘I’m about to kill myself’ hours before body found in river

THE wife of a well-known Southern pastor made a heartbreaking call to 911 just hours before she was found dead in a state park last month.

The results of a weeks-long investigation into what happened to 30-year-old Mica Miller, late wife of pastor John-Paul Miller, on April 27 were shared by the Robeson County Police Department on Tuesday — including details about her heartbreaking phone call to dispatch.

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John-Paul said that Mica died by suicide when he announced her death to his congregation at the Solid Rock at Market Common church in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina — but her loved ones doubted the claim and pushed police to investigate further.

Now, local detectives have revealed everything they know about what happened in the lead-up to Mica’s death.

Robeson County Dispatch received a call from a woman, who they now know to be Mica, at 2:54 pm that Saturday, according to local CBS affiliate WBTW.

“The caller asked the dispatcher if her phone could be located because she was going to kill herself and wanted her family to be able to find her body,” police said in a statement.

Officials said Mica then hung up the phone, but the dispatcher was able to pinpoint the location of the caller and send out help.

Police arrived at Lumber River State Park within the hour and used a drone to pinpoint her location.

They spotted her black Honda Accord in the parking lot and found a gun case inside, but no sign of Mica.

Then police received two more calls, one from a fisherman who heard someone crying followed by a gunshot and a second from a kayaker who said they had found a body in the water.

Mica’s body was located in the river by detectives at 5:30 pm.

The medical examiner confirmed on Monday that his professional conclusion was that she had died due to a self-inflicted gunshot wound.

LAST MOMENTS

Police said that Mica was caught on camera purchasing the Sig Sauer 9-millimeter gun that killed her just hours before at a Myrtle Beach pawn shop.

After picking up the gun, investigators said she stopped at a grocery store and searched on her phone for “state park.”

Then she headed straight for Lumber River.

It appears Mica then took the time to call 911 and leave her tragic last message before wading into the river, police said.

Investigators said they had evidence to support John-Paul’s claim that he was in Charlotte the night before and the day of her death.

He traveled to the nearby city for a sporting event on April 26 and was caught on camera driving down the highway with passengers during his return to Myrtle Beach at 2:22 pm the next day.

TRAUMATIC PAST

Tuesday’s report shared other startling details about the days leading up to Mica’s death.

In the month before she died, Mica had filed a restraining order against an unknown person who she said stalked her and slashed her tires twice.

Around the same time, she said she found a tracker on her car.

Police also revealed that she had served divorce papers to John-Paul just two days before her death.

The caller asked the dispatcher if her phone could be located because she was going to kill herself and wanted her family to be able to find her body.

Robeson County Police

Speculation that there may have been foul play involved in Mica’s death was heightened by the emergence of old social media posts discussing trauma and abuse.

Police did not share further details on Tuesday about the identity of the person that Mica filed a restraining order against.

PASTOR SUSPENDED

John-Paul was suspended from Solid Rock Church on Sunday, according to a memo seen by local ABC affiliate WPDE.

The church’s website has since gone dark.

His last sermon at the church — the day after Mica was found dead —was caught on video and raised some questions among family and friends.

In the clip, John-Paul can be seen joking as he appears to give a typical talk, before turning serious and asking the congregation to remain silent for an important update.

“After the announcement, I’m going to ask that you leave church quietly and don’t talk about the announcement here in the building,” he directed congregates.

“I got a call late last night that my wife just passed away. It was self-induced, and it was up in North Carolina,” he said.

“Y’all knew that she wasn’t well mentally and that she needed her medicine that was hard to get to her, and so I’m sure there will be more details to come.

“My request to you is that you will continue to come to church… I’m taking a little break… it may be a few days, a few weeks, I don’t know.”

If you or someone you know is affected by any of the issues raised in this story, call or text the 988 Suicide & Crisis Lifeline at 988, chat on 988lifeline.org, or text Crisis Text Line at 741741.

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