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(NewsNation) — Authorities have been investigating the death of Mica Miller, a pastor’s wife in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina, since late April. While authorities have maintained Mica Miller died of a self-inflicted gunshot wound, her family says her husband “staged” her suicide.
Mica Miller, 30, was found dead at Lumber River State Park in Robeson County, North Carolina. Her husband, John-Paul Miller, was the pastor of Solid Rock Church in Market Common in Myrtle Beach.
“I believe that it was all staged. I believe that the whole thing was premeditated,” Mica Miller’s father, Michael Francis, told NewsNation’s Rich McHugh.
“I believe that the narrative was established by Junior (John-Paul) all the way through before there was even a release. Like the day we were notified, he was already saying she did it. Why would you do that if you don’t have all the information yet?” Francis added.
Discrepancies in the details
One of the reasons Mica Miller’s father believes she didn’t take her own life is due to the exact location her body was found.
“The bank where the bird boxes and stuff are is where the shell casings and such were found, and the gun was found for that right in the water. And then her body was about 40 meters away, and the water there doesn’t flow at all. It’s just stagnant,” Francis said.
“We have video that I provided that shows the water just sits there. There’s no there’s no way she would have floated 40 meters away from the edge,” Francis said. “She was placed there.”
Fisherman finds Mica Miller’s belongings
A fisherman who was on the lake near where Mica Miller allegedly took her own life told NewsNation he heard cries and then a gunshot before finding Miller’s belongings, which included a Bible, her driver’s license and $500 in what looked like a fanny pack.
“I started hearing the crying, and then I heard a gunshot,” the fisherman, who asked to remain anonymous, told NewsNation. “The crying stopped. That’s when I felt like something bad had happened.”
The fisherman says he didn’t find or see her body and is hoping to quash the accusations being hurled at him online.
“Quit trying to be investigators. I did not do this. There’s no way in the world I would harm anyone, even my worst enemy. I was just here fishing. I’m trying to figure out what happened. I could have done something. I wished I would have done something,” the fisherman said.