A South Carolina pastor who shot his wife to death after hitting her with divorce papers has reportedly admitted to posting topless photos online just weeks earlier.
John Paul Miller, 44, is said to have sent an email to his wife Micah Miller, 30, apologizing for the photo scandal weeks before his death on April 27th. news nation The report cited a copy of the memo.
“I’m sorry for putting your photo on the internet. It lasted less than an hour and was quickly removed,” the pastor’s letter appears to have read.
“I was hurt that you were telling everyone such horrifyingly intimate details about my past sins, and I wanted to hurt you. Please forgive me. I was the one who did that.” It was evil.”
Details about the email were not immediately available. The Post reached out to Miller’s attorney, but there was no immediate response.
Micah was found dead of a self-inflicted gunshot wound to the head at Lumber River State Park in North Carolina, and his death was ruled a suicide by the Robeson County coroner.
Despite the verdict, her family has since petitioned police to investigate her death “thoroughly” amid allegations that the pastor abused his wife, a claim the pastor denies are doing.
Micah had contacted police several times before her suicide to substantiate the charges against her husband, including that he had “groomed” her as a teenager before they got married in 2017. ” was also included in the suspicion.
Days after Miller, the pastor of Solid Rock Church in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina, allegedly fired off the email posting nude photos, Micah sent an affidavit to his attorney, saying he had “in every way imaginable. “I was abused,” he claimed. Ever since they tied the knot.
“Emotionally, sexually, mentally, financially, physically. He physically and electronically harassed me by letters, phone calls, emails, text messages, and hacked emails. “He hacked my personal Facebook page and impersonated me,” she was quoted as saying.
“Using stolen cell phones to pretend to be me and sending texts and emails to church members; texting friends and family that I was sleeping with teens in the church; Appearing directly all over town… devices in my car for having installed three different tracking devices.
The pastor strongly denies the allegations of grooming and abuse.
He has also previously said that his wife suffers from mental illness, has attempted suicide in the past, and has been hospitalized multiple times.
“Following the untimely death of Micah Miller, unsubstantiated rumors and false accusations began to circulate on social media and various media outlets suggesting that Pastor Miller was involved in her death.” said attorney Russell Long.
“This has become a hot topic, with local and national media amplifying these falsehoods at an enormous rate. Our client refutes reports that he has ever abused his wife. ”
As rumors about Micah’s death began to circulate, the Robeson County Sheriff’s Office also released extensive details about the investigation that confirmed Miller was not involved in his wife’s death.
The details include a 911 call Micah made the day she died, during which authorities tracked her cell phone to a wooded area where her body was later discovered. I confirmed that it can be reached.
“I’m trying to commit suicide. I just want my family to know where I am,” Miller said in the audio recording.
This comes after Solid Rock Church posted a video of Micah’s May 5 memorial service on Saturday, in which Micah’s husband made several visits to the morgue in the week following her death. He gave a moving 20-minute memorial service, remembering how many times he had visited there. “Wake up.”
“Every time it didn’t click, I thought she was going to wake up. I even tried to bring her back from the dead once this week,” the pastor said in the video.
If you are struggling with suicidal thoughts, please dial the 24/7 National Suicide Prevention Hotline at 988 or visit the following link: SuicidePreventionLifeline.org.
