Netflix Series Examines 2024 Death of Pastor's Wife Mica Miller

A new Netflix documentary series, "Death of the Pastors Wife," is revisiting the 2024 death of Mica Miller, a 30-year-old woman whose suicide in North Carolina sparked widespread public scrutiny and allegations of abuse against her estranged husband, former pastor JohnPaul Miller. The three-part series, now streaming, uses first-person interviews with Mica's family and friends, along with personal journal entries and previously unseen footage, to explore the circumstances of her marriage and death.

Mica Miller was found dead on April 27, 2024, in North Carolina's Lumber River State Park. She had dialed 911 that day, telling dispatchers she intended to kill herself and asking them to track her phone. Her death was ruled a suicide by the Robeson County Sheriff's Office, a determination based on surveillance footage, interviews, and physical evidence. However, her family and friends have long questioned the circumstances, pointing to a pattern of alleged harassment and controlling behavior by JohnPaul Miller, who was the pastor of Solid Rock Church in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina.

The documentary details how Mica and JohnPaul's relationship began when she was a teenager attending...