Warning: This story discusses suicide.
Mica Miller prioritized her faith above all else—including, as noted by friends and family, her own safety.
“Among all of us, she was the strongest in her faith,” her sister Destinee Barrientos shared in the new Netflix docuseries Death of the Pastor’s Wife, currently streaming. “Mica understood her calling: ‘I’m going to be in the ministry and I’m going to help people.’
Now, Mica’s loved ones are reflecting on what more they could have done to support her.
On April 27, 2024, Mica’s body was discovered in North Carolina’s Lumber River State Park, hours away from her home in Myrtle Beach, S.C.
“My wife has passed away,” her estranged husband John-Paul Miller, who was the longtime pastor of Solid Rock Church in Myrtle Beach, informed congregants during his Sunday service the following day. He described Mica’s death as “self-induced.”
Her five siblings, all of whom appeared in the Netflix series, were not convinced—and they did not want authorities to make any assumptions either.
