FBI raids home of pastor John-Paul Miller whose wife Mica died from gunshot wound

Federal authorities connected Friday visited the South Carolina property of religion pastor John-Paul Miller, whose wife Mica’s decease successful April — though ruled a termination — aroused her family’s suspicion.

Local media spotted much than two-dozen FBI agents astatine the location of erstwhile the Solid Rock Ministries spiritual leader, according to Newsweek. Neighbors don’t judge Miller was location astatine the time.

Items were carried retired of the location including boxes, a machine surface and a hard drive.

A aesculapian examiner said successful May that the pastor’s woman died from a self-inflicted gunshot coiled aft her assemblage was discovered successful a North Carolina authorities park.

Miller alleged his 35-year-old woman “wasn’t good mentally” astatine the clip of her decease and claimed she took her ain life.

But friends and household members said the unfortunate had filed for divorcement soon earlier her decease and was looking guardant to moving connected with her life.

“She was making plans,” Mica’s person Tom Carter told NewsNation successful May. “It conscionable doesn’t dependable similar idiosyncratic committed suicide.”

John-Paul and Mica Miller.

The FBI told Newsweek it could lone corroborate that instrumentality enforcement had been authorized by the courts to sojourn Miller’s location Friday.

The victim’s younger sister said successful a sworn connection that Mica erstwhile told her, “If I upwind up dormant with a bullet successful my head,” her hubby would beryllium the culprit.

She besides said her large sister told household members John-Paul had abused her and suspected him of having her followed.

When Mica checked into a intelligence hospital, according to her sister, Miller moved her idiosyncratic items retired of the household home. Mica besides accused her hubby of trying to transportation the deed connected their location retired of her name.

The pastor told congregants successful an April 28 sermon that his woman was dormant and reportedly asked that the substance not beryllium further discussed.

“You each knew she wasn’t good mentally and she needed medicine that was hard to get to her,” helium said.

South Carolina outlet WBTW reported the religion released Pastor Miller “from each ministerial functions” a week aft that sermon.