The house of John-Paul Miller, a Myrtle Seaside pastor who was married to the late Mica Miller, was raided by the Federal Bureau of Investigation, a spokesperson confirmed Friday, Nov. 1.
The federal search comes greater than six months after Mica Miller was discovered lifeless in Lumber River State Park simply north of the South Carolina border in North Carolina. Authorities dominated her dying a suicide.
About 5 regulation enforcement automobiles have been on scene Friday afternoon.
Dennis Blair, a neighbor of John-Paul Miller, stated he heard a bullhorn within the morning asserting that the FBI was there to execute a search warrant. He stated brokers entered the home after realizing no one was residence. Blair stated he noticed a cardboard field was eliminated and that others noticed proof baggage taken and put in an FBI car.
The couple was in the course of a divorce when Mica Miller was discovered lifeless of a gunshot wound on the park. Mica Miller had filed for a everlasting restraining order from her husband, the pastor of Stable Rock Church at Market Widespread, on April 15, lower than two weeks earlier than she was discovered lifeless.
North Carolina authorities dominated Mica Miller’s dying a suicide and particulars about her and John-Paul Miller’s whereabouts have been shared on social media by the Robeson County Sheriff’s Workplace, who supplied video of Mica buying a firearm at a pawn store and video of John-Paul Miller’s truck touring on Freeway 17 Bypass simply earlier than Mica Miller’s dying.
The sheriff’s workplace stated he was in Charleston for a part of the day.
An audio recording of a lady calling 911 dispatch saying she was about to commit suicide and that she wished her household to know her whereabouts was additionally shared on social media by the sheriff’s workplace.
Rumors swirled on social media about Mica Miller’s dying, with many speculating that Mica didn’t take her personal life. And protesters have persistently picketed exterior of Stable Rock at Market Widespread with messages together with “justice for Mica” and “finish home violence.”
The FBI has a coverage of not sharing details about or confirming or denying whether or not an investigation is ongoing. However FBI Columbia Division spokesperson Kevin Wheeler confirmed to My Horry Information on Friday that the division was on scene. “The FBI was at [John-Paul Miller’s house] conducting court-authorized regulation enforcement exercise. I can not present some other particulars past that,” he wrote.