Several friends and supporters of the late Mica Miller, 30, gathered outside her pastor husband's church in Myrtle Beach Sunday to hold a "Justice for Mica" rally on Sunday demanding a thorough investigation of her death after she was found found fatally shot in a park late last month.
The Solid Rock at Market Common church was also planning an afternoon memorial service for Miller.
"Mica blessed us in so many ways, and we are saddened but know she has graduated to Heaven!" the church said in a Facebook post.
A separate, beachside memorial was held at the same time in North Myrtle Beach, according to local TV station WPDE.
The crowd gathered outside the Mrytle Beach church yelled out for justice as passing crowds honked their horns.
#MICAMILLER Video from the "Justice for Mica" rally outside Solid Rock Church in Myrtle Beach. https://t.co/EYKWUgq9JT pic.twitter.com/xWx10oQkqY
— WPDE ABC15 (@wpdeabc15) May 5, 2024
Protests happening now at Solid Rock Church in Myrtle Beach, SC.
— Robbie Harvey (@therobbieharvey) May 5, 2024
People are outraged after John-Paul Miller announced at the end of service last week that his wife committed suicide.
Days before her death, she filed for spousal support and posted a series of videos alleging… pic.twitter.com/VkM5Ts7qsD
Miller's body was found with a gunshot wound to the head on April 27 at the Lumber River State Park in Robeson County, North Carolina, according to reports.
Her husband, John-Paul Miller, told his congregation the following day that the death was "self-induced" and that his wife "wasn't well mentally," according to a video posted of his announcement.
The New York Post reported that Mica Miller had filed for divorce six months earlier. She had also earlier lamented on Facebook about dealing with "situations of abuse," but did not provide details.
On the same day as the pastor's announcement, Mica Miller's sister Sierra Francis wrote on Facebook that people should ignore "false stories being spread about her," apparently referring to her husband's report of suicide. On Thursday, a friend of Mica Miller's told WPDE: "This has to be at least looked into deeply."
There's "got to be some accountability here," Kenn Young told the station. "It's not just as simple as somebody had some mental issues."
The Robeson County Sheriff's Office is investigating MIca MIller's death, Maj. Damien McLean has told WPDE.
The national suicide and crisis lifeline is available by calling or texting 988. There is also an online chat at 988lifeline.org.
