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Pastor Miller's Federal Cyberstalking Indictment

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Pastor John Paul Miller was federally indicted on September 12, 2026, on two felony cyberstalking counts related to his wife Mica Miller, who was found dead in Lumber River State Park on April 27, 2024. The indictment alleges more than 50 calls in one day, a tire-deflating tool, nude photos, a tracking device, and false statements to law enforcement, with charges spanning 528 days. Miller is out on an ankle monitor awaiting trial. The discussion now centers on why local authorities took no action on Mica's reports and whether the scene was mishandled as a suicide rather than a crime scene.

How 2 podcasts covered it

  1. Crime Stories with Nancy Grace, 2026-08-31 (19:06 to 21:01)
    Retraces Mica Miller's last day and 911 call
    Retraces Mica Miller's last day - the packed lunch, the pawn-shop gun, the first trip to Lumber River - and plays the 911 call, where the dispatcher asks for a location instead of talking her down. Wood argues a South Carolina coercive-control law would have changed the outcome.
    New angle: Mica Miller bought the gun at a pawn shop on her last day and had never been to Lumber River State Park before.
  2. Crime Stories with Nancy Grace, 2026-09-11 (0:01 to 0:30)
    Recaps the death ruling and the trial
    Opens the episode with the Mica Miller case: the gunshot death at Lumber River State Park ruled suicide, her husband's federal cyberstalking trial, and the viral grass-tantrum video.
  3. Crime Stories with Nancy Grace, 2026-09-11 (0:30 to 0:53)
    Opens with the sister's account
    Opens the Mica Miller coverage with the sister's account: Mica said more than once that a bullet to her head would not be self-inflicted. Also notes John Paul Miller's claim that he was suicidal over his wife's affair.
  4. Crime Stories with Nancy Grace, 2026-09-11 (0:47 to 2:08)
    Plays the grass footage in full
    Plays the viral grass footage in full: John Paul Miller face down, saying he switched his meditation, that he thought he was going to see Jesus, and that ants are all over him while a bystander insists there are none. Nancy Grace frames it as a credibility problem for the federal jury.
    New angle: The grass footage was posted to Facebook by Tyler Longerbeam.
  5. Crime Stories with Nancy Grace, 2026-09-11 (2:08 to 4:59)
    Argues the tantrum hurts credibility
    Nancy Grace argues the grass tantrum will damage John Paul Miller's credibility before a federal jury, and puts a number on the case: two felony cyberstalking counts. The footage itself is already on the record; the charge count is not.
  6. Crime Stories with Nancy Grace, 2026-09-11 (4:47 to 7:23)
    Cites the Netflix special's sex allegation
    Brings in a psychoanalyst to read the grass footage as histrionics and childlike whining, then cites the newly released Netflix special The Pastor's Wife for a specific allegation: John Paul Miller forced Mica to have sex four times a day and warned he would stray if she refused.
    New angle: The Netflix special The Pastor's Wife alleges John Paul Miller forced Mica to have sex four times a day.
  7. Crime Stories with Nancy Grace, 2026-09-11 (7:20 to 8:09)
    Adds witnesses who would not go on camera
    Robbie Harvey, who helped find witnesses for the Netflix special, says producers met with dozens more witnesses and alleged victims who would not appear on camera, and that Miller's claim of a full-body cast after falling from a tree is false.
  8. Crime Stories with Nancy Grace, 2026-09-11 (8:09 to 10:54)
    Plays more footage and opens the pool death
    Plays additional grass-tantrum footage in which John Paul Miller says he does not want his mother anywhere in New Jersey and cannot stop making noises when he wakes; Nancy Grace reads it as fear his mother would expose a fake. Also opens the ex-wife's pool death and the court finding he is a danger to his own children.
    New angle: In the footage Miller says he does not want his mother anywhere in New Jersey and cannot stop making noises when he wakes.
  9. Crime Stories with Nancy Grace, 2026-09-11 (11:03 to 11:53)
    Introduces the YouTube host and plays the pool video
    Introduces Robbie Harvey, a YouTube host involved in The Pastor's Wife who has spoken to alleged victims, and reads surveillance video of Susie Skinner's paralyzed ex-husband driving his wheelchair straight into the pool from about six feet away, strapped in, unnoticed for over 40 minutes.
  10. Crime Stories with Nancy Grace, 2026-09-11 (11:53 to 12:37)
    Pushes back on Miller's grass-footage story
    Harvey pushes back on Miller's own explanation for the grass footage, saying the fall-from-a-tree and full-body-cast story is false and that witnesses saw him bang his head against a wall between sermons.
    New angle: Harvey says Miller was never in a full body cast and witnesses saw him bang his head against a wall between sermons.
  11. Crime Stories with Nancy Grace, 2026-09-11 (12:39 to 13:55)
    Recaps Harvey's role in The Pastor's Wife
    Harvey retells his role in The Pastor's Wife - connecting Netflix producers with witnesses and alleged victims who would not go on camera - then the segment turns to the 911 call and Johnny Jacobs. It stays inside the point's existing claims.
    New angle: Harvey says Netflix producers met off-camera with alleged victims of John Paul Miller, and he made the introductions.
  12. Crime Stories with Nancy Grace, 2026-09-11 (13:58 to 15:54)
    Adds Harvey's account of meeting alleged victims
    Robbie Harvey says he has personally met with many alleged young victims of John Paul Miller, and that Miller's ex-wife and court documents refer to multiple minor victims; the segment also lays out Miller's three marriages, including current wife Susie Skinner, whose paraplegic husband was found at the bottom of a pool.
    New angle: Robbie Harvey says he personally met with many alleged young victims of John Paul Miller, and that court documents refer to multiple minor victims.
  13. Crime Stories with Nancy Grace, 2026-09-11 (16:09 to 16:52)
    Adds the court ruling barring Miller from his kids
    Robbie Harvey adds a new fact to the Mica Miller file: courts have ruled John Paul Miller a danger to his own children and barred him from being around them, and none of his children will have anything to do with him. Nancy Grace asks why the courts did not protect Mica, who called police multiple times.
    New angle: Courts ruled John Paul Miller a danger to his own children and barred him from being around them.
  14. Crime Stories with Nancy Grace, 2026-09-11 (20:26 to 22:33)
    Recaps the fisherman's account of the shot
    Recaps witness Johnny Jacobs hearing a woman crying then a gunshot at Lumber River State Park and handing Mica's belongings to police during the welfare check, plus the alleged whisper in the enhanced 911 call. All of it is already on the record from the indictment coverage.
    New angle: Fisherman Johnny Jacobs heard a woman crying and then a gunshot, and showed police Mica Miller's belongings.
  15. Crime Stories with Nancy Grace, 2026-09-11 (22:33 to 24:15)
    Plays the 911 call and pushes back
    Plays the enhanced 911 call and lets Claudia King push back on the whispering claim - she says it is not clear from the audio and that people hear what they want to hear. A reaction segment that stays inside the existing dispute over the call.
    New angle: Claudia King says the enhanced 911 audio does not clearly contain whispering.
  16. Crime Stories with Nancy Grace, 2026-09-11 (24:45 to 26:45)
    Replays the clip on the mishandled scene
    A brief clip of Regina Ward saying the death investigation was handled as an unaliving rather than a crime scene, that evidence and photographs were not collected and park witnesses were not questioned. It restates the mishandled-scene claim already on the record.
  17. Crime Stories with Nancy Grace, 2026-09-11 (28:18 to 29:31)
    Explains how the ME weighs 911 audio
    The medical examiner explains the division of labor between ME and law enforcement and confirms extrinsic circumstances like the 911 whispering are weighed in a suicide ruling. It stays inside the enhanced-audio debate already on the record.
  18. Crime Stories with Nancy Grace, 2026-09-11 (29:27 to 30:32)
    Relays friends doubting the suicide finding
    Robbie Harvey relays what Mica Miller's friends told him: none believe she was suicidal, several spoke with her hours before her death, and they suspect the 911 call was faked or that she was drugged because she spoke unusually slowly.
    New angle: Friends who spoke with Mica hours before her death say the 911 call was faked or she was drugged.
  19. Crime Stories with Nancy Grace, 2026-09-11 (30:32 to 31:18)
    Argues coercive control was overlooked
    Claudia King argues the coercive control and isolation in Mica Miller's relationship should have been weighed in the suicide determination. It restates the danger-of-leaving framing already on the record from Dr. Marshall and the scene-handling critique from Regina Ward.
  20. Crime Stories with Nancy Grace, 2026-09-11 (31:18 to 32:43)
    Plays Mica's report on the razor blades
    Plays Mica Miller's own police report audio: a razor blade in her tire at the Spring Maid Pier, and an identical razor on the day of her March 5 probate court appearance - her read being someone wanted her to miss court.
    New angle: Mica Miller reported identical razor blades in her tires at the Spring Maid Pier and on her March 5 probate court date.
  21. Crime Stories with Nancy Grace, 2026-09-11 (32:43 to 33:50)
    Plays Mica's police audio on the abuse
    Plays police audio in which Mica Miller describes the abuse directly: Miller accusing her of an affair, trying to punch her, pushing her down at Disney World, slapping drinks from her hands, and impersonating her identity to hack her social media.
    New angle: Mica told police Miller pushed her down in front of thousands at Disney World and impersonated her identity to hack her social media.
  22. Crime Stories with Nancy Grace, 2026-09-11 (33:50 to 34:43)
    Runs through the federal stalking counts
    Robbie Harvey runs through the federal stalking counts - the 50-plus texts in a day, the tire slashing folded into the charges - and adds that the feds said at a press conference the investigation is still open, so he expects more charges.
    New angle: The feds said at a press conference the investigation is still open and have met with people unrelated to Mica's harassment.
  23. Crime Stories with Nancy Grace, 2026-09-11 (35:02 to 36:45)
    Plays the death announcement and piano clips
    Plays footage of John Paul Miller announcing his wife's death and then smiling at the piano; Regina Ward says he wore the same outfit in both clips and calls the performance insincere and gleeful.
    New angle: Regina Ward says Miller wore the same outfit in the death announcement and the piano footage.
  24. Crime Stories with Nancy Grace, 2026-09-12 (0:01 to 3:10)
    Questions whether Miller drove Mica to suicide
    Nancy Grace opens with the federal indictment of Pastor John Paul Miller on two felony cyberstalking counts, plays clips of him speaking at Solid Rock Ministries, and questions whether he drove Mica Miller to suicide.
  25. Crime Stories with Nancy Grace, 2026-09-12 (3:10 to 4:48)
    Reads the indictment count by count
    Reads the federal indictment count by count: the harassing messages, the nude photo posted without consent, the tracking device, the financial interference, the false statement to law enforcement. Adds two specifics the point's record did not carry - more than 50 calls in a single day and a tire-deflating tool.
  26. Crime Stories with Nancy Grace, 2026-09-12 (4:37 to 6:05)
    Walks the search timeline at the park
    Walks the search timeline at Lumber River State Park - the 3:20 ping, the car at 3:42 with a 9mm Sig Sauer case and purchase receipt, the kayaker's 4:23 call, the black bag with ID and money, two spent casings and a live round on the bank, no sign of struggle.
    New angle: A black bag with ID and money was found on the riverbank and turned over to law enforcement.
  27. Crime Stories with Nancy Grace, 2026-09-12 (6:43 to 9:51)
    Covers the Florence arraignment
    Covers Miller's federal arraignment in Florence: more than 70 people in purple outside, Miller entering through a side gate in a silver suit, and the release conditions that let him walk free on an ankle monitor.
    New angle: More than 70 people in purple gathered outside the Florence courthouse for Miller's arraignment; he entered through a side gate.
  28. Crime Stories with Nancy Grace, 2026-09-12 (9:53 to 12:22)
    Adds Miller's dinners after Mica's death
    Adds reporting on Miller's social life after Mica's death: dinner with a congregant four days after she died, lunch with the same woman within a day of the FBI raid, and his comment that he is still dealing with Mica.
    New angle: Miller was seen out with a congregant four days after Mica's death and again within 24 hours of the FBI raid.
  29. Crime Stories with Nancy Grace, 2026-09-12 (12:15 to 13:40)
    Reports the church and school being emptied
    Reports that Solid Rock Church and Faith First School are being emptied, with staff telling congregants to take what they want, and revisits Miller's public appearances with the same woman after Mica's death and the FBI raid.
    New angle: Solid Rock Church and Faith First School are being emptied, with staff telling congregants to take anything they want.
  30. Crime Stories with Nancy Grace, 2026-09-12 (13:38 to 19:58)
    Plays the grass video and flags the Netflix special
    Plays a video of John Paul Miller lying face down on the grass saying he wants to see Jesus and that ants are biting him; a forensic analyst calls the behavior histrionic and childlike, while Grace notes he answers questions coherently. Also flags a Netflix special in which Mica said Miller demanded sex four times a day.
  31. Crime Stories with Nancy Grace, 2026-09-12 (20:05 to 23:41)
    Adds the fisherman who heard a shot
    Adds the eyewitness account: Johnny Jacobs was fishing at Lumber River State Park when he heard a woman crying and then a gunshot, and later handed Mica's belongings to police during a welfare check. Also airs the claim that an enhanced 911 call captures whispering before the shot, with Claudia King saying the audio is unclear.
  32. Crime Stories with Nancy Grace, 2026-09-12 (23:41 to 27:00)
    Reports the attorney's criticism of the investigation
    Mica Miller's former attorney Regina Ward says the death investigation was approached inappropriately - treated as a suicide rather than a crime scene - and that Mica had firmly decided to end the marriage and had reconnected with friends and family before her death.
  33. Crime Stories with Nancy Grace, 2026-09-12 (28:17 to 30:58)
    Reads the charges and dates them at 528 days
    Reads the grand jury charges count by count and puts dates on them: the harassment spans November 16, 2022, to Mica's death on April 27, 2024 - 528 days - with Count One alleging surveillance with intent to kill or injure.
    New angle: The grand jury charges span 528 days, from November 16, 2022, to Mica's death on April 27, 2024.
  34. Crime Stories with Nancy Grace, 2026-09-12 (30:48 to 35:45)
    Reports South Carolina's missing photo law
    Reports the specific Facebook group where Miller posted nude photos of Mica and his apology saying he wanted to hurt her, then turns to South Carolina law: Ward says it is the only state without a law specifically covering dissemination of nude photos.
    New angle: South Carolina is the only state without a law specifically addressing dissemination of nude photos.
  35. Crime Stories with Nancy Grace, 2026-09-12 (35:45 to 36:58)
    Recaps Mica's reports and the inaction that followed
    Jennifer Wood says Mica Miller filed numerous reports with local authorities in the months before her death - including a tire deflation device and tracking devices on her car - and that authorities told John Paul Miller to knock it off but took no further action.
  36. Hidden Killers With Tony Brueski, 2026-09-29 (11:44 to 14:14)
    Adds the affidavit quoting Miller's email
    Adds the elder-manipulation thread and a sworn affidavit from Mica's brother: an email in which Miller apologized for the tires and wrote that when someone hurts him he tries to hurt them back. Also notes the January 27 trial date in Florence.
    New angle: Mica's brother's affidavit quotes an email where Miller apologized for the tires and said he hurts people back.
  37. Hidden Killers With Tony Brueski, 2026-10-04 (3:39 to 15:59)
    Cross-checks the sermon against the affair timeline
    Pulls the October 2023 sermon apart against the affair timeline: the deliverance sessions, the weekly psychiatrist and the 900 milligrams of lithium all start the same month Mica learned about Susie Skinner. Then walks the demon-defense graveyard, from Callahan's ruling to Berkowitz and Dalton, and lands on the six continuances that push trial to January 2027.
    New angle: Miller told his congregation he was seeing a psychiatrist weekly and taking 900 milligrams of lithium.
  38. Hidden Killers With Tony Brueski, 2026-10-04 (16:41 to 30:33)
    Recaps the cyberstalking case end to end
    Recaps the federal cyberstalking case end to end: the indictment's tracking and tire allegations, the March 2024 police order, the six defense continuances that pushed trial to January 2027, and the stalled Mica's Law bill. A thorough retelling that stays inside the record already built.
  39. Hidden Killers With Tony Brueski, 2026-10-23 (2:11 to 5:06)
    Walks through the coercive-control theory
    Opens the episode by framing Miller as a narcissistic pastor and walking through the coercive-control theory of the case. It retells the federal indictment and the Netflix allegations while repeatedly noting he was never charged in Mica's death, staying inside ground the earlier coverage already laid.
  40. Hidden Killers With Tony Brueski, 2026-10-23 (5:17 to 10:09)
    Plays sermon clips as gaslighting evidence
    Plays sermon clips and argues the preaching was a gaslighting tactic that pre-excused Miller's conduct. The segment stays inside the established saga, adding commentary and background rather than a development in the federal case.
  41. Hidden Killers With Tony Brueski, 2026-10-23 (10:09 to 12:36)
    Tracks Miller's flock down to a storage locker
    Tracks the congregation's arc from the affair through the NewsNation interview to the present: Miller now preaches to about fifteen people in a storage locker, and the hosts puzzle over who still shows up.
    New angle: Miller now preaches to about fifteen people in a storage locker.
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