Mica Miller: Fisherman claims he found SC pastor's wife's belongings and heard cries and gunshot sound

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LUMBER RIVER STATE PARK, NORTH CAROLINA: A man who was fishing nearby reported hearing the gunshot and upon investigating discovered some of her personal belongings on the riverbank when authorities declared Mica Miller killed herself with a gun at a state park close to Lumberton.

Johnnie Jacobs, who requested not to be seen on camera, said in an interview with News13 that he had been the target of harassment on social media ever since the incident on April 27 when Mica Miller, according to the police, purchased a gun in Horry County, went to the park, and committed suicide.

Johnnie Jacobs talked about events that transpired at the Lumber River State Park

According to Jacobs, he decided to do an interview to clarify the events that transpired at the Lumber River State Park.

“She had her license, her bank card, keys in the bag, a little small Bible, her purse, all of her credit cards, and a few receipts and some things,” Jacobs said.

Along with a park ranger, Miller's family visited the park on Tuesday, May 7, and proceeded to the restricted area where her body was discovered by the authorities.

Jacobs claimed he heard cries coming from that vicinity and one gunshot on the day of the incident. He argued that the cries ceased at that point.

“As I decided that I was going to stop fishing, I came back through, stopped where they call it a slew or a lake off the river,” he said.

He went on to say, “So, I pulled in there with my little boat and, maybe five minutes after, and maybe five minutes into the slew, I heard a cry. I heard it for about two or three minutes. Then I stopped, heard a gunshot. Then, the crying stopped.”

Johnnie Jacobs regrets not checking on Mica Miller

Although Jacobs claimed he was unable to see Miller, he said he would have made an effort to assist if he had seen her. 

Jacobs stated, “If it had seen a person that was crying in the open, I would have checked on them all day long. I just wish I would have gone in there and checked on her.”

He now said that he is relying on his faith in order to cope with the tragedy.

“I’m just going to depend on the Lord to get me through this,” he said. “It’s changed my life, actually.”