Death of the Pastor’s Wife is the three-part Netflix documentary that shot up the charts after its August 26, 2026 release. It shows the life and death of Mica Miller, a 30-year-old worship leader at Solid Rock Church in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina. She was married to the church’s pastor, John-Paul “JP” Miller.
Mica’s family joined the church when she was 13. JP was about 15 years older and already the pastor. She grew up in the congregation, became a worship leader, and married a fellow church member at 18, with JP officiating. Years later she and JP began an affair while both were still married. They left their spouses and married each other in 2017.
From the outside they looked like a devoted pastor-and-wife pair. Friends and family, along with texts, journals, and church footage, describe a different picture: alleged coercive control, isolation, infidelity, and religious coercion. After they separated in 2023, Mica reported harassment and tracking. She filed for divorce. JP was served the papers two days before she died.
On April 27, 2024, Mica bought a gun, drove to Lumber River State Park in North Carolina, called 911 to say she was going to kill herself and wanted her family to find her, and died of a self-inflicted gunshot wound. Authorities ruled it a suicide. JP was not charged in her death. He later faced federal charges of cyberstalking and making false statements to investigators and pleaded not guilty.
The documentary, directed by Julia Willoughby Nason and Michael Gasparro, tells the story across three episodes using family interviews, Mica’s own writings and recordings, sermons, and police material. It focuses less on conspiracy theories about the manner of death and more on the years leading up to it and her family’s unanswered questions.
It is a heavy watch. The series deals with domestic abuse, mental health struggles, suicide, and the gap between a public church image and private life. All three episodes are streaming on Netflix now.
