Netflix left out this revealing part of JP Miller’s interview from Death of the Pastor’s Wife

Netflix’s new true crime documentary about Mica Miller’s death has started plenty of conversation, but there’s a lot about the case that didn’t make it into the final cut.

Death of the Pastor’s Wife focuses heavily on Mica’s family, her friends and her relationship with pastor JP Miller. But one particularly revealing section of an interview JP gave after Mica’s death was also left out of the documentary.

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The interview was conducted by NewsNation’s Rich McHugh and was the first interview JP gave following Mica’s death. At the beginning of the interview, JP became visibly emotional before McHugh had even asked his first question.

JP said he was emotional because he finally had the opportunity to tell his side of the story.

The documentary includes the moment JP starts crying, as well as his response to McHugh asking why he felt the need to hold a sermon the day after Mica died, which he called “a great question”, but it doesn’t include the part where McHugh directly asked JP whether he had ever abused his wife.

JP immediately denied this, telling McHugh: “Never. Not once in any way, shape or form.”

He then insisted that he had taken “better care than anybody could ever take care”, before adding: “I never asked her to clean the house, not once in seven years of marriage, she never had to work, she was never harmed in any physical way.”

McHugh then brought up an apology letter JP had allegedly written to Mica.

3 months after Mica Miller was found dead in Lumber River State park, John Paul Miller agreed to sit for an interview with me. We spoke for nearly two hours. Here is the moment I asked him if he ever abused Mica. pic.twitter.com/ot4GO2zSGI

— Rich McHugh (@RichMcHugh) September 1, 2026

The letter was significant because JP was asked about several things he had apparently apologised for, including putting razor blades in Mica’s tyres, tracking her and posting a naked photograph of her online.

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JP acknowledged that the letter was genuine, saying he “100% wrote the letter”. However, he disputed the circumstances surrounding some of the things mentioned in it. He claimed Mica had been refusing to take her medication and told him she would only agree to take it if he gave her $10,000 and wrote her an apology letter.

JP did admit to hiring a private investigator, but denied doing so for the reasons suggested in the letter. Instead, he said he hired the investigator so he could be notified if Mica went to a gun shop.

He also claimed that he stopped paying the investigator weeks before Mica died by suicide, after purchasing a gun on the day of her death. However, FBI filings later alleged a different reason for the private investigator being hired.

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According to the filings, JP allegedly hired the investigator to cyberstalk Mica because he wanted to find out whether she was cheating on him.

The apology letter and JP’s response to questions about it are among the details that don’t feature in Netflix’s documentary, despite the series exploring allegations surrounding Mica’s relationship with her husband.

And it isn’t the only part of the wider story that was left out. The documentary only gives viewers a limited look at JP’s friendship with Mark Kaufman, despite the pair’s relationship being a notable part of the story.

Mark was also the person who originally wrote the parody songs that Mica was known for singing, rather than JP, as viewers might assume from the documentary.

JP’s earlier criminal history is also largely absent from the documentary.His two convictions from the 1990s included a March 1998 conviction for driving under suspension and a June 1999 conviction for assault and battery of a “high and aggravated nature”.

His past also included a case involving allegations that he hit a woman with his car, although his record was later expunged.

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