JP Miller’s case update after Death of the Pastor’s Wife, as he’s due in court next month

John-Paul “JP” Miller is due back in court next month over federal charges of cyberstalking and making false statements to investigators, following the release of Netflix’s Death of the Pastor’s Wife.

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JP’s wife, Mica Miller, was found dead at Lumber River State Park in North Carolina on April 27, 2024. Her death was ruled a suicide after she died from a single gunshot wound.

Robeson County Medical Examiner Dr. Richard Johnson previously told WPDE that the gunshot was “self-inflicted” and ruled that Mica died by suicide.

The ruling did not put an end to questions from Mica’s friends and family, who were unhappy with the conclusion. They later launched an online petition which alleged that Mica “lost her life due to no one helping her from being harassed and excessively stalked among other things by her soon to be ex husband she was desperately trying to get away from.”

Suspicion has continued to surround JP since Mica’s death, despite authorities ruling that she died by suicide. He has not been charged in connection with her death, but he is facing separate federal charges relating to alleged cyberstalking and statements made to investigators.

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The federal case dates back to December 2025, when a grand jury indicted JP on two counts.

The first is a cyberstalking charge which alleges that JP engaged in a pattern of harassment towards Mica between November 2022 and her death. The allegations include tracking her, repeatedly calling and texting her, sending a nude photograph and tampering with her car.

The second count accuses him of making false statements to federal investigators. JP pleaded not guilty to both charges.

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The case has taken some time to reach trial, with a court-ordered continuance filed in August 2026 pushing the trial into the October 2026 term. This means JP is expected to return to court next month.

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Trial attorney and former prosecutor Randolph Rice discussed the case and the documentary with NewsNation, saying there currently isn’t enough evidence for authorities to charge JP over Mica’s death.

“Right now, it doesn’t seem to be that the feds or even the state itself has enough evidence to charge him with her death,” Rice said.

Rice also said the huge amount of attention surrounding the Netflix series could create complications if JP were ever prosecuted in connection with Mica’s death.

He explained that the popularity of the documentary could make it more difficult to find potential jurors who have not already formed an opinion about the case. At the same time, however, that could give JP’s legal team more opportunity to remove people from the jury pool who may already be biased.

For now, the upcoming trial concerns the federal allegations of cyberstalking and making false statements, not Mica’s death itself.

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