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One of the most controversial witnesses linked to the suspicious death of South Carolina pastor’s wife Mica Francis Miller died earlier this week as the result of a motor vehicle accident.
Johnnie Jacobs, 55, of Lumberton, North Carolina, was killed in a two-vehicle accident on Iona Church Road and Raynham Road on Friday night (March 14, 2025). The North Carolina Highway Patrol (NCHP) has confirmed the fatality, but details of the incident are not yet available.
Initial reports indicate Jacbos’ vehicle was T-boned at approximately 7:30 p.m. EDT by another car which failed to yield for a stop sign. He was pronounced dead at the scene, while the other driver survived the collision and was transported to a nearby hospital.
There is no updated as of this writing on the identity of the other individual – or their condition.
News of Jacobs’ death was first reported by Rich McHugh of News Nation.
Known to many as “the fisherman,” Jacobs was on his boat in North Carolina’s Lumber River State Park – a sprawling 14,000-acre wilderness located roughly an hour’s drive northwest of Myrtle Beach, S.C. – on the afternoon of Saturday, April 27, 2024. According to his statement to police, he’d been there for several hours when he heard faint crying followed by a gunshot.
He subsequently told media outlets that he saw three people nearby on the water on a boat at the time of the shooting.
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“Did y’all hear that gunshot?” Jacobs said he asked the three boaters, who responded in the affirmative.
The boaters denied having heard the crying, however.
Jacobs eventually tracked the source of the sounds to an opening in the river that cut through the woods. Twenty yards into the opening, he found Mica’s “fanny pack” located approximately two-feet from the water’s edge – next to her cell phone and glasses.
The fanny pack contained Mica’s license, bank card, keys, purse, credit cards and a small Bible, according to Jacobs.
Exclusively reported by FITSNews last spring, Mica’s tragic death continues to command the attention of a global audience. To recap: The aspiring missionary and worship leader was found dead of a gunshot wound to the head at the park at approximately 4:23 p.m. EST. Her body was found at this secluded location a short time after she called 911 asking the operator to pinpoint her phone – stating she was “going to kill herself” and wanting her family to be able to find her body.
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Mica had traveled to this park from Myrtle Beach earlier in the day, and her body was ultimately found in a swampy area approximately 40 meters from where police recovered spent shell casings and her belongings. She died less than 48 hours after serving divorce papers to John-Paul Miller.
On April 28, 2024 – less than twelve hours after being notified of Mica’s death – John-Paul Miller delivered a sermon at Solid Rock. His message closed with a bizarre announcement of her passing, at which point Miller told congregants to leave the church quietly and not to discuss Mica’s death as they departed.
Mica’s death was officially ruled a suicide by North Carolina investigators and medical examiners, but the bizarre manner in which her husband revealed it – and subsequent allegations of harassment and abuse leveled against him in multiple court filings and previous 911 calls – have raised doubts.
In addition to the ‘Justice for Mica’ movement – which aims to amend South Carolina’s domestic violence laws – the saga has sparked an ongoing probe into related allegations against John-Paul Miller led by the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI).
Friends and family have taken to social media to mourn Jacobs.
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Stay tuned to FITSNews for developments in this breaking story.
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Anybody know where JP was Friday night?
EXCELLENT question!
Who was the other driver and how is in. Where was he from
Curious-er and curious-er ……. RIP, Mica.