00:23:50.440Investigators confirmed both were not in South Carolina on the night before or the day of Micah's death.
00:23:59.040Multiple memorials, as we mentioned earlier, were held on Sunday, May 5th, to honor Micah Miller.
00:24:03.960There were a lot of people that stood out front of Solid Rock Church Sunday morning holding signs and wearing shirts that read Justice for Micah.
00:24:13.160Those who rallied in front of Solid Rock Church Sunday said they did so to raise awareness for domestic violence,
00:24:19.180and some advocated that the area needs more resources for victims.
00:24:26.120And so the concern here, the suspicion here, is not that he was holding the gun and killing her.
00:24:35.000It seems to be confirmed that he was not there.
00:24:37.760But at the very least, the belief by many people is that there was so much aggression
00:24:45.620and so much intimidation and so much violence and so much torment by him that she was pushed to suicide.
00:24:54.860And people are wanting to hold him accountable.
00:25:00.340He gave his weird announcement at church where he gave this whole sermon,
00:25:05.180and he was joking about being charming and handsome and awesome.
00:25:08.720That's the sermon that was preceding his announcement that his wife died.
00:25:13.800And then he asked everyone to stand and said,
00:25:16.920I got a call last night that my wife passed away.
00:28:19.920And then, as I said, her parents held their own memorial service because they believe that he was somehow involved in her demise and has spoken out about him and the abuse that they say he endured.
00:28:35.980Her sister, Micah's sister especially, has spoken out publicly, fearing for her sister's safety when she was alive.
00:28:46.340There are other notable moments in the timeline post-death that I think are worth looking at, too.
00:29:03.120As I said, the sister was very concerned about all of this.
00:29:06.300April 28th, Micah's sister, Sierra Francis, posts on Facebook saying,
00:29:11.980Don't listen to the false stories being told about Micah.
00:29:15.500This is, of course, right after her death.
00:29:17.620April 30th, three days after her death, John Paul Miller attempts to get into Micah's apartment.
00:29:22.100He's stopped by the building manager and police are called.
00:29:25.840May 2nd, in an interview with ABC 15, Pastor John Paul Miller says he was the best wife that anyone could ask for, but points to her being mentally ill yet again.
00:29:36.180May 2nd, affidavits are filed by the siblings of Micah.
00:29:40.240According to those, Micah told her sister, If a bullet ends up in my head, it wasn't me.
00:29:44.240May 4th, in an interview with the Christian Post, Pastor John Paul Miller says his wife was diagnosed with bipolar disorder.
00:29:50.760He says he begged friends and family to help him with her, but nobody took his word.
00:29:55.240May 4th, photos of John Paul Miller with Susie Skinner surface.
00:29:59.380Allegedly, he's seen in public multiple times with her after Micah's death.
00:30:04.460Now, the interesting thing about Susie Skinner is that apparently, allegedly, he was having an affair with her for a couple years.
00:30:13.280Susie Skinner's husband was apparently found dead at the bottom of a pool.
00:30:19.400He was in a wheelchair after the affair between her and John Paul Miller allegedly started.
00:30:27.760So, I have no idea what happened there, but that is being pointed out as another really disturbing part of this whole story.
00:30:36.900So, again, May 4th, photos of John Paul Miller with Susie Skinner surface.
00:30:40.740Allegedly, he is seen in public multiple times with her after Micah's death.
00:30:46.180As I said, there were protests outside of Solid Rock Church.
00:30:49.920May 10th, John Paul Miller's attorney, Russell B. Long, releases a statement exonerating his client of any wrongdoing.
00:30:55.800Of course, attempting to exonerate his client of any wrongdoing.
00:30:59.000He reminds the world of Micah's mental issues, and they threaten to sue anyone who talks negatively about John Paul Miller.
00:31:06.300May 10th, in a video released by a man named Ty Longerbeam,
00:31:11.020John Paul Miller is seen laying on the lawn of what is believed to be his ex-wife's yard.
00:31:16.360May 11th, in an interview, Micah's sister says that John Paul Miller tried getting Micah to live with another family when she was a teenager.
00:31:29.020According to her, he did his best to get her away from them, her own family.
00:31:35.240And, of course, if that is true, that is a pattern that we see with men who try to befriend minors.
00:31:41.900May 12th, filling in for John Paul Miller, Reverend Charles Randall said in his sermon at Solid Rock Church,
00:35:30.220Of course, it can't actually do anything to affect who God is and who he represents himself to be in his word.
00:35:38.960But people's perception of the church and of Christians and using leadership within a church to try to make yourself immune to accountability and justice and living in a way that is not in alignment with integrity.
00:35:58.800So I do want justice in this situation.
00:36:01.040Maybe it is absolutely true that she struggled with mental health and that was it.
00:36:05.220She committed suicide, which is an absolute tragedy, and that there is nothing else that happened that directly led to her death.
00:36:17.460Maybe that is all true, but maybe not.
00:36:19.960There is a reason why people are speaking up about this.
00:36:22.720There are reasons that people are saying, wait, her voice and her concerns really did matter.
00:36:28.140And we need to do a much better job of holding people accountable.
00:36:32.140And I'm thankful, by the way, for all of those people who apparently had reached out to her over the years and said, do you need to talk?
00:36:40.320Maybe we all need to be doing that even more and even better with people we know in our lives, in our churches.
00:36:46.520The people that you think are immune to that, are perfect, who are projecting this, like, perfect reputation that they've had it all together, which I guess that they were projecting in some way.
00:37:09.240And I really want her family to get the answers that they need.
00:37:14.560And so I think amplifying just the allegations that are being made and the questions and concerns that are being lodged, I don't think that every single suspicion and every single question about every single case and every single marriage needs to make national news.
00:37:31.340I'm not saying that, but I have a feeling that this one does, that this really matters and that accountability and honesty really matters, especially when lives are on the line.
00:37:42.420And unfortunately, children are involved in all of this too.
00:37:46.140Whether the involvement in the death is there or not, none of this should be tolerated in a church that proclaims the name of Jesus.
00:38:35.240This is an English couple, Margaret Isdale and her husband, Robert.
00:38:39.340They decided to welcome a teenage girl into their home for foster care back in 1978.
00:38:44.000Now, almost 40 years later, they're receiving a Lifetime Achievement Award because the octogenarians have fostered an incredible 150 children and teenagers.
00:38:54.260They received a Lifetime Achievement Award from Lincolnshire Foster Services, whose administrator, Michelle, was in awe of the pair, saying that over their 46 years of raising other people's children, lots of them have either gone back to their birth families or gone to be adopted.
00:39:08.720They had two children of their own, and even in their older age, they're still going strong, fostering an eight-month-old baby.
00:39:30.160And there are so many unseen, unsung heroes just like that who are just doing the things that believers have always been called to do.
00:39:39.220We'll never know them, but the honor, the reward they will receive in heaven is great, and that is who they are living for, and that is what matters.
00:39:52.280So just remember that there is a lot of goodness by the grace of God in this world, and in the midst of the darkness, Christians have a great opportunity to shine.
00:40:03.960All right, that's all we've got time for today.