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Psychotherapist Shavaun Scott is front and center in this look at the JP Miller case, because the most revealing part of the allegation may not be the surveillance itself. It may be the explanation. Federal prosecutors say Miller told agents he had Mica Miller watched for her own safety. Shavaun Scott explains why clinicians often see that as a classic form of carewashing — coercive behavior dressed up in the softer language of help, concern and protection. The same frame helps explain the second half of the story: the unraveling of Solid Rock Church. Public reporting says the ministry controlled roughly $5.59 million in property and assets in late 2023, after years of tithes and expansion fundraising. Within a year, the church and school were closed, the main building had sold for $2.15 million, and former insiders were publicly saying they never saw full financial records or even knew about some of the assets attributed to the ministry, including multiple vehicles and an airplane. The federal indictment, returned in December 2025, charges Miller with cyberstalking and making false statements. Prosecutors allege that from November 2022 until Mica’s death in April 2024, he engaged in unwanted contact, interference with her finances and daily life, tire damage, nonconsensual posting of an intimate image and tracking devices placed on her vehicle. Miller has pleaded not guilty, denies wrongdoing and has not been charged in Mica’s death. The criminal case is set for the October 2026 trial term. Shavaun Scott’s point is that institutions can absorb the language of a controlling person and start repeating it back as fact. Once that happens, concern for the target gets filtered through the controller’s story. This episode combines the federal allegations with the money trail and the ministry collapse to ask a harder question: when a church tells itself that surveillance is protection and opacity is normal, how much damage can be done before anyone finally calls it what it is? Listen Anywhere You Get Podcasts: https://pod.link/1655749292 Want to comment and watch this podcast as a video? Check out our YouTube Channel. https://www.youtube.com/@hiddenkillerspod?sub_confirmation=1 Join Our SubStack For AD-FREE ADVANCE EPISODES & EXTRAS!: https://hiddenkillers.substack.com/ Instagram https://www.instagram.com/hiddenkillerspod/ Facebook https://www.facebook.com/hiddenkillerspod/ Tik-Tok https://www.tiktok.com/@hiddenkillerspod X Twitter https://x.com/tonybpod This publication contains commentary and opinion based on publicly available information. All individuals are presumed innocent until proven guilty in a court of law. Nothing published here should be taken as a statement of fact, health or legal advice. #MicaMiller #JPMiller #HiddenKillers #ShavaunScott #SolidRockChurch #Carewashing #Cyberstalking #FederalTrial #MyrtleBeach #TrueCrime 

JP Miller and Mica Miller’s relationship did not begin with a marriage license. Years earlier, JP was the pastor at Solid Rock Church and the man standing at the altar when Mica married her first husband, Jeremy Deas. Mica began attending Solid Rock as a teenager and became deeply involved in the church. JP was about fifteen years older and occupied several positions of authority in her life. He was her pastor and spiritual mentor. He officiated her first wedding. Public records and reporting later place Mica working for JP’s family before the two eventually married in November 2017. That progression is the first half of the story. The second is the federal case. Prosecutors charged JP in December 2025 with cyberstalking and making false statements. The indictment alleges a course of conduct beginning in November 2022 that included unwanted communications, tracking devices placed on Mica’s vehicle, interference with her finances and daily activities, tire damage and an intimate image posted without her consent. JP has pleaded not guilty. He has not been charged in connection with Mica’s April 27, 2024 death, and the federal case is set for the October 2026 trial term. Jennifer Coffindaffer, a former FBI Special Agent, examines what investigators look for when authority, access and surveillance overlap. Psychotherapist Shavaun Scott focuses on the people around a powerful figure and why loyalty to a leader can become stronger than the impulse to question what is happening. That distinction matters. The indictment alleges JP caused tracking devices to be placed, but it does not charge church members with cyberstalking. Separate public accounts from former congregants describe concerns about JP being raised inside Solid Rock and dismissed. Together, those records create a harder question about what the institution saw, what it accepted and when anyone decided to push back. Listen Anywhere You Get Podcasts: https://pod.link/1655749292 Want to comment and watch this podcast as a video? Check out our YouTube Channel. https://www.youtube.com/@hiddenkillerspod?sub_confirmation=1 Join Our SubStack For AD-FREE ADVANCE EPISODES & EXTRAS!: https://hiddenkillers.substack.com/ Instagram https://www.instagram.com/hiddenkillerspod/ Facebook https://www.facebook.com/hiddenkillerspod/ Tik-Tok https://www.tiktok.com/@hiddenkillerspod X Twitter https://x.com/tonybpod This publication contains commentary and opinion based on publicly available information. All individuals are presumed innocent until proven guilty in a court of law. Nothing published here should be taken as a statement of fact, health or legal advice. #MicaMiller #JPMiller #HiddenKillers #SolidRockChurch #DeathOfThePastorsWife #Cyberstalking #JenniferCoffindaffer #ShavaunScott #MyrtleBeach #TrueCrime 

Lindsay Clancy holdout juror accounts are revealing what other jurors say happened during seven days of deadlocked deliberations in Plymouth Superior Court. The final split was 11-1 in favor of finding Clancy not guilty by reason of lack of criminal responsibility, according to jurors who have spoken after the mistrial. The most striking account comes from juror Nick Dargie. He told ABC News that the lone holdout would sometimes scroll on his phone while others were speaking and could not identify evidence or witness testimony that explained his position when Dargie pressed him. Dargie also described seeing the man take an exercise band from the evidence bag, tie it around an empty water bottle, and pull on it. The band had been admitted as a trial exhibit. Dargie said he was shocked by what he saw. Foreperson Roni Carlson says the jury came even closer to a verdict. Carlson said the holdout acknowledged having reasonable doubt, which led her to start filling out and signing the three verdict forms. She says he then refused to agree that Clancy was not guilty by reason of insanity. The jury had already told Judge William Sullivan that one member was not following the court's reasonable-doubt instructions. Sullivan questioned jurors individually, repeated the law, and sent them back to continue deliberating. The defense asked that the holdout be removed, but he remained on the panel. Sullivan declared a mistrial on September 4 after the jury still could not reach unanimity. Tony Brueski and former FBI Special Agent Robin Dreeke focus on the human mechanics behind that deadlock. They examine isolation, emotional overload, group pressure, and the point where persistence is experienced by the rest of the room as refusal to deliberate. Listen Anywhere You Get Podcasts: https://pod.link/1655749292 Want to comment and watch this podcast as a video? Check out our YouTube Channel. https://www.youtube.com/@hiddenkillerspod?sub_confirmation=1 Join Our SubStack For AD-FREE ADVANCE EPISODES & EXTRAS!: https://hiddenkillers.substack.com/ Instagram https://www.instagram.com/hiddenkillerspod/ Facebook https://www.facebook.com/hiddenkillerspod/ Tik-Tok https://www.tiktok.com/@hiddenkillerspod X Twitter https://x.com/tonybpod This publication contains commentary and opinion based on publicly available information. All individuals are presumed innocent until proven guilty in a court of law. Nothing published here should be taken as a statement of fact, health or legal advice. #LindsayClancy #LindsayClancyTrial #HiddenKillers #RobinDreeke #HoldoutJuror #Mistrial #JuryRoom #ReasonableDoubt #PlymouthSuperiorCourt #TrueCrimePodcast 

The Mica Miller case carries a detail from Netflix’s Death of the Pastor’s Wife that sits uncomfortably beside the official record. Mica’s friend Bruna Pabon says Mica came into her living room before her death and described a specific fear involving JP Miller and what she believed could happen to her. On April 27, 2024, Mica left for what should have been a normal workday. Her divorce attorney has said that the day before, Mica was talking about a future beyond the marriage and sounded ready to begin again. Hours later, Mica was found at Lumber River State Park, where authorities concluded that she died by suicide. That ruling is separate from the federal criminal case now pending against JP Miller. Prosecutors allege an eighteen-month course of cyberstalking that included unwanted communications, tracking devices on Mica’s vehicle, more than fifty contacts in one day, interference with her finances, and a tire-deflation device. They also charge him with making false statements to investigators; JP has pleaded not guilty and has not been charged with causing Mica’s death. Robeson County authorities later asked the FBI for help, and the federal investigation drew in state and local agencies as well. Miller was released on a $100,000 bond, and the case has moved through several continuances before reaching the October 2026 term. Former FBI Special Agent Jennifer Coffindaffer explains what federal agents can prove through digital records, devices, purchases, and statements made during an investigation. She also draws the line between evidence supporting the cyberstalking indictment and the questions Mica’s family and friends continue to raise about her final weeks. JP’s case is set for the October 2026 federal court term, where the government will have to prove its allegations beyond a reasonable doubt. Listen Anywhere You Get Podcasts: https://pod.link/1655749292 Want to comment and watch this podcast as a video? Check out our YouTube Channel. https://www.youtube.com/@hiddenkillerspod?sub_confirmation=1 Join Our SubStack For AD-FREE ADVANCE EPISODES & EXTRAS!: https://hiddenkillers.substack.com/ Instagram https://www.instagram.com/hiddenkillerspod/ Facebook https://www.facebook.com/hiddenkillerspod/ Tik-Tok https://www.tiktok.com/@hiddenkillerspod X Twitter https://x.com/tonybpod This publication contains commentary and opinion based on publicly available information. All individuals are presumed innocent until proven guilty in a court of law. Nothing published here should be taken as a statement of fact, health or legal advice. #MicaMiller #JPMiller #HiddenKillers #DeathOfThePastorsWife #Cyberstalking #FederalCharges #Netflix #SolidRockChurch #MyrtleBeach #TrueCrime 

D4vd wrongful death lawsuit Celeste Rivas Hernandez — her family's civil case reaches beyond David Anthony Burke and directly into the people and companies that surrounded his career. The complaint brings 12 causes of action and names Burke alongside his mother, management figures, a live-in security guard, and business entities. The family's theory is that access did not happen in a vacuum. Their complaint alleges adults around Burke knew or should have known Celeste was a minor and failed to take reasonable steps to protect her. Sheldon Jacques, identified as Burke's live-in security guard, is accused in the complaint of helping remove Celeste from her family home and assisting with transportation to Burke's Hollywood Hills residence. The management and money trail sits beside those allegations. The complaint says Colleen Burke handled major parts of her son's finances and approved bills tied to his operation, including expenses connected to the Los Angeles residence. At Burke's preliminary hearing, a former financial manager testified that Burke generated about $10 million to $11.5 million in gross earnings between 2023 and 2025. Property records later showed two Texas homes were moved into his mother's name after Celeste's remains were found. Burke has pleaded not guilty to the criminal charges against him. A judge ordered him to stand trial after a five-day preliminary hearing in July, and he remains held without bail. After his private attorneys withdrew, the public defender's office took over his representation. A status conference is scheduled for October 19, 2026. Former FBI Special Agent Jennifer Coffindaffer joins Tony Brueski to break down the civil case's most important pressure point. They examine what discovery could reveal about who knew what, who handled logistics, and whether evidence from the lawsuit could matter to the criminal investigation. Listen Anywhere You Get Podcasts: https://pod.link/1655749292 Want to comment and watch this podcast as a video? Check out our YouTube Channel. https://www.youtube.com/@hiddenkillerspod?sub_confirmation=1 Join Our SubStack For AD-FREE ADVANCE EPISODES & EXTRAS!: https://hiddenkillers.substack.com/ Instagram https://www.instagram.com/hiddenkillerspod/ Facebook https://www.facebook.com/hiddenkillerspod/ Tik-Tok https://www.tiktok.com/@hiddenkillerspod X Twitter https://x.com/tonybpod This publication contains commentary and opinion based on publicly available information. All individuals are presumed innocent until proven guilty in a court of law. Nothing published here should be taken as a statement of fact, health or legal advice. #CelesteRivasHernandez #D4vd #HiddenKillers #JenniferCoffindaffer #WrongfulDeath #DavidAnthonyBurke #JoshMarshall #SheldonJacques #CivilCase #TrueCrime