A Georgia woman has confessed to keeping $10,000 she raised for the family of Mica Miller, the wife of a South Carolina pastor she accused of being abusive before she was found dead from a self-inflicted gunshot wound in April.
Susan Lynn Nelson acknowledged, in a live TikTok video, her “absolutely vile” action, and admitted using the money she had helped raise — with an online fundraising group — through online auctions for herself.
The $10,000 was allegedly used to buy booze, make mortgage payments and pay for groceries, reports South Carolina’s FITS News.
“I had used the money [for] my own personal situation,” Nelson said in the October TikTok. “I’m here to own up to my mistakes.”
She also reportedly used the money to hire a sex worker, a claim Nelson adamantly denied to DailyMail.com.
Nelson allegedly only sent the woman’s parents $180 of the $15,000 she helped raise through a series of auctions featuring Miller-related merchandise that was also sold through a since-deleted Etsy page, FITS News reported.
She called what she did to Miller’s family “pretty sh–ty,” and admitted, “I have an issue and I am seeking treatment.”
Nelson said in the video she no longer has the funds, and said defrauding people has become something of a “habit.”
She said she came clean to Miller’s parents back in September.
Miller, 30, was found dead from a self-inflicted gunshot wound on April 27 at Lumber River State Park, just two days after her husband, 44-year-old Pastor John-Paul Miller, was served with divorce papers.
She allegedly accused her husband of “grooming,” beginning when she was just 10 years old, the Post and Courier reported. Miller also called police on him at least three times, claiming he slashed her tires and tracked her vehicle.
Police ruled her death a suicide.
Miller’s family is urging anyone who contributed money to contact the FBI.
If you are struggling with suicidal thoughts or are experiencing a mental health crisis and live in New York City, you can call 1-888-NYC-WELL for free and confidential crisis counseling. If you live outside the five boroughs, you can dial the 24/7 National Suicide Prevention hotline at 988 or go to SuicidePreventionLifeline.org.
