Solved Murders - True Crime Stories - The Mysterious Death of Mika Miller Faith, Abuse, and the Secrets Behind 911 Call PART3 #75

Episode Date: November 15, 2025

#horrorstories #reddithorrorstories #ScaryStories #creepypasta #horrortales #truecrime #darktruths #unsolvedmystery #toxicrelationships #psychologicalthriller  In Part 3 of the Mika Miller story, the... investigation pushes deeper into the shadows of faith, manipulation, and abuse that surrounded her. More details about the 911 call and the hidden dynamics of her relationship come to light, painting a picture of fear mixed with silence. This section uncovers how control, secrecy, and broken trust played a role in her final days, leaving behind haunting questions that still demand answers.  horrorstories, reddithorrorstories, scarystories, horrorstory, creepypasta, horrortales, mikaMillerMystery, truecrimecase, hiddenabuse, toxicfaith, chilling911call, disturbingtruth, darkrelationships, unsolvedsecrets, psychologicalmanipulation, realhorrorstories, twistedfaith, hauntingtruths, mysterydeath, shockingrevelations

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Starting point is 00:00:00 The Endless Cycle, Mika and John Paul's Dark Spiral. It was one of those moments that could fool you into thinking things might finally get better. After yet another ugly scene, John Paul suddenly backed off. He stopped acting like the aggressive, controlling man Mika had been living with and shifted into a different mask, the, I'm sorry, I'll change, mask. He begged her. He told Mika he didn't want to lose her, that he was willing to go to Thamesk. therapy if that's what it would take. It was the classic script, the one people in toxic
Starting point is 00:00:35 relationships recognize immediately, I know I messed up, but I'll change. Just give me one more chance. Mika had heard it all before. Anyone who has lived through that cycle knows how convincing those apologies can sound in the moment, especially when they're dripping with promises of transformation. But right behind that mask was something darker. Because when Mika didn't react the way he wanted, when she didn't rush back into his arms, John Paul shifted gears again. Suddenly he was no longer the repentant husband. He became the desperate manipulator. He told her that if she didn't come back to him, he would kill himself. That's how quickly he turned, from apologizing to threatening his own life in order to keep her tied to him. Threats, Begging, and Midnight Messages
Starting point is 00:01:27 By the early hours of the morning, John Paul was back to harassing not only Mika but also her family. At one point, he wrote to Sierra, Mika's sister-in-law, with a message that sounded less like heartbreak and more like calculated cruelty. He told her, I've got all your sister's things in my truck. Ask her where she wants me to leave them, out front of your house, in the trash, or at goodwill. For context, Goodwill is a donation center where people drop off clothes or belongings. The way he phrased it wasn't just mean, it was humiliating. He was reducing Mika's entire life, her personal things, her memories, to garbage he could toss out at will.
Starting point is 00:02:15 Sierra, alarmed and not knowing how else to respond, called 911 that day. She truly believed the situation had escalated beyond what the family. could handle. But when Mika ended up going back to John Paul, no legal action was taken. It was like the system collectively shrugged, as if the danger disappeared just because Mika returned to him. The Trap That was the rhythm of Mika's life with John Paul, intense pressure, emotional whiplash, and cycles of leaving and returning. His persistence wore her down. He demanded, he threatened, he begged, Eventually, she felt so trapped and overwhelmed that she gave in.
Starting point is 00:03:00 But it never lasted. Mika would go back, stay a little while, and then leave again. And each time, John Paul responded with new punishments. If she dared to walk out of the house, he would rage, declaring that if she tried to return, he wouldn't let her back in. It was like you wanted to teach her a lesson, you can't leave me without consequences. Sometimes he threw her belongings outside into the yard like they were worthless junk. Other times, he threatened her if she didn't return quickly enough.
Starting point is 00:03:34 It was a lose-lose situation. If she went back, she suffered under his control. If she stayed away, she was bombarded with calls, texts, and guilt trips. When privacy became a weapon. At one point, Mika discovered something disturbing. John Paul had taken her phone and was sending messages to church members, pretending to be her. The goal was clear, to smear her reputation. He wanted her friends and community to think less of her, to make her look unstable, to isolate her. Why? Because he believed she was choosing her family over him.
Starting point is 00:04:15 In his worldview, a wife's duty was to put her husband first, above all else. Mika talking to her sisters or leaning on her family was, to him, an act of betrayal. So he punished her by trying to turn others against her. Going to the police, and getting nothing. Mika wasn't silent about what was happening. She went to the police multiple times. She told them about the threats, the harassment, the impersonation, the endless barrage of calls. But more often than not, the police claim.
Starting point is 00:04:50 claimed there wasn't enough evidence. Sometimes they outright minimized her complaints, dismissing them as nothing more than marital problems. Those words, marital problems, can be devastating to hear when you're describing emotional and psychological abuse. What sounded to officers like minor domestic spats were actually calculated acts of control and intimidation. This kind of minimization is tragically common.
Starting point is 00:05:17 Abusers often paint their victims as unstable, emotional, or crazy. And without clear, physical evidence, like bruises or broken bones, authorities sometimes struggle to intervene. Mika was caught in that gap, reporting abuse but being told there wasn't much they could do. The divorce attempts Eventually, Mika tried to take the most definitive step she could, divorce. On October 8, 23, she officially filed for the first time. But like so many survivors, she didn't get away the first try. Every time she filed, John Paul managed to pull her back in, and they would reconcile, temporarily.
Starting point is 00:06:04 The cycle of separation and reunion repeated three times, each attempt at divorce undone by a mixture of pressure, promises, and manipulation. In one of her filings, Mika laid it out plainly. she had been abused in every possible way. She described emotional abuse, physical abuse, spiritual abuse, financial control, and even intimate violations. She also accused John Paul of being unfaithful with multiple women. But because she went back to him, those cases were dismissed. The accusations, no matter how serious, evaporated into nothing as soon as she reconciled. The Razor Blade and the Tracker.
Starting point is 00:06:47 Not long after her first divorce filing, Mika found something chilling. A sharp blade had been wedged into her tires, later identified as a device specifically meant to deflate them. And that wasn't all. When police checked her car more thoroughly, they discovered something worse, a GPS tracking device. John Paul had been monitoring her movements without her consent. This didn't happen just once. Mika reported finding tracking devices on her car four separate times. Each time she was shocked, each time she reported it, and each time John Paul had the same defense, she wasn't well. According to him, Mika had mental health issues, and the trackers were supposedly for her safety.
Starting point is 00:07:37 It was gaslighting in its purest form, convincing others that he wasn't stalking her, he was protecting her. Calls, Police, and Empty Warnings As usual, when Mika didn't comply with John Paul's demands, he escalated. The calls started again, relentless, constant. And when she reached out to the police, the officers would contact John Paul, give him a warning, and tell him to behave. That was it. No charges, no serious follow-up.
Starting point is 00:08:11 Just a slap on the wrist and a message that essentially told him, try not to do that again. It was infuriating. The system that was supposed to protect her wasn't taking her seriously. John Paul learned he could push, threaten, and harass with little consequence. Mika learned that even when she spoke up, the authorities didn't do much to protect her. Stalking on camera at one point Mika recorded John Paul following her she held up her phone and told him to leave her alone
Starting point is 00:08:46 instead of backing off he pulled out his own phone and started recording her back he told her that within a couple of hours he was going to upload the video to Facebook twisting the situation to make it look like she was the one chasing him he even said on camera that she had been following him flipping the script entirely It was infuriating, but it was also a perfect example of the way he operated. Every attempt Mika made to defend herself, he turned around and used against her. Moving out The cycle couldn't last forever.
Starting point is 00:09:25 At some point before her final divorce filing in 2024, Mika made a decision. She moved out. No one knows the exact date, but what's clear is that for the first time in year, years, she began to carve out a life for herself. Living alone gave her a taste of freedom, a reminder that she was her own person outside of John Paul's control. And with that freedom, she started to speak, not in courtrooms or police stations, but online. Mika's voice On her social media, Mika began posting videos aimed at women stuck in toxic relationships. She spoke directly, honestly, and without sugar-coating.
Starting point is 00:10:10 She encouraged women to see the signs, to recognize abuse, and to know they had the right to leave. In one particularly striking video, she said that if a woman was trapped in an abusive marriage, forced to use substances, enduring physical, emotional, or even intimate abuse, it was okay to file for divorce. She never named John Paul. but the specificity of her words made it clear she was drawing from her own life. The counterattack. John Paul, meanwhile, was spinning his own narrative. He told anyone who would listen that Mika had substance abuse problems,
Starting point is 00:10:51 that she was mentally unstable, that her struggles began the moment they got married. In February 2024, he took it to another level. Using what he claimed was power of attorney, he had Mika hospitalized against her will. He told staff that she had bought a gun and that he feared for his life. He even contacted her family, pleading for their help, saying no one was taking the danger seriously, so he had to step in. But when Mika's father asked to see the paperwork, it all fell apart.
Starting point is 00:11:25 There was no valid signature. No notary had signed it. It was a fraud, fabricated by John Paul to justify taking conunders. During that forced hospitalization, many believe John Paul used the opportunity to go through Mika's belongings, destroying documents she had collected, documents that may have contained proof of his abuse. To be continued.

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