A Georgia girl has confessed to preserving $10,000 she raised for the household of Mica Miller, the spouse of a South Carolina pastor she accused of being abusive earlier than she was discovered useless from a self-inflicted gunshot wound in April.
Susan Lynn Nelson acknowledged, in a dwell TikTok video, her “absolutely vile” motion, and admitted utilizing the cash she had helped elevate — with a web based fundraising group — by means of on-line auctions for herself.
The $10,000 was allegedly used to purchase booze, make mortgage funds and pay for groceries, stories South Carolina’s FITS Information.
“I had used the money [for] my own personal situation,” Nelson stated within the October TikTok. “I’m here to own up to my mistakes.”
She additionally reportedly used the cash to rent a intercourse employee, a declare Nelson adamantly denied to DailyMail.com.
Nelson allegedly solely despatched the girl’s dad and mom $180 of the $15,000 she helped elevate by means of a collection of auctions that includes Miller-related merchandise that was additionally offered by means of a since-deleted Etsy web page, FITS Information reported.
She referred to as what she did to Miller’s household “pretty sh–ty,” and admitted, “I have an issue and I am seeking treatment.”
Nelson stated within the video she not has the funds, and stated defrauding folks has turn into one thing of a “habit.”
She stated she got here clear to Miller’s dad and mom again in September.
Miller, 30, was discovered useless from a self-inflicted gunshot wound on April 27 at Lumber River State Park, simply two days after her husband, 44-year-old Pastor John-Paul Miller, was served with divorce papers.
She allegedly accused her husband of “grooming,” starting when she was simply 10 years previous, the Submit and Courier reported. Miller additionally referred to as police on him no less than thrice, claiming he slashed her tires and tracked her automobile.
Police dominated her dying a suicide.
Miller’s household is urging anybody who contributed cash to contact the FBI.
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