Mica Miller's mental health struggles revealed in new report

ROBESON COUNTY, N.C. (WBTW) -- Mica Miller's body was discovered "prone" and "submerged" 100 feet from several shell casings found along a Robeson County riverbank where the 30-year-old killed herself in late April, a newly issued medical examiner's report reveals.

And two days before Mica fatally shot herself at Lumber River State Park on April 27, she had been prescribed anti-anxiety medication -- the latest in a series of treatments to combat mental health problems that included suicidal ideations and bipolar disorder, according to a preliminary summary conducted by the North Carolina Office of the Chief Medical Examiner.

Three casings from a Sig Sauer 9 mm were recovered along the riverbank: Two live and one spent, the medical examiner's office said. The gun itself was pulled from the water by magnet about five feet from the shore.

The report, which is not based on an autopsy, said a post-mortem blood best performed the...