Why Mica Miller Went Back to the Man She Told Police Was Grooming Her
Hidden Killers With Tony Brueski | True Crime News & Commentary
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🗓️ 14 May 2026
⏱️ 27 minutes
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Summary
The worst moments in an abusive relationship are not what keep you there. The best ones are. The relief after the storm. The version of your partner who seems to understand what they did. That cycle rewires your nervous system in ways that have nothing to do with intelligence, willpower, or self-respect. And it is the reason Mica Miller could tell police her husband was grooming her and still go back.
According to a federal indictment, JPM allegedly cyberstalked Mica for over a year — tracking devices, relentless contact, financial interference. He has pleaded not guilty. But the legal case is not the focus of this conversation. The focus is the mechanism underneath it — the neuroscience of why the brain clings to intermittent reward and what that means for every person listening who has ever stayed longer than they planned.
Psychotherapist Shavaun Scott, drawing on her recent writing in Spotlight on Psychology, walks Tony Brueski through how trauma bonds form, why they resist insight, and the one question every listener should ask themselves tonight.
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| 0:00.0 | This is Hidden Killers Live with Tony Bruske and Robin Dree. |
| 0:08.8 | Interesting conversation ahead of us today, very excited. |
| 0:12.9 | Chivon Scott, psychotherapist and author with us. |
| 0:15.1 | We're going to be talking about three different cases and about the control to which its victims were under by their perpetrators |
| 0:23.1 | and why it wasn't just so easy to walk away. |
| 0:26.6 | That's a big question we get thrown in all these cases. |
| 0:29.4 | Why do they just walk away? |
| 0:30.6 | Well, it's a bit deeper than that. |
| 0:34.6 | And we're going to get into that on three different cases. |
| 0:37.2 | We're going to talk about Micah Miller a little bit and the alleged coercive control of J.P. Miller. We're going to talk about Maggie Murdo. And yeah, trust me, we're aware. Big news this morning as if we're doing this, Alec Murdo, going back to trial. for what is now called the alleged murder of Maggie and Paul. |
| 0:55.4 | He is no longer a convicted now called the alleged murder of Maggie and Paul. |
| 0:55.4 | He is no longer a convicted murderer, the Supreme Court of South Carolina, this morning, has overturned that. |
| 1:01.5 | Five to nothing. |
| 1:02.3 | We got a whole piece on that on its feet. |
| 1:03.7 | If you want to read about it, listen to it. |
| 1:05.5 | It is there. |
| 1:06.7 | Go ahead and dive in. |
| 1:08.1 | We got a lot of diving in to do as we get ready to take. |
| 1:16.1 | Dive number two as we go visit Resort Murdaw for a second time. That'll be interesting, |
| 1:21.4 | but we'll get to what kept Maggie there, because if you remember in that case, there was a lot of talk about her being unhappy, her living a separate life towards the end, literally her end. |
| 1:28.3 | We're going to get into that. |
| 1:30.2 | And we're also going to be discussing what was going on in the Corey Richens case with Eric |
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