Fisherman who heard Mica Miller crying, gunshot: 'I did not do this' | Banfield

HAS BEEN SUSPICIOUS FROM THE GET-GO. EVEN AFTER POLICE OFFICIALLY RULED IT A SUICIDE AND SHARED PLENTY OF EVIDENCE. HER FAMILY STILL HAS QUESTIONS. THERE WAS NO EYEWITNESS TO MICAH'S DEATH THAT DAY. THERE WAS, HOWEVER, AND YOUR WITNESS, FISHERMAN. WHO WAS OUT ON LAKE AT THE TIME OF MICHAEL'S DEATH. HE SAYS HE HEARD MICHAEL CRYING JUST BEFORE THE FATAL GUNSHOT RANG OUT. THAT FISHERMAN TOOK NEWSNATON'S INVESTIGATIVE CORRESPONDENT RICH MCHUGH ON HIS BOAT TO THE EXACT SPOT WHERE MICHAEL DIED. AND RICH JOINS ME NOW LIVE RANCH. THAT'S SORT OF BEEN THE LAST PIECE THAT A LOT OF PEOPLE HAVE BEEN TRYING TO PUT TOGETHER IN THIS THEM IN THE STORY MICHAELS FINAL HOURS. TELL ME ABOUT WHAT FISHERMAN WAS ABLE TO TO TELL YOU ABOUT AND WHAT HIS EXPERIENCE WAS. >> AND SO THERE'S SO MUCH HERE. THIS IS A GUY THAT II'VE BEEN TRYING TO REACH SINCE SINCE THE BEGINNING OF COVERING THIS STORY. FINALLY WAS ABLE TO REACH HIM AND HE AGREED TO MEET ME AT THE STATE PARK. I SAID, LOOK, I'M GOING TO HEAR ALL DAY FINALLY AGREED TO MEET. AND HE SAID, LOOK, I WANT TO CLEAR OUT MY NAME IN THIS LIKE HE SAYS HE'S BEING DRAGGED INTO ALLEGATIONS ONLINE, SOCIAL MEDIA AND WHAT NOT. BUT I ALSO WANT TO SEE FIRSTHAND LIKE WHERE THIS TOOK PLACE BECAUSE THERE'S SO MANY QUESTIONS ABOUT HOW SHE GOT THERE WHY SHE WAS THERE. IT'S ALL JUST SO CONFUSING TO SOMEBODY WHO'S BEEN REPORTING ON THIS. HE GRACIOUSLY TOOK US OUT FOR ABOUT A HALF AN HOUR AND ALLOWED ME INTERVIEW HIM. HE DIDN'T WANT TO USE HIS. HE DIDN'T WANT HIS BASED ON CAMERA OR ME TO NAME HIM. BUT HE WALKED THROUGH WHAT HE WHAT HE EXPERIENCED. AND WE HAVE SOME OF THAT SOUND RIGHT HERE LET'S TAKE A LOOK. >> I HEARD A CRY THAT, YOU BUT ONE CAME AND WENT TOWARD RUSH, STARTED HERE IN THE CROWD AT. THEN I HEARD A GUNSHOT. AND I WAS PROBABLY ABOUT 2 MANSOUR HER START HERE IN A CRIME OUT OF BEING A LITTLE BIT WRONG ON THAT. HEARD A GUNSHOT. IT WAS NOT A LOUD GUNSHOT AND THEN THE CRIME JUST STOPPED. RIGHT ABOUT HERE. THAT'S WHEN I HEARD THE GUNSHOT. THE GUNSHOT WENT OFF. >> FROM SIDE OVER HERE ON THE LEFT TO THE THAT'S WHY I HEARD THE GUNSHOT. AND THAT'S WHEN THE CRIME STOP READ. IF WHEN I CAME IN HERE ANYWAY, WAS WATER WHEN WHEN YOU'RE HERE. >> I KNOW IT WAS ACTUALLY LAST QUARTER, THE MOST IN HERE NOW. SO THAT'S THAT'S THE AREA WHEN AND VERY WITH MY BUDGET. HOW DO YOU GET IN THERE? IF YOU'RE IF YOU'RE NOT IN THE BOAT, YOU CAN GET IN IF ORDERED. WHAT DO YOU MEAN? HOW IS SHE IN THERE AS A PATH THAT COMES IN THERE? THAT'S WHAT I TOLD ME THAT I WAS A PATH THAT COMES IN HERE. SO YOU CAN BEST PASS ALL IN THIS RIVER AND THERE IS A PATH LEADING STRAIGHT TO WHERE HER BELONGINGS BELONGINGS >> AND THEN HOW DO YOU HOW DO YOU COME ACROSS HER STAFF? HER BELONGINGS? I JUST SAY AND UP ON THE BANK WHEN I PULLED UP TO A YES OR LET UP ON THE BANK. >> I DON'T KNOW WHY GRAB AND I JUST GRABBED NEVER LOOK AT IT AND NOTHING. I GOT OUT. I LOOKED AROUND CAUSE CLEARING ON THE LIVE FROM AROUND. I AROUND FOR A FELANIS. I'M WRONG, BUT I NEVER SAY TO THE STAFF. PUT IT. MY >> WENT BACK TO THE LAND. >> HER SINCE HER BANK CARD. SHE HAD $500 A LITTLE OVER $500. EVERY BIT OF THAT MONEY GOT >> IT WAS NOT A WALL AND KNEW IT WAS A WALL. THERE WAS BROADER CARD. YES, RIGHT. HIS COLUMN FOR ANY PACKS. >> WHAT DO YOU SAY TO THE PEOPLE USING YOU BEING PART OF >> QUIT TRYING INVESTIGATORS. I DID NOT DO THIS. >> THERE IS NO WAY IN THE WORLD. I WOULD HARM ANYBODY LIKE THAT WORSE I WOULD NOT BE ENOUGH. FLORIDA. I WAS JUST HERE PATIENTS. I CAN UNDERSTAND PEOPLE UNITED BANK. THERE A FEAR THAT LET PAPERS? LAUREN, THANK STAFF. I MEAN, MEN TRYING TO FIGURE OUT WHAT HAPPENED. >> NOW, COUPLE QUICK SAY THIS. HE SAYS THIS IS THE LAST INTERVIEW HE'S DOING. HE WANTS TO DO THIS. TRY AND CLEAR HIS NAME ON SOCIAL MEDIA HAVING BEEN THERE AT THE AT THE THE SITE WHERE THIS HAPPENED ACTUALLY, I GOT TO SAY THAT THE ONLY THING I COULD THINK OF WAS LIKE HOW IN THE WORLD DID SHE GET BACK IN THERE? AND AFTER TALKING WITH HER FAMILY KNOWING THAT SHE HAD TO WALK THROUGH WAIST DEEP WATER TO GET THERE. YOU CAN ONLY WONDER LIKE WHY WHY WOULD SHE GO TO THESE LENGTHS TO GET INTO THAT AREA? >> YEAH, I MEAN, IT'S IT'S SO SAD, ESPECIALLY SINCE SHE SEEMED TO WANT TO BE FOUND TOWN. THAT'S WHY SHE CALLED 9-1-1 TO TO LET THEM KNOW WHERE SHE WAS. RICH. TOMORROW YOU GOT ANOTHER EXPLOSIVE INTERVIEW WITH THE GAS STATION OWNER WHERE WAS MAYBE LAST SEEN LOOK FORWARD TO THAT. AND THAN

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Published: Tue May 21 2024