In The Wilderness

An attorney’s temporary suspension has been ordered by the Kentucky Supreme Court

In June 2023, Zaccheus-Miller was appointed executrix of the Della Rose Combs Estate by the Campbell District Court. In April 2024, Zaccheus-Miller was removed as executrix by that same court. She was ordered to hand over all estate files to the new executor and render an account of estate funds to the court by May 5, 2024. She failed to do so. She was given an additional four days to comply with the court’s order and failed again to comply, prompting a bench warrant for her arrest on May 9, 2024. On the same day but in a different case, a separate bench warrant was issued for a similar failure to comply with court orders regarding her tenure as executrix of the Dolores Mae Perkins Estate.

On May 14, 2024, Detective Joshua Wise of the Kentucky State Police sought an arrest warrant for Zaccheus-Miller, alleging that between June 2023 and May 2024, Zaccheus-Miller had committed the offense of Theft By Unlawful Taking, Over $10,000, regarding her handling of funds of the Combs Estate. Det. Wise’s affidavit states that between May 9, 2024 and May 13, 2024, Zaccheus-Miller was a missing person, had turned off her cell phone, and her “most intimate acquaintances” had not had contact with her. Zaccheus-Miller was eventually found “in the wilderness at Red River Gorge” on May 13, 2024. Records from Heritage Bank, which held the funds of the Combs Estate, were obtained during Zaccheus-Miller’s disappearance. Those records show that between June 23 – 27, 2023, Zaccheus-Miller wrote several checks to herself from the estate totaling $5,500. In March, 2024, checks were written totaling $8,000. And in April, 2024, even after she had been removed as executrix, checks were written totaling $12,500.

Additionally, Det. Wise’s affidavit details that Zaccheus-Miller’s “significant other” received a letter in the mail during the period of her disappearance, purporting to be written by Zaccheus-Miller. In it, the author acknowledged guilt for the thefts; stated she acted alone; that she had originally intended to replace the funds but sank “deeper and deeper” into the scheme; and finally, detailed that she intended to run away once the thefts had been discovered.

A criminal case has been filed in the matter. (Mike Frisch)