Scientologist Real Estate Agent Burned Herself Alive & Shot Herself Over Ongoing Battle With Depression

She was pronounced dead two days later and was suffering from a number of serious health issues – including Lyme disease and depression – leading up to her passing.

Mills also reportedly had a tumor on one of her ovaries but refused to have the mass surgically removed.

Mills’ brother reportedly found his sister in her Clearwater apartment incapacitated from a self-inflicted gunshot wound shortly after May 12. He also reportedly noticed the smell of burning hair, suggesting Mills lit herself on fire before shooting herself to death.

Upon an investigation into Mills’ death, the Clearwater Police Department found that the deceased had shared a text message exchange with another high-ranking church member – Albertina Mejias – asking for “advice” before her passing.

“I wish it wasn't in my brain,” Mills reportedly texted Mejias, referencing what she believed was Lyme disease. “It's so annoying that I have it so bad, and so bad mentally.”

“The d of p wants me to come in for an interview,” she added, referencing Scientology’s Director of Processing – the person who oversees and administers auditing sessions.

“There's an assist for someone that is really sick and to drop the body,” Mills wrote in another text message obtained by Clearwater police. “I asked for that assist.”

Although Scientology told authorities they would “absolutely not” help a member commit suicide, the term “drop the body” refers to the process of a Scientologist leaving their physical body through death in an effort to “transfer to a new body.”

The Clearwater Police Department's investigation ultimately determined there was no evidence of foul play in Mills’ death and Scientology was not directly involved in her apparent suicide.