Death
Miller was reported missing on September 22, 2002. On March 9, 2003, a group of hunters bushwhacking through the woods on the Kenai Peninsula, Alaska found a decomposing body identified as that of James Miller. Police said he had chosen the remote Resurrection Pass Trail in Chugach National Forest, veering deep off-trail to a spot that might not have been discovered for years, if ever. Miller had hanged himself from a tree, and the death was ruled a suicide. Miller had been suffering from a debilitating heart disease and was overwhelmed by medical bills.
Miller left behind a pregnant girlfriend who gave birth to a son, Logan, on February 14, 2003.
Although Miller's disappearance and death were reported in the local press, his suicide did not become widely known outside Alaska until later in 2003, when ESPN went searching for him to film a SportsCenter feature to be shown during the tenth anniversary of his stunt.
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