By Debbie Emery - Breaking Celebrity News Reporter

Cult prayer group member Micah Moore recently made a surprise confession to the murder of his spiritual leader's wife, but his lawyer is denying there was even a crime and claiming his statement is the fictitious ramblings of a troubled young man.

As Breaking Celebrity News previously reported, on Wednesday the 23-year-old claimed responsibility for the October 30 death of Bethany Deaton, 27, in Kansas City, Missouri, which investigators initially assumed was a suicide after they found a note and an empty bottle of over-the-counter pain medication along with her body in a minivan parked by a lake.

"We are aware of no evidence that a crime has occurred – the facts suggest Bethany Deaton's death was an unfortunate suicide and Micah Moore had nothing to do with that suicide," said his attorney, Melanie S. Morgan in a statement to Breaking Celebrity News.

Moore, who had been living in a communal home with newlywed Bethany, her group leader husband Tyler, and several male members, claimed the men had sexually assaulted Bethany and because they w