Members of a Secretive Religious Group in California Have Been Charged with Murder

Members of a secretive California religious group have been charged with murder in the deaths of a man who disappeared in 2023 and a child who died in 2010.

Shelley “Kat” Martin, 62, who was described as a leader and “prophetess” of His Way Spirit Led Assemblies, was charged in the separate deaths of Emilio Ghanem, 40, whose burned-out pickup truck was found in a desert, and 4-year-old Timothy Thomas, known as Timo.

Read more at AP News