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Lori Vallow trial: ‘Cult’ mom’s hair on duct tape wrapped around murdered son, witness says

Published May 1, 2023 By admin

Categorized as Cult Crimes Tagged Chad Daybell, cult leader, cult mom, Idaho, Lori Vallow, murder trial

A piece of Lori Vallow's hair was apparently stuck to a piece of duct tape wrapped around her murdered 7-year-old son's body, a witness testified Monday, according to local reports. Vallow and her husband, Chad Daybell, are accused of killing…[Continue Reading...]

Toll rises from 103 to 110 in Kenya cult starvation deaths

Published May 1, 2023 By admin

Categorized as Cult Crimes Tagged 110 dead, Good News International Church, Kenya, Paul Mackenzie, starvation deaths

MOMBASA – Kenyan officials say the number of deaths linked to a cult on the country’s Indian Ocean coast has risen from 103 to 110. Heavy rains stalled the exhumation process for the third day and government pathologists began autopsies.…[Continue Reading...]

Lori Vallow trial – live: Jury hears how Chad Daybell’s wife was shot at by masked man days before murder

Published May 1, 2023 By admin

Categorized as Cult Crimes Tagged Chad Daybell, cult leader, cult mom, Idaho, Lori Vallow, murder, murder trial, Tammy Daybell

Week five of “doomsday cult mom” Lori Vallow’s trial is getting under way in Ada County Courthouse in Boise, Idaho, where the mother-of-three is accused of killing her two youngest children and her new husband Chad Daybell’s first wife. The…[Continue Reading...]

Govt considering a memorial in Shakahola to remember cult victims

Published May 1, 2023 By admin

Categorized as Cult Crimes Tagged doomsday cult, Good News International Church, Kenya, proposed memorial, starvation deaths

NAIROBI, Kenya, May 1 — Interior Cabinet Secretary Kithure Kindiki now says that the government is considering a memorial in Shakahola to honor the victims of controversial televangelist Paul Mackenzie’s starvation cult. Kindiki made the announcement Monday in Kilifi County…[Continue Reading...]

Ruto to set up inquiry into cult deaths, tame rogue preachers

Published May 1, 2023 By admin

Categorized as Uncategorized Tagged cults, doomsday cult, Good News International Church, government inquiry, Kenya, Paul Mackenzie

President William Ruto has assured Kenyans that a judicial commission of inquiry will be established to investigate the Shakahola cult deaths and help weed out rogue religious leaders from the community. Speaking at Makutano Stadium in West Pokot County during…[Continue Reading...]

Reburials of Shakahola cult victims could take a month or more: Oduor

Published May 1, 2023 By admin

Categorized as Uncategorized Tagged burying of bodies, cult leader, doomsday cult, Good News International Church, Kenya, Paul Mackenzie, starvation deaths

NAIROBI, Kenya, May 1 — Chief Government Pathologist Johansen Oduor on Monday said the conclusion of DNA analysis on Shakahola victims may take a month or more to facilitate reburials. The victims are linked to the starvation cult led by…[Continue Reading...]

Police raid second starvation cult headquarters and rescue 31 locked-up worshippers

Published May 1, 2023 By admin

Categorized as Cult Crimes Tagged cult leader, doomsday cult, Good News International Church, Kenya, Paul Mackenzie, police raid

A second starvation cult has been uncovered in Kenya with 31 people locked up without food. Police said the group were found weak and hungry after starving themselves for almost a week. Among the rescued were 14 adults and 17…[Continue Reading...]

‘We tried to stop her’: Kenyan teenager tells how cult starved his mother

Published May 1, 2023 By admin

Categorized as Cult Crimes Tagged cult leader, doomsday cult, family story, Good News International Church, Kenya, Paul Mackenzie, starvation deaths

Two years ago, Issa Ali’s mother took all her belongings and left her family to join followers of the charismatic church leader Paul Mackenzie Nthenge in the Shakahola forest in south-east Kenya. “He told them that’s where Jesus’ second coming…[Continue Reading...]

Autopsies begin on bodies of Kenyan cult members who starved themselves to death

Published May 1, 2023 By admin

Categorized as Cult Crimes Tagged 300 people missing, cult leader, doomsday cult, Good News International Church, Kenya, Paul Mackenzie, starvation deaths

NAIROBI, May 1 (Reuters) - Pathologists started autopsies on Monday on more than 100 bodies linked to a Kenyan religious cult whose leader allegedly instructed them to starve themselves to death in order to be the first to go to…[Continue Reading...]

State should set up commission of inquiry into cults

Published April 30, 2023 By admin

Categorized as Cult Crimes Tagged cult groups, cults, government investigation, Kenya

With the country still coming to grips with the mass killings in Shakahola in Malindi, more questions continue to be raised but with little or no answers at all. For instance, the pregnant question that remains unanswered is why Pastor…[Continue Reading...]