Tag: murder charges

Kenya cult leader, who incited followers to starve to death to ‘meet Jesus’ charged with 191 counts of murder

Published February 6, 2024 By admin

Categorized as Cult Crimes Tagged cult leader, doomsday cult. Paul Mackenzie, Good News International Church, Kenya, murder charges

A Kenyan court on Tuesday charged the leader of a starvation cult and dozens of suspected accomplices with murder over the deaths of nearly 200 people in a forest near the Indian Ocean. Self-proclaimed pastor Paul Nthenge Mackenzie, who has…[Continue Reading...]

Kenya doomsday cult leader, 30 followers to be charged with murdering 191 children

Published January 22, 2024 By admin

Categorized as Cult Crimes Tagged cult leader, doomsday cult, followers charged, Good News International Church, murder charges, Paul Mackenzie

NAIROBI, Kenya — Doomsday cult leader Paul Mackenzie and 30 of his followers were presented in a Kenyan court in the coastal town of Malindi on Wednesday to face charges of murdering 191 children. Mackenzie and the other suspects did…[Continue Reading...]

Kenya doomsday cult pastor, followers face charges including murder and child torture

Published January 16, 2024 By admin

Categorized as Cult Crimes Tagged cult leader, doomsday cult, Good News International Church, Kenya, murder charges, Paul Mackenzie, torture charges

Kenya's director of public prosecutions on Tuesday ordered that 95 people from a doomsday cult be charged with murder, manslaughter, radicalization, cruelty and child torture, among other crimes, over the deaths of 429 people believed to be members of the…[Continue Reading...]

Lori Vallow to be arraigned on murder charge in fatal shooting of her 4th husband

Published December 7, 2023 By admin

Categorized as Cult Crimes Tagged Arizona, cult mom, Lori Vallow, murder charges, murder trial

Lori Vallow, the mother convicted of murdering two of her children in a so-called doomsday plot, is scheduled to be arraigned in Arizona Thursday morning on charges alleging she killed her fourth husband and plotted to kill the ex-husband of…[Continue Reading...]

Prosecutors in Delphi murders case call pagan cult ritual narrative ‘colorful, dramatic’ and ‘unprofessional’

Published September 29, 2023 By admin

Categorized as Uncategorized Tagged Delphi murders, Indiana, murder charges, Richard Allen

Several new court filings from prosecutors in the Delphi murders case describe the latest claims from suspect Richard Allen's defense team as "fanciful," "colorful, dramatic and highly unprofessional." The filings from Carroll County Prosecutor Nicholas McLeland came about a week…[Continue Reading...]

State does not oppose Chad Daybell’s request for wife’s trial transcripts

Published July 21, 2023 By admin

Categorized as Cult Crimes Tagged Chad Daybelll, cult leader, Idaho, murder charges

BOISE, Idaho (Court TV) — Attorneys representing accused cult leader Chad Daybell were expected to appear in court Thursday to argue motions ahead of their client’s scheduled murder trial in 2024. Minutes before the hearing was scheduled to take place,…[Continue Reading...]

Here’s why Chad Daybell’s court hearing was canceled Thursday morning

Published July 21, 2023 By admin

Categorized as Cult Crimes Tagged Chad Daybell, cult leader, Idaho, murder charges

ST. ANTHONY — A court hearing in the Chad Daybell murder case was abruptly canceled Thursday morning. John Prior, Chad Daybell’s attorney, had filed a motion asking for an official transcript and all exhibits from Lori Vallow Daybell’s trial. Prosecutors…[Continue Reading...]