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crime-and-justice1 year ago

"Kenya Begins Returning Bodies of 429 Doomsday Cult Members to Families"

Kenya's government has begun handing over the bodies of 429 members of a doomsday cult, with exhumed bodies showing signs of starvation and strangulation. Cult leader Paul Mackenzie faces charges including murder for allegedly instructing followers to starve themselves to meet Jesus. DNA testing is being used to identify bodies, with emotions running high as families collect loved ones for reburial. Mackenzie and his associates are charged with the torture and murder of 191 children, and his ministry has been declared a criminal organized group. Outraged Kenyans question why authorities didn't notice the mass deaths earlier, with reports suggesting police failed to act on warnings that could have prevented the deaths.

via The Associated Press|
#crime-and-justice#cult-leader#dna-testing
crime-religion1 year ago

Kenya Begins Handing Over Bodies of Doomsday Cult Victims to Grieving Families

Kenya's government has begun handing over the bodies of 429 members of a doomsday cult, with exhumed bodies showing signs of starvation and strangulation. Cult leader Paul Mackenzie faces charges including murder for allegedly instructing followers to starve themselves to meet Jesus. Emotions ran high as the first bodies were handed over to relatives, with DNA testing being used to identify them. Mackenzie and his associates are set to stand trial for the torture and murder of 191 children, and his ministry has been declared a criminal organized group. Some Kenyans have criticized authorities for not acting on reports that could have prevented the deaths.

via Yahoo! Voices|
#crime-religion#cult-leader#dna-testing
world1 year ago

"Kenya Begins Emotional Handover of Doomsday Cult Victims' Bodies to Grieving Families"

The Kenyan government has started handing over 429 bodies of doomsday cult members to their families, with the bodies showing signs of starvation and strangulation. Cult leader Paul Mackenzie faces charges including murder for allegedly instructing his followers to starve themselves to meet Jesus. Families are receiving the remains after months of DNA identification, but emotions are running high as they collect their loved ones for reburial. The case has prompted calls for tighter control of fringe denominations in Kenya, which has a history of self-declared pastors and cults involved in criminal activities.

via CBS News|
#cult-leader#dna-testing#doomsday-cult
crime2 years ago

Kenyan Cult Leader Charged with Murdering 429 People

Kenya's top prosecutor has ordered 95 people from a doomsday cult to be charged with murder, cruelty, child torture, and other crimes in the deaths of 429 people believed to be members of the church. The cult leader, Pastor Paul Mackenzie, faces charges including manslaughter, radicalization, assault causing grievous bodily harm, and engaging in organized criminal activity after survivors revealed that he instructed them to fast to death before the world ends so they could meet Jesus. The case shocked Kenyans with the discovery of mass graves and allegations of starvation and strangulation, and the suspects will now face prosecution for their involvement in these tragic events.

via HuffPost|
#crime#cult-leader#doomsday-cult
crime2 years ago

"Kenya Doomsday Cult Leader Charged in Deaths of Hundreds of Children"

Doomsday cult leader Paul Mackenzie and 30 followers are charged with murdering 191 children in Kenya. The bodies were found in shallow graves on an 800-acre ranch, with some victims dying from starvation, strangulation, or suffocation. Mackenzie's Good News International Church members were instructed to fast to death before the world ends. Prosecutors are pursuing charges of murder, cruelty, child torture, and other crimes against 95 individuals. Mackenzie is already serving a one-year prison sentence for operating a film studio without a valid license.

via NBC News|
#children#crime#cult-leader
crime2 years ago

Kenyan Doomsday Cult Leader and Followers to Face Terrorism and Murder Charges

Kenya's director of public prosecutions has ordered 95 people from a doomsday cult to be charged with murder, manslaughter, radicalization, cruelty, and child torture over the deaths of 429 people believed to be members of the church. The case involves a pastor accused of leading a starvation doomsday cult, with survivors reporting that the pastor instructed them to fast to death before the world ends so they could meet Jesus. The discovery of mass graves and allegations of starvation and strangulation has shocked Kenyans, prompting calls for tighter control of fringe denominations in the country.

via CBS News|
#child-torture#crime#doomsday-cult
crime2 years ago

Lori Vallow's Arraignment and Plea in Fourth Husband's Death

Lori Vallow Daybell, already convicted for the deaths of her two children, has been arraigned in Arizona for the 2019 death of her fourth husband, Charles Vallow. Prosecutors allege that Daybell plotted with her brother, Alex Cox, to kill Vallow. Cox claimed self-defense when he shot and killed Vallow, but he later died from natural causes. Daybell's fifth husband, Chad Daybell, has also been charged in the children's murders. Additionally, Daybell has been implicated in the shooting of her niece's ex-husband, with an indictment accusing her and Cox of plotting the murder.

via UPI News|
#charles-vallow#crime#doomsday-cult
crime2 years ago

Lori Vallow Faces Arraignment for Murder and Conspiracy Charges

Lori Vallow, the 'Doomsday Cult' mom convicted of murdering her two children, appeared in an Arizona court where she was arraigned on charges of conspiring to murder her fourth husband and her niece's husband. Vallow, who descended into violent religious fanaticism, allegedly plotted the murders with her brother as they believed their relatives had become possessed by zombies in anticipation of the apocalypse. The bodies of her children were found in the yard of her husband's property, and he is also set to stand trial for their murder. Vallow denied responsibility for their deaths and claimed they were accidental or suicides.

via Daily Mail|
#conspiracy#crime#doomsday-cult
crime2 years ago

Kenyan Cult Death Toll Rises to 400+ as 12 More Bodies Unearthed

The death toll in connection with Kenya's doomsday cult has surpassed 400 as detectives have exhumed 12 more bodies believed to be followers of a pastor who ordered them to fast to death. Pastor Paul Mackenzie, along with 36 other suspects, is in police custody, but no charges have been filed yet. Coast Regional Commissioner Rhoda Onyancha confirmed that 403 people have died, with 95 individuals rescued. The investigation is ongoing, with mass graves still being discovered.

via ABC News|
#crime#deaths#doomsday-cult
crime2 years ago

Lori Vallow smirks in mugshot after murder conviction of her children.

Lori Vallow, also known as the "doomsday cult mom," was found guilty of first-degree murder, conspiracy to commit first-degree murder, and grand theft over the deaths of her two children and her new lover's first wife. Vallow appeared to smirk in her new mugshot released after the conviction. She is now facing life in prison and is also awaiting trial in Arizona for conspiring to murder her fourth husband. The case involved murder, mysterious deaths, and bizarre cult beliefs.

via The Independent|
#arizona#crime#doomsday-cult
crime2 years ago

Lori Vallow convicted of murdering her two children and conspiring to kill Chad Daybell's first wife.

Lori Vallow, dubbed the "Doomsday cult mom," has been convicted of first-degree murder, conspiracy, and grand theft over the deaths of her two children and conspiracy to murder her new husband's first wife. The children's remains were found buried on Chad Daybell's property in Idaho, and his wife Tammy was also murdered one month after their disappearance. Vallow's extradition to Arizona has been requested to face charges of conspiracy to murder her fourth husband and new charges over the attempted murder of Brandon Boudreaux.

via The Independent|
#chad-daybell#crime#doomsday-cult
crime2 years ago

Lori Vallow Daybell convicted of multiple murders, families issue statements.

The grandparents of JJ Vallow, who was murdered by his mother Lori Vallow, sent a powerful message to her after she was convicted of all charges in the murders of JJ, his sister Tylee Ryan, and Chad Daybell’s first wife Tammy. JJ’s grandparents vowed that the conviction of the mother-of-three “is not the end of this” as the family would return to face her at her sentencing in around 90 days’ time. Vallow is also awaiting trial for conspiracy to murder her fourth husband – JJ’s father – Charles Vallow in a separate trial in Arizona.

via The Independent|
#chad-daybell#crime#doomsday-cult