The alleged husband and wife in charge of the cult-like religious organization connected to a man’s disappearance in the Inland Empire two years ago have been arrested, though the “prophetess” was released due to what police called a “medical episode.”
Darryl Muzic Martin, 57, of Hemet, was arrested on illegal weapons charges, while 62-year-old Shelly Bailey “Kat” Martin was taken into custody but later released, the Redlands Police Department said in a news release.
The two head a religious group known as His Way Spirit Led Assemblies, which Emilio Ghanem had left before his disappearance in May 2023. He was 40 at the time.
He was last seen at a Redlands Starbucks and was planning on meeting with another person he thought was also looking to leave the group, though a former member told KTLA they thought it was a ruse…