Leaders of a “cult-like” California religious group have been charged with murder in two separate cases – one involving a longtime member who mysteriously went missing and another involving the death of a 10-year-old boy.
Emilio Ghanem, a 40-year-old member of His Way Spirit Led Assemblies, disappeared in 2023, weeks after he decided to part ways with the group, which authorities have called “cult-like,” the Los Angeles Times reported.
Meanwhile, Timothy Thomas, a 10-year-old boy, died in 2010 in the care of the group’s leaders, Shelly Bailey “Kat” Martin and Darryl Muzic Martin, Colton Police Sgt. Shawn McFarland said…