U.S.: Cultlike group’s disappearance has Southern California on edge
- We do not think this is a hoax. We don’t know that this is a potential suicide, but we know that it’s real and we’re going to find them.
- Palmdale, Calif. sheriff’s spokesperson Steve Whitmore • On the fate of at least 13 alleged cult members who disappeared last night. Evidence, including letters, seems to suggest that they planned a mass suicide. Police are still looking for those involved, including eight children. The alleged cult leader, Reyna Marisol Chicas, 32, used to spend hours at at time at a local church, but her group had broken off. Fingers crossed. source