FOUR adults and two children have disappeared after following a spiritual TikTok cult leader who is a self-proclaimed prophet.
Fears for the six have grown after they were last seen in Florissant, Missouri, just outside of St. Louis, on August 13, 2023.
Berkeley Police DepartmentSix people have gone missing in St. Louis, Missouri who are all connected with TikTok spiritual cult leader, Rashad Jamal White[/caption]
TikTok/rashadjamal44Rashad Jamal White was sentenced to 18 years in prison in August 2023 for child molestation and child cruelty[/caption]
They disappeared from a rental home near Lambert St. Louis Airport, according to a press release from The Berkeley State Police Department, seen by Fox News.
The six people are said to be from different states but came together in St. Louis, Missouri where they lived together for a short period.
Neighbors reportedly saw the group meditating naked in their backyard before they vanished.
Police identified the missing people as Mikayla Thompson, 25, of St. Louis, Naaman Williams, 30, of Washington, D.C., Gerrielle German, 27, of Lake Horn, Mississippi, 2-year-old Ashton Williams of Lake Horn, Ma’Kayla Wickerson, 36, of St. Louis, and 3-year-old Malaiyah Wickerson of St. Louis.
The individuals are said to have followed Rashad Jamal White, a so-called spiritual leader who has over 200,000 followers on YouTube, TikTok, and Instagram combined.
Jamal also created an online religious group called The University of Cosmic Intelligence.
The university is “geared towards enlightening and illuminating the minds of the carbonated beings, a.k.a. your so called [sic] Black and Latino people of Earth,” according to the university website.
In August 2023, Jamal was sentenced to 18 years in prison.
He was found guilty of child molestation and cruelty to children, according to court documents, and has been serving his prison time sine August.
That same month, he filed for a new trial, stating, “the State’s failure to prove guilt beyond a reasonable doubt.”
“I am a god, and all of my people, the Black and Latino people, are gods. And we were made in the image of our creator,” Jamal said in a video posted to YouTube.
“Therefore, I am an extension of Her/Them, and I am the creator and destroyer of my reality, so I take full responsibility for all events that I have experienced through this lifetime, for this is what we call shadow work in the spiritual realm.”
According to police, Jamal’s followers “travel at great lengths to live off the grid and stay with fellow cult members, and that their economic status does not appear to be a factor.”
His followers have reportedly quit their jobs, live off of credit cards, and have disconnected from their phones.
The U.S. Sun has reached out to the Berkeley Police Department for comment.
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