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A California Father Claims QAnon Conspiracy Led Him To Kill His 2 Children, FBI Says

A California father took his two young children to Mexico and killed them after he claimed he had been "enlightened by QAnon and Illuminati conspiracy theories," federal authorities say.
Officers hold a police cordon at the scene where two young American children were found dead in Rosarito, Baja California state, Mexico, on Monday.

A California father took his two young children to Mexico and killed them with a spearfishing gun after he claimed he had been "enlightened by QAnon and Illuminati conspiracy theories," federal authorities say.

According to a criminal he had been "receiving visions and signs revealing that his wife possessed serpent DNA and had passed it onto his children" and that by killing them he was "saving the world from monsters."

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