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A self-proclaimed prophet built a ‘spiritual cult’ online. Now, six followers are missing

Source: Berkeley Police Department

A group of six people, including two young children, have been missing since August – and police say the adults all have one thing in common – they all openly follow a self-proclaimed “prophet” and rapper with a massive social media following.

After they seemingly vanished without a trace from a rental home in St. Louis, an investigation by the Berkeley Police Department in Missouri was launched, but months later, there are still no answers about their whereabouts

“These people are gone, and it blows my mind,” Major Steve Runge told The Independent.

Mikayla Thompson, 25, of St. Louis; Naaman Williams, 30, of Washington, D.C.; Gerrielle German, 27, of Lake Horn, ; Ashton Williams, 2,

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