Six people associated with a so-called “media prophet” who promotes wild conspiracy theories online have been missing in the St. Louis area since August, police said.
Missouri State Police are searching for four adults and two children, ages 2 and 3. They all lived in the same rented house near Lambert St. Louis Airport when they suddenly disappeared.
The missing person has been identified as Mikayla Thompson, 25, of St. Louis. Naaman Williams, 30 years old, lives in Washington, DC. Geriel Jarman, 27, of Horn Lake, Mississippi. Ashton Mixel, 2, of Horn Lake. Makayla Wickerson, 36, of St. Louis. According to Fox News, the Berkeley Police Department said in a statement that 3-year-old Mariah Wickerson of St. Louis.
The group was last seen on August 13, 2023 at the Quality Inn Hotel in Florissant, Missouri.
As investigators investigated the disappearance, they discovered that all of the adults in the group followed the teachings of Rashad Jamal White, known to his tens of thousands of followers on social media as Rashad Jamal. .
“Rashad Jamal has tens of thousands of followers on multiple social media platforms. It should be noted that he was recently convicted of various crimes in Georgia and is serving a lengthy prison sentence. ,” police said.
The self-proclaimed “prophet” and rapper founded the University of Cosmic Intelligence, an online religious group said to have thousands of followers across the country. He is currently serving an 18-year prison sentence for child sexual abuse in Georgia.
The group “aims to enlighten and illuminate the minds of carbonated beings, the so-called Black and Latinx peoples of the planet.” According to the websitelists three tiers of varying prices for people to “register”.
This person supports this by posting outlandish claims online, including that birds are drones operated by the U.S. government to spy on its citizens, that the Grand Canyon is the gateway to Africa, and that the Mississippi River is the Nile. acquired a person.
“The only law I broke was speaking out against oppression,” Jamal claimed in a YouTube video posted last week. “…My only crime is liberating people's minds and speaking out against this system. I will never back down from that.”
Police said the six missing people, all from different states, briefly met and lived together in St. Louis before disappearing.
Neighbors reported seeing a group, including children, meditating naked outside their rental home.
“The level of disconnection the cult members have shown with their friends and family is immeasurable,” police said in a press release.
“We know that members of similar cults live off the grid and travel long distances to spend time with their cult brethren, and that their economic status does not seem to be a factor. I learned.”
Police say many of Jamal's followers have “completely cut off” from family and friends by quitting their jobs, going off the grid, moving abroad or living on credit cards. He said he experienced it.
Anyone with information regarding the group's disappearance is asked to contact the Berkeley, Missouri Police Department.
Berkeley police did not immediately respond to The Post's request for comment.
