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Timothy Thomas lived at 1521 Latham St. in Colton when he had a medical emergency on Jan. 16, 2010. At the time, members of His Way Spirit Led Assemblies lived together in the home. There are multiple "no trespassing" signs on the gate and fences surrounding the rural Hemet compound where group members currently live. Several members of His Way Spirit Led Assemblies currently live in a compound in a remote desert area of Hemet near the San Jacinto Mountains. Redlands Police and the FBI raided the Hemet base of His Way Spirit Led Assemblies in the middle of the night on Aug. 16, 2025. Members refused to come out for several hours and authorities eventually knocked down a fence with a bearcat-style vehicle, neighbors said.

Leaders of cult-like SoCal group charged with murdering missing member and a 10-year-old

Leaders of a secretive Inland Empire religious group have been charged with murder in two separate cases — the disappearance of longtime member Emilio Ghanem in Redlands and the 2010 death of a 10-year-old Timothy Thomas in Claremont.

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Joseph Brambila vanished on Mt. Whitney a month ago. Multiple searches for Brambila have been stymied by deep snow, rescuers caution recovery might not be feasible until spring. This image was from a previous climb in the summer of 2025.

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Chun, Myung J. –– – Rob Reiner drinks in the applause from supporters for Proposition 82, the universal preschool initiative, during election night festivities at the Westin Bonaventure Hotel in Los Angeles on Tuesday, June 6, 2006. He broke the news that the measure wasn't doing well in the polls but stated that he and his supporters were not going away and would find another way to provide public preschool education.
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LOS ANGELES, CALIF. - APR. 9, 2020. Dusk descends on the intersection of 51st and Figueroa streets in South Los Angeles where the highest number of prostitution-related arrests in the city are made. (Luis Sinco/Los Angeles Times)

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LOS ANGELES, CA - JUNE 12, 2025: A U.S. Border Protection Officer, middle, stands with the California National Guard on the backside of the Federal Building during anti-immigration raid protests on June 12, 2025 in Los Angeles, California.(Gina Ferazzi / Los Angeles Times)

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Los Angeles, CA - November 01: California Governor Gavin Newsom attends a Yes on Proposition 50 rally at the Los Angeles Convention Center Saturday, Nov. 1, 2025 in Los Angeles, CA. (Eric Thayer / Los Angeles Times)

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WASHINGTON, DC - SEPTEMBER 17: Former Director of the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) Susan Monarez (L) and former CDC Chief Medical Officer Dr. Debra Houry testify before the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions in the Dirksen Senate Office Building on September 17, 2025 in Washington, DC. The committee is hearing testimony from fired CDC employees and the implications on children’s health. (Photo by Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images)

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LOS ANGELES, CA - DECEMBER 12, 2025 - Former U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris addresses delegates with the Democratic National Committee at their Winter Meeting at the InterContinental Hotel in downtown Los Angeles on December 12, 2025. (Genaro Molina/Los Angeles Times)

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LOS ANGELES, CA - SEPTEMBER 20, 2024 - Los Angeles City Council member John Lee makes a statement inside council chambers at City Hall in downtown Los Angeles on September 20, 2024. (Genaro Molina/Los Angeles Times)

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LOS ANGELES, CA - OCTOBER 20, 2023 - Los Angeles City Council member Katy Yaroslavsky speaks about a new no-camping area at Pico Boulevard and Midvale Avenue, where she is planning to convert a city parking lot into a 30-bed interim homeless housing facility during a city council meeting at City Hall in downtown Los Angeles on October 20, 2023. Yaroslavsky said that she supports the facility but understands the concerns of the community. (Genaro Molina / Los Angeles Times)

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Joseph Brambila vanished on Mt. Whitney a month ago. Multiple searches for Brambila have been stymied by deep snow, rescuers caution recovery might not be feasible until spring. This image was from a previous climb in the summer of 2025.
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FERNDALE, CA - AUGUST 20, 2025 - - Dusk settles over the Humboldt County Fair in Ferndale on August 20, 2025. (Genaro Molina/Los Angeles Times)
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SAN FRANCISCO, CALIF OCTOBER 3, 2025 -- Patrons socialize across from the San Francisco's iconic Castro Theatre is scheduled to be reopen in 2026 following a $41 million renovation that restored historic features on Friday, Oct. 3, 2025 in San Francisco, Calif. (Paul Kuroda/For The Times)
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Belmont Shore, CA - November 13: An aerial view of Dogz Bar & Grill, which is one of four in Long Beach's Belmont Shore area that agree to a 30-day change of operating hours, closing at midnight, rather than 2 a.m. in in Belmont Shore Thursday, Nov. 13, 2025. On Tuesday, the bar was one of four in the city of Long Beach's Belmont Shore area to agree to a 30-day change of operating hours. Legend's, along with Shannon's Bayshore Saloon, Dogz Bar & Grill, and Panama Joe's are closing at midnight, rather than 2 a.m. Local residents are claiming Belmont Shore has become too dangerous, including public drunkenness and late night music. A 32-year-old man, Jeremy Spears, was killed in Belmont Shore in late October after a spat. (Allen J. Schaben / Los Angeles Times)
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Rancho Palos Verdes, CA - October 30: Joe Badame and Martha de la Torre and her mom, Elvia de la Torre, not shown, who are still living without municipal electricity and natural gas service due to ongoing landslide movement in the area in Rancho Palos Verdes, pose with their propane generator. It's been more than a year, and Joe is worried about the winter and wants SCE to reenergize their neighborhood. His mother-in-law requires power during the night, which is hard on their solar panel. SCE says it's still too dangerous to reconnect power. Photo taken in Rancho Palos Verdes Thursday, Oct. 30, 2025. (Allen J. Schaben / Los Angeles Times)
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Art Linfoot and Joyce Birdwell, whose Berry Creek home (shown in photo) was lost in the North Complex Fire in 2020, decided not to rebuild and moved into Joyce's condo in Irvine.
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Iva Toguri D'Aquino, Tokyo Rose of the Japanese propaganda "Zero Hour" broadcasts which were beamed to American troops in the Pacific during the war, seems in a pensive mood as she looks through the bars of her cell in Yokohama, Japan, Oct. 28, 1945. Born in Los Angeles, 29 years ago to Japanese parents, she is awaiting trial for treason against the United States. (AP Photo)

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Evangelist Aimee Semple McPherson starts a Bible-reading marathon at Angelus Temple in Los Angeles, June 28, 1931. The contest will continue through July 1, with what is said to be the largest Bible in the world being used by contestants. (AP Photo)
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MONTEREY PARK-CA-DECEMBER 9, 2013: Los Angeles County Sheriff Lee Baca faces the media during a news conference in response to an announcement of the F.B.I. arrests of 17 sworn members of the Sheriff's Department in connetion with a federal probe into activities at county jails at the Department Headquarters in Monterey Park on Monday, December 9, 2013. (Christina House / For The Times)

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FILE - In this June 5, 1968, file photo, Sen. Robert F. Kennedy addresses campaign workers moments before being shot in Los Angeles. At his side are his wife, Ethel, and his California campaign manager, Jesse Unruh, speaker of the California Assembly. Prosecutors for the first time are not opposing the release of Sirhan Sirhan. The 77-year-old prisoner on Friday, Aug. 27, 2021, faces his 16th parole hearing for fatally shooting Kennedy in 1968. (AP Photo/Dick Strobel, File)
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Los Angeles, California, July 13, 1981 - HILLSIDE STRANGLER - Angelo Buono, "Hillside Strangler" suspect, smiles as he listens to motion by the deputy district attorney to dismiss murder charges against him. With him is one of his attorneys, Kathy Mader. Photo Credit: R.L. Oliver / Los Angeles Times

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Elmer Pratt enroute to afternoon session in court at Hall of Justice.

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1990-06-22 - 'Holy Terror 'Manson tunnel LAPD crime scene photo. The railroad tunnel in which Ronald Baker was found had spooky graffiti and a dark mystique, the kind of place Valley kids dared each other to walk through at night. People called it the Manson Tunnel-the cult leader and his disciples had lived nearby at the Spahn Movie Ranch-and someone had spray-painted HOLY TERROR over the entrance.
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Detectives investigating UCLA student’s murder uncovered a stunningly personal betrayal

(Original Caption) Convicted spy Christopher Boyce is led by federal marshals at Burbank airport upon his arrival from Springfield, Massachusetts, for arraignment on charges related to his escape from Lompoc federal prison in January 1980.

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Boster, Mark -- - LOS ANGELES,CA.,JUNE 9, 2009: Veteran LAPD detective Stephanie Lazarus,49, appears at the Criminal Justice Center in Los Angeles for her arraignment on murder charges June 9, 2009. Lazarus is charged with the 1986 murder of Sherri Rasmussen. (Mark Boster/Los Angeles Times)

It took LAPD 23 years to identify one of their own as the culprit in this fatal love triangle

Los Angeles, CA - May 29, 1986 : Richard W. Miller (center) with his defense attorney (right) watch as the jury arrives to the Little League Park location as part of the espionage retrial. The park is located at Ohio Ave, and Sepulveda Blvd. May of 1986. ( Al Seib / Los Angeles Times )

Charged with selling state secrets to the Soviets, a bumbling FBI agent had a novel defense

(Original Caption) Only a few hours of life remaining. San Quentin, California: Pictured as she entered the San Quentin Prison gates today is Barbara Graham, 31, mother of three, who is doomed to die in the gas chamber at 10:00 am tomorrow for the 1953 murder of Mrs. Mabel Monohan, 62, of Burbank, California. A car brought her to San Quentin from the Corona, California prison. Two men convicted with her, Jack Santo, and Emmett Perkins, will be executed a few hours later in the same gas chamber.

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