CA CA - Emilio Ghanem, 40, from Nashville, TN, disappeared on trip to Inland Empire - 25 May 2023

[imstilla.grandma]

Moreno is not the only person with ties to the religious group that has allegedly gone missing. In May of 2023, Emilio Ghanem vanished without a trace while on a business trip in Southern California, ABC7 reported.

Redlands police said Ghanem was a former member of His Way Spirit Led Assemblies and worked for their pest control company, per ABC7. He left the group before his disappearance and moved to Nashville, according to ABC7.

Police said Ghanem had plans to meet a potential client at a Starbucks restaurant on the day he disappeared, ABC7 reported.

“A short time later we did get video surveillance of a rental truck he was driving in Grand Terrace, but then that truck also disappeared," Redlands Police Department spokesperson Karl Baker told ABC7.

In a press statement on Aug. 6, the Claremont Police said the department was “aware of public interest in possible connections between this case and a separate missing persons investigation out of Redlands. At this time, the only known similarity between the two cases are the individuals’ ties to His Way Spirit Led Assemblies. The cases are being investigated separately by their respective agencies.”

Calif. Man Vanished in 2017 Under Odd Circumstances — Was His Disappearance Linked to a Religious Group?

Ruben Moreno was 41 when he was last seen in Dec. 2017

people.com

 

[Knox]

On Tuesday, Aug. 12, a second home affiliated with His Way Spirit Led Assemblies was searched in connection with Ghanem's disappearance.

Redlands police, assisted by the Riverside County Sheriff's Department, the San Bernardino County District Attorney's Office and the FBI Safe Streets Task Force, said officers served the search warrant in the 57000 block of Forestry Road in Anza at approximately 5 a.m.

Eight people at the home were briefly detained, but were later released. Redlands police said no arrests were made, but evidence was recovered.

Redlands police confirm they're treating Ghanem's disappearance as a potential homicide, but didn't disclose what evidence they recovered in Hemet and Anza or details of the group's connection.

Anyone with information about Ghanem, his disappearance or his whereabouts is urged to contact the Redlands Police Detective Bureau at (909) 551-4424 or by email at [email protected].

2 Inland Empire homes searched in connection to man's disappearance 2 years ago

Both homes reportedly have ties to His Way Spirit Led Assemblies, a Hemet-based religious organization that the man once belonged to.

abc7.com

 

[Danaya]

I wonder what the motive was, if this is a homicide.

 

[Unalienable Rights]

Leaders of Hemet religious group arrested in connection with former member's disappearance

The leaders of a Hemet religious group have been arrested in connection with the disappearance a Nashville man who was last seen more than two years ago.

abc7.com

August 27, 2025

HEMET, Calif. (KABC) -- The leaders of a Hemet religious group have been arrested in connection with the disappearance a Nashville man who was last seen more than two years ago.

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Darryl Muzic Martin, 57, and his wife, Shelly Bailey "Kat" Martin, 62, were arrested earlier this month on illegal weapons charges after police served a search warrant at the Laguna Hills Lodge in Laguna Hills.

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A week before that, Rudy Franco Moreno, 43, and Kelvin Lee Mackey, 58, were also arrested on charges related to felons in possession of firearms after investigators searched homes in Hemet and Anza.

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More in article.

 

[Unalienable Rights]

Recently-arrested leaders of IE religious group were suspects in boy's 2010 death, police say

The leaders of the group were recently arrested in a Redlands missing persons case, but new details connect them to the case of a 4-year-old boy who died in 2010.

abc7.com

New details have been released about the death of a 4-year-old boy and the case's connection to a religious group in the Inland Empire.

The leaders of the group have been arrested in a missing person case -- and investigators are looking into the disappearance of another man. Meanwhile, the leaders of the group also have ties to a boy who died in 2010.

Over 15 years after 4-year-old Timothy Thomas was found dead at his home in Colton, detectives have now reopened their investigation.

Continued in linked article.

 

[dulcinea]

This story just gets crazier by the day. How many more victims will they uncover or never discover?

 

[Dotta]

https://twitter.com/x/status/1999953825373802745

 

[JMapes]

https://www.sfgate.com/bayarea/article/california-cult-leaders-murder-charge-21248048.php

The arrests of leading members of what authorities are calling a “religious high-control group” named His Way Spirit Led Assemblies are connected to the alleged murder of Emilio Ghanem, 40, who went missing in 2023, and the alleged murder of 4-year-old Timothy “Timo” Thomas.

The case went quiet for two years until August 2025, when Redlands police announced that new leads were being followed in light of another missing member of His Way Spirit Led Assemblies. Investigators now say that they found evidence of a homicide when Ghanem’s rental vehicle was discovered in the Mojave Desert; authorities have not disclosed whether his body has been found.

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In addition to Mr. Ghanem, there are multiple missing persons linked to this high-control group. I expect we'll hear more information in due time, and will continue to see mention of 4 year old Timo Thomas, and 43 year old Rudy Moreno, another alleged "missing" member, however I wasn't able to find websleuths threads for them.