OH - Couple charged with taking 16-year old Blaze Thibaudeau to join doomsday cult against his parents' wishes - Dec 15, 2023

[Clearsky]

Suspects in Gilbert custodial interference case extradited to Arizona

Two suspects were extradited from Alaska to Arizona this week in a case that has similarities to the infamous “Doomsday Mom” saga.

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Spring Thibaudeau, left, and brother Brook Hale were extradited from Alaska to Arizona in a Gilbert custodial interference case. (Maricopa County Sheriff's Office Photos)

 

[AmandaSkis]

I can’t find any updates as far as where the court cases stand.

The mug shot pictures of the brother and sister show very different looking people than other photos I have seen of them. Were they eating? I ask because in the mugshots, they look very gaunt.

 

[bleuboy]

I cannot find anything either. The couple seem to have the same beliefs as Chad and Lori.

 

[mewmew]

Suspects in Gilbert custodial interference case extradited to Arizona

Two suspects were extradited from Alaska to Arizona this week in a case that has similarities to the infamous “Doomsday Mom” saga.

ktar.com

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Spring Thibaudeau, left, and brother Brook Hale were extradited from Alaska to Arizona in a Gilbert custodial interference case. (Maricopa County Sheriff's Office Photos)

So the brother, Brook, was the cult leader? I’m curious how big this cult is?

 

[Smelly Squirrel]

They pled guilty and were sentence 5/27/24 to probation. The father did compare the cult to Vallow Daybell.

3 people involved in taking Gilbert teen as part of doomsday plot sentenced to probation

The trio tied to a doomsday cult plot who took a teen boy from his Gilbert home last fall were sentenced to probation on Tuesday.

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The boy’s father said in October Thibaudeau was interested in end-of-day religious topics in 2015 while the couple attended The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and that she gradually became obsessed with authors who wrote about doomsday.

“I think there was a hyper-focus on a particular topic within a religious context that maybe was taken too far,” said Ben Thibaudeau to the judge, Spring’s husband.

He spoke to the judge in support of the three defendants, at one time likening his family’s beliefs to those of child killer Lori Vallow.

Ben told the judge he quit his job to help his wife and family, and that though they still are part of the LDS faith, his wife’s radical beliefs are no more.