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Tuesday, August 19, 2008
Religious Cult Members Charged In Boy's Death
The AP reported yesterday on murder charges that have been brought against five members of a cult known as the "1 Mind Ministries". One-year old Javon Thompson died after being denied food and water for two days because he would not say "Amen" after meals. After the boy's death, the cult leader, Queen Antoinette, told her followers to pray for the boy's resurrection from the dead. One of those charged with murder is the boy's mother, Ria Ramkissoon. Her attorney, as well as her own mother, say she was brainwashed by the cult's leaders.