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A new arrest in deaths connected to a cult-like group

Los Angeles Times

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January 19, 2026

A 44-year-old man has been arrested in Tennessee in connection with the killing of a missing member of a “cult-like” religious group in the Inland Empire, authorities said.

- JAMES QUEALLY AND CLARA HARTER

A new arrest in deaths connected to a cult-like group

DANIEL FLESHER Los Angeles Times THE REMOTE Hemet compound of His Way Spirit Led Assemblies was raided in August. Five people have been arrested in deaths connected to its members.

Ramon Ruiz Duran Jr., 44, was captured in Nashville on Jan. 12 and booked into a San Bernardino jail on suspicion of murder and conspiracy to commit murder in connection with the 2023 disappearance and death of Emilio Ghanem, according to a news release issued from the Redlands Police Department. Duran will appear in a San Bernardino courtroom Wednesday, records show.

Ghanem was a longtime member of His Way Spirit Led Assemblies, a religious group based in Colton and Hemet that has been linked to a number of deaths and disappearances.

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