The Missouri police have dug their heels into the sudden vanishing of four adults and two children believed to be in association with an online cult member who is currently behind bars. Their latest finding, however, suggests the group went off-grid on purpose.

Berkeley Police Maj. Steve Runge told NBC it is likely the group doesn’t plan to be found given the recent bits of evidence he’s collected.

“They’ve shut off their phones, shut off their social media, shut off everything. We’ve even sent them money via a cash app and they haven’t collected it. They’re just gone,” Runge said via NBC.

After the group vanished in August, police discovered they were followers of Rashad Jamal White, an online conspiracy theorist who calls himself a god, supports polygamy, teaches mythology and basically tries to convince Black people that they are of another multiverse. Their family members told local St. Louis reporters they often found the group members meditating and chanting outside their homes.

So far, this is the biggest lead toward an explanation as to why the group up and left civilization. However, the report says this wasn’t the first Rashad Jamal White-worshipper who did something sideways like this.

Source: New Developments in the Search for Missing Cult Followers