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Three people were arrested after a woman was found bound with ropes and bleeding from the head in downtown St. Louis last weekend. The incident occurred at the Mount of Olives Ministry on Minnesota Avenue in the city.
The woman said the men held her hostage and beat her in the church. Inside the room, police found a water bottle and a bucket that was used as a toilet.
According to reports, when police arrived at the scene, they found women described as “angels” in a room inside the complex. When the police lifted their veil, the women started screaming.
Local KSDK reported on the South City cult.
The Riverfront Occasions reported:
A weird kidnapping case that allegedly occurred final weekend in South St. Louis obtained very unusual at a bond listening to for one of many defendants this afternoon.
Over the weekend, police have been referred to as to Minnesota Avenue within the Patch neighborhood after a girl was discovered sure with ropes and bleeding from the pinnacle. She later informed police that she had been confined in opposition to her will in a room on the close by Mount of Olives Ministry Church. Three males have been charged with aggravated kidnapping and assault.
This afternoon, at a bond listening to for a kind of individuals, 28-year-old Grace Kipendo, Assistant Circuit Legal professional Chris Faber described cult-like situations on the Mount of Olives Ministry.
Ferebre stated in courtroom that he would contact federal prosecutors concerning the case.
He stated officers on the scene reported that church members referred to the ladies as “angels” and that there was a “white room” the place there have been ladies who have been referred to as “good angels” and wore white veils.
“The officers tried to raise her veil to verify on her well-being and the ladies began screaming,” Faber informed Choose Heather Hayes, arguing that Kipendo ought to stay on the Metropolis Justice Middle with out bond.
Faber quoted an officer on the scene as saying, “If I hadn't seen it with my very own eyes, I wouldn't have believed it.”
In keeping with the police possible trigger assertion, the sufferer stated she was stored locked in a room the place she was crushed and given solely water. After police arrived, the sufferer led officers to a separate room, not the “white room”, which had a damaged doorknob and inside, a bucket was getting used as a makeshift rest room.
In keeping with Faber, police have been referred to as as a result of the sufferer was “yelling at passersby who weren’t members of the church”.