Turns out, all did end well.. Kind of.. Some reports today said this was a case of Media Overreaction. But after reading this article on this group's background(Four women 28 to 39, four teenage boys, two 12 year olds, and two three year olds-highly impressionable, End Times Jesus beliefs), they were no doubt waiting for The Apocalypse.
Excerpt:The group left behind cell phones, identification, deeds to property and disturbing letters before disappearing on Saturday, according to Los Angeles County Sheriff's Captain Mike Parker. Authorities said it appeared they had gone off to await an apocalyptic event.
"Essentially, the letters say they are all going to heaven to meet Jesus and their deceased relatives," Whitmore said at an earlier news conference today. "Some of the letters were saying goodbye."
"They indicated they were going to the next life, if you will. I'm not quoting exactly, I'm paraphrasing of course, but that's essentially what they said," he added.
I don't think they were suicidal. I think they fully expected to die in whatever cataclysm they had deemed was happening. When it didn't happen, the leader became disoriented and unable to process. That's my take, anyway..
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