The group, led by the British spiritualist Gary Felton, disappeared from a property near Nannup in WA’s south-west around July 2007, telling friends and neighbours they were moving to Brazil. He had a UK passport under that name and travelled extensively in the 1990s as part of a “spiritual awakening”. In 2001 they had a daughter, Leela, and in 2003 they moved to the rental property in Nannup. Both Popic and McDougall were subservient to Felton, who spent most of his time communicating with his followers on online forums. In May 2007 Felton told one of those followers that the group had a “plan for a family suicide with a quick-acting drug”.

Source: The Guardian May 15, 2018 05:15 UTC