Six people missing in Missouri in clutches of online cult, police say

Family members believed loved ones are followers of group founded by Rashad Jamal, a convicted child molester

Six people - including two children - who disappeared from their homes in eastern Missouri last summer are believed to be in the clutches of an eccentric online cult run by a convicted child molester, police say.

Family members of those missing are also convinced their loved ones are followers of a group founded by Rashad Jamal, a rapper and self-styled new age prophet serving an 18-year sentence in Georgia after his conviction in August.