New leads developed from investigations into the disappearances of former church members in Redlands and Claremont have prompted the Colton Police Department to reopen the probe of a 4-year-old boy’s death in 2010 that happened after his parents “signed over” his custody to the leaders of that religious order, the His Way Spirit Led Assemblies.

Sgt. Mike Sandoval, a Colton police spokesman, said Thursday, Aug. 28, that the death of Timothy Thomas was not directly related to the search for Emilio Ghanem, 40 years old when last seen in Redlands in 2023, and Ruben Moreno, who vanished in Claremont in 2019. The men had left the congregation before they disappeared.

Then as now, Sandoval said, the leaders of the church are Shelly Bailey “Kat” Martin and her husband, Darryl “Muzic” Martin. The

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