A former member of an alleged cult-like Riverside County religious group is speaking out as detectives investigate the group's possible link to the disappearance of a man who was last seen alive two years ago.

Emilio Ghanem, 40, was reported missing in May 2023. He was a former member of the Hemet-based religious group called “His Way Spirit Led Assemblies.” His disappearance is now being investigated as a possible homicide.

According to his family, Ghanem had spent the last two decades of his life as a devout member of the religious group, whose members worked at a pest control company called Fullshield Inc., now known as “Maxguard,” according to the Redlands Police Department.

In April 2023, Ghanem left both the religious group and MaxGuard behind and moved to Nashville, Tennessee, to

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