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The lack of information in the 'information' we're getting from the news is frustrating.
Just looking at the pics of Mitchell/Immanuel and his wife sets my 'crazy' detector off. He looks like one of those people that you can tell is a nut from a long way away. I think it will eventually be revealed that there are cult-recruitment aspects of this situation ... not necessarily an organized, established religious cult, but rather a cult-like structure imposed by this Immanuel dude.
Of course, I don't think we'll ever get the WHOLE story.
As far as why she didn't try to escape/contact her family? Two options, the first being that she was a willing participant in the events, the second being Stockholm Syndrome ... although "willing participant" might be more likely here ... after all, if she were coming from a controlling, repressive family (they just come across that way, IMHO, on TV) and saw what Mitchell offered her as some kind of freedom/responsibility for herself ...
As more info comes out on this, I'll have to get in contact with my friend who is a cult exit counsellor. He might have some interesting insights into this.
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