the stepdad is a popular author and podcast or whose material is a radical offshoot of the latter-day church. he married lori ballard shortly after his former wife died in her sleep in late october. her body was recently exhumed because police now believe her death could be related to the missing kids. as for the kid s mother, her estranged husband was killed by her brother during a confrontation in july in arizona and her brother died less than two weeks ago on december 12th but police won t say how. these dots are all under investigation. relatives think the cult of the parents aren t they have something to do with the moms missing kids. she got involved with that cult and she just turned off. the people that we knew just went away. the last two years she has completely changed to a monster. the missing boy is 7-year-old