Rashad Jamal White told the Post-Dispatch in a wide-ranging phone interview from a Georgia prison that his "University of Cosmic Intelligence" is simply a spiritual YouTube channel.
The Berkeley Police Department released the last-known images of some of the missing people which showcased four people who appeared to be meditating on the property of a home outside St. Louis.
Six people with ties to the St. Louis area have been missing for nearly five months, and authorities believed they were involved with an online cult before their disappearance.