Delta Green-Lost in the Dark Operation Friend of the Poor
From Karriviki
Date: 6.8.1999
Agents and Friedlies:
- Khamal Al'Mere
- Leonard Baker
- Laverne Lancaster
- Will Noolun
- Jonathan Riley
Case Details
Who?
Suspects:
- Zach Koster
- 48 years old ex marketing director
- Bald
- Colorfully and extravagantly dressed
- Usually surrounded by a dozen of the faithful
- Manfred Warren
- 64 years old medical secretary
- Tracey Bennett
- 36 years old nurse
- Leo Geddinge
- 25 years old student
- Chryssa Graham
- 41 years old paramedic
- Convictions related to possession of narcotics
What?
The Church of Heavenly Liberation
- A liberal christian pseudo-fundamentalist charismatic sect
- More than 500 members
- Poor, addicts, prostitutes, HIV positives, minorities, petty criminals
- Belief in liberation through rebirth in Christ
- Participates in plenty of charity
- Against other christian denominations and sects, new age, Scientology and alternative medicine
- Owns several hospices for the poor and homeless
- Including some for the elderly, alcoholic, addicts and AIDS patients
- All run on voluntary basis
- They run their own local radio station
- Faith healing and speaking in tongues
- Recent signs of doomsday anticipation, paranoia and siege mentality
When?
6.8.1999
Where?
Philadelphia
Why?
Operation Log
- Investigation found a large arms cache
- Firearms and miscellaneous melee weapons
- Surveillance revealed a plot to attack and bomb a local federal building
- It was thwarted by local law enforcement when they were informed of it
- Two of the suspect group were killed and four arrested
- Afterwards Koster was arrested by the local PD
Debriefing
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