CultNEWS101 Articles: 3/2/2026
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Patrick Ryan
Mar 2, 2026, 3:01:01 AM (yesterday) Mar 2
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"Members of a secretive cult-like sect accused of murder were back in court Tuesday in San Bernardino.
KTLA 5’s Mary Beth McDade was in the courtroom, where four out of the five accused killers were on Tuesday, handcuffed in their prison jumpsuits.
However, the preliminary hearing had to be postponed until Wednesday because the leader of the group, who claims to be the voice of the Lord on earth, couldn’t make it for medical reasons.
Testimony had to be postponed in the pretrial hearing of the murders of a 4-year-old boy and a former member of a secretive Inland Empire sect called His Way Spirit Led Assemblies."
" ...The Taylors describe that in 2021, Texas teenager Bradley Felix Cadenhead founded the online network 764. He apparently named it after part of his ZIP code and chose Discord because of its young user base and lack of oversight.
According to the complaint, 764 runs a “pyramid of abuse” on Discord. Leaders recruit and radicalize kids, sometimes turning victims into perpetrators. The complaint describes children being forced to send sexual images, hurt animals, carve words into their skin, mutilate themselves, and attempt or complete suicide — often on livestream so others can watch, record, and use the footage for blackmail. The plaintiffs say law enforcement and child safety agencies treat 764 as a top‑tier threat tied to hundreds of investigations and abuse reports.
L.S. and ‘White Tiger’
The complaint uses a second victim, “L.S.,” to show how 764 allegedly operates. L.S. is a 12‑year‑old girl from Finland. Somebody who went by “White Tiger” allegedly groomed and abused her on Discord over many months. According to subsequent law‑enforcement investigations, the FBI later identified “White Tiger” as Shahriar Javan, a young German‑Iranian medical student from Hamburg.
The plaintiffs say he mixed flattery with threats and pushed her into increasingly extreme acts on livestream. They allege he made her carve “White Tiger” into her thighs on camera, torture and dismember a small bird, and cut herself to draw a tic‑tac‑toe board in blood while he and other 764 members called the moves. When she later said she was suicidal and wanted a normal life, he allegedly urged her to kill herself on camera, then told her she could only stay alive if she found “somebody else to die.”
Pen Pal to Death Pact
The Taylors allege that in January 2022, Jay turned to Discord for connection while struggling with adolescence and mental health. He lived with his parents and three siblings in Gig Harbor, Washington. The complaint says he posted that he “had a sudden urge to get a pen pal” and was looking for transgender or gay friends who liked crafts, reflecting his interest in crochet.
According to the complaint, L.S., under pressure from Javan and 764, responded to Jay’s post on January 17, 2022 and started chatting with him. She had already been given a script on how to push someone toward suicide and how to set up a suicide livestream. The complaint says Jay had a history of depression but was in treatment and at first resisted, telling L.S. he felt better, did not want to die, and had “some good stuff going on in life.”
The plaintiffs allege that L.S. kept pressing him to die with her in a suicide pact and told him using a cord would not hurt. Eventually, the complaint says, Jay agreed and said he would hang himself with an extension cord because he did not want L.S. to die alone.
A Suicide Stream
Jay’s parents say that in the early hours of January 17, 2022, he quietly left his home with a white extension cord and walked to a nearby Safeway. L.S., following Javan’s instructions, set up a video call titled “live laugh rip jay LMAO” and invited 764 members, including Javan. The plaintiffs say Javan then took over the call, asked Jay if he had a rope, and, sexually aroused, told him to take off his clothes because “it’s hotter.”
According to the Taylors, Jay refused to undress. He propped his phone near a chain‑link fence with a rope attached, put the rope around his neck, stood on a raised spot, and jumped. He is described as twitching and convulsing while Javan watched, became aroused, and started talking with L.S. about how to cover up what happened. The plaintiffs allege law enforcement later learned Jay had been coerced into hanging himself on livestream, that the video was copied and shared on Discord, and that it was used as marketing for 764.
After an international investigation, German authorities arrested Javan in June 2025. Officers found terabytes of child‑abuse and violent material on his devices. He was charged there with murdering Jay and with more than 200 additional offenses involving the mutilation and sexual exploitation of children."
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