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[Music] [Music] she was just glowing everything that she ever dreamed of had come
true from her in my head my plan was to live the rest of my life with Bethany and she was
going to be my wife and I was excited about that to her Tyler was someone who seemed
to be passionately pursuing God and pursuing a meaningful life as much as she was and that's really what Drew her
to him [Music] at the wedding the way she looked at him it was more than love it was almost this
worship now it really scared [Music] me my gift and something that is also a curse is that I'm charismatic I am
charismatic I've owned that from the beginning I'll own that to the end I can be elect El and
magnetic it can affect people God told Tyler that our group was specially chosen to show the rest of the world
what it looked like to live in community to be really Christian to be radical this is the house in which
Bethany and Tyler lived right after they were married this is when I would say it
became a full-blown cult and a very dangerous cult they did as they were told they
didn't make decisions on their own some of the things he was saying were were incoherent and borderline insane but
when you're there it's perfectly normal you've been described as a cult leader okay true I don't think so no you
don't think the group that you helped form was cult no and nobody has used that language who's actually qualified
to use it this is King BV news sheriff's deputies found Bethany deon's body in a
car at Long View lake with a plastic bag over her head this is a newlywed what newlywed commit suicide by herself in a
lake something wasn't quite right did Bethany take her life I don't believe she did this was Murder She
didn't die of natural causes so yes Bethany and I's relationship was definitely strained but um just because
it was strained doesn't mean I was murderous I don't want revenge and I don't want Vengeance the foundational
facts do not point to a murder I want Justice I want truth [Music]

Was an alleged religious cult responsible for a young bride’s death? "48 Hours"' Troy Roberts investigates Saturday, Aug. 1 at 10 p.m. ET/PT on CBS.

Brief Summary

The episode examines Bethany and Tyler's relationship, their cult-like community, and the mysterious circumstances of Bethany's death.

Key points

A Dangerous Cult. The group became a full-blown cult, leading to dangerous consequences.
Murder or Suicide?. Questions arise about Bethany's death, with conflicting beliefs about its nature.

Episode highlights

Episode quotes

It was almost this worship.

Describing the way she looked at him at the wedding.

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