Bethany Deaton's husband also a suspect in her murder; Tyler Deaton believed to be 'spiritual leader' of religious group

Bethany Leidlein Deaton's husband, Tyler Deaton, was the spiritual leader of a group that allegedly used sex as part of its religious mission, according to court documents.

Prosecutors in Missouri on Tuesday acknowledged that he is under investigation in his wife’s death. The body of the woman from Arlington was found Oct. 30 in a van parked at a lake near Kansas City. 

According to court documents, a member of the group, Micah Moore, told police that he and other members of the group had engaged in a series of sexual assaults on Bethany Deaton.

He later told detectives that Tyler Deaton told him to kill Bethany, according to the court documents.

Read more here.

Tyler Deaton and Moore were students at the International House of Prayer University near Kansas City. The president of the Bible school issued a statement declaring Tyler Deaton conducted his group apart from the school and "under a veil of secrecy."

According to the statement, "This group has always operated independently of the university, and it is important to all of us that this group’s secrecy and disturbing religious practices are fully exposed."

Read the full statement here.

Comments

[Sandra]

While its hugely important that these people are brought to justice and the total truth come out, all parties paying for their crimes. It is also important that the media does not cause the public to "throw out the baby with the bathwater" here. IHOPU should not be vilified in any way if there is no connection to this heinous activity. If ever there was a case for careful, responsible journalism -- this is it.

[Bill Mack]

But then again 10s of 1000s of parents, teachers, law enforcement, researchers and others must realize that the IHOP compound in Kansas City is only part of the larger occult Christian Kabbalist movement called the New Order of the Latter Rain (NOLR) that started at the end of WWII in North Battleford, Saskatchewan. Both the pioneer leaders that started the NOLR as well as Joseph Smith that started his Mormon cult had acquired their beliefs from Christian Kabbalist writings from the 17th century. The central declaration in both cults is "God is restoring the office of Apostles and Prophets." Historical research traces that belief from Jewish doctrines of Reincarnation combined with christianized beliefs that the souls of the original apostles and prophets reincarnated into their genetic descendants. [See Gilgul, Reshimot, Tikkun Olam] Neither group are Christian even though both have forgotten their hidden occult beginnings. Hidden history revealed will help solve this mess.

[Gary]

Bill that is the most ridiculous garbage I have ever heard...

[Dee]

IHOP & IHOPU should be fully investigated as well. They are a religious cult and should be treated as such. Deaton was listed on their website as 1 of only 6 division coordinators (now removed). When are the people who attend these evangelical religious "churches" going to realize their leaders are all mentally ill sexual deviants??? Look at your track record people!!!!