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Amy Carlson’s body was mummified in a sleeping bag and wrapped in a cloth adorned with Christmas lights when Colorado sheriff’s deputies found her last week. Glittered makeup decorated her face and around her eyes, according to law enforcement.
“The mummified remains appeared to be set up in some type of shrine,” police said in an affidavit.
That shrine was allegedly erected by Carlson’s followers in her religious group “Love Has Won,” which some officials and former members have described as a cult. Carlson, 45, claimed she was “Mother God,” 19 billion years old, a reincarnation of Jesus and could heal people of cancer “with the power of love,” she said on “Dr. Phil” last year.
Saguache County Sheriff’s Office first learned of Carlson’s death April 28 , when Miguel Lamboy, who has been identified as a member of Love Has Won in past news articles, reported finding the corpse.
Lamboy, 42, told law enforcement that five members of Love Has Won had shown up at his home the day before, saying they needed a place to stay. The following day he woke up early and drove to Denver, according to the arrest warrant, only to return home later that day to find Carlson’s mummified remains on a bed in the back room of his home.
Lamboy told law enforcement that he believed that the seven people who showed up at his house transported the “mummified remains” from California, the warrant said.
It is unclear how Carlson died, and none of the seven adults have been charged in her death.
Despite Carlson’s death, her followers have continued to do daily live streams on their YouTube channel. In a video on the group’s Facebook page, a member said Carlson “did not pass away” but “ascended.”
“The mummified remains appeared to be set up in some type of shrine,” police said in an affidavit.
That shrine was allegedly erected by Carlson’s followers in her religious group “Love Has Won,” which some officials and former members have described as a cult. Carlson, 45, claimed she was “Mother God,” 19 billion years old, a reincarnation of Jesus and could heal people of cancer “with the power of love,” she said on “Dr. Phil” last year.
Saguache County Sheriff’s Office first learned of Carlson’s death April 28 , when Miguel Lamboy, who has been identified as a member of Love Has Won in past news articles, reported finding the corpse.
Lamboy, 42, told law enforcement that five members of Love Has Won had shown up at his home the day before, saying they needed a place to stay. The following day he woke up early and drove to Denver, according to the arrest warrant, only to return home later that day to find Carlson’s mummified remains on a bed in the back room of his home.
Lamboy told law enforcement that he believed that the seven people who showed up at his house transported the “mummified remains” from California, the warrant said.
It is unclear how Carlson died, and none of the seven adults have been charged in her death.
Despite Carlson’s death, her followers have continued to do daily live streams on their YouTube channel. In a video on the group’s Facebook page, a member said Carlson “did not pass away” but “ascended.”
