#69: The Disappearance of Chantelle & Leela McDougall, Tony Popic, & Gary Felton

2021-06-04

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Thanks to our Aussie listener, Katrina, for requesting this case. In western Australia during July of 2007, Chantelle McDougall and her daughter Leela went missing along with her cult leader boyfriend, Simon Kadwell/Gary Felton and their longtime friend, Tony Popic. They told numerous people that they were going to Brazil, but there is no record of them ever making it there. They simply vanished. We recount the bizarre details of this cult-y group and what happened before they disappeared to make sense of a mind-boggling case. If you have any information or a tip to ...

Thanks to our Aussie listener, Katrina, for requesting this case.

In western Australia during July of 2007, Chantelle McDougall and her daughter Leela went missing along with her cult leader boyfriend, Simon Kadwell/Gary Felton and their longtime friend, Tony Popic. They told numerous people that they were going to Brazil, but there is no record of them ever making it there. They simply vanished. We recount the bizarre details of this cult-y group and what happened before they disappeared to make sense of a mind-boggling case.

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Sources we used for this episode:

Casefile Podcast, Episode 83
Coronial Inquest
Doomsday cult family disappears from Australia
Chantelle And Leela Left Town With A Cult Leader 10 Years Ago, Never To Be Heard From Again
Chantelle McDoughall and her daughter 5 yr old Leela vanished from Nannup, Western Australia in 2007, while intwined in the "Truth Fellowship" cult : UnresolvedMysteries
Unsolved - WA Family Who Vanished - The Nannup doomsday cult
Real life: My daughter joined the Truth Fellowship cult, then she disappeared
Couple died after meeting Australian cult leader
Leela McDOUGALL
Servers of the Divine Plan: Annoymous: 9781889280301
The New Call: Anonymous: 9781889280318