A husband and wife who run an Inland Empire religious group were arrested and investigators seized automatic weapons and ghost guns during searches. The investigation centers on the May 2023 disappearance of 40-year-old Emilio Ghanem, who left the Hemet-based His Way Spirit Led Assemblies and started a rival pest control company. Ghanem was reported missing after visiting a Starbucks in Redlands; surveillance later captured the rented Nissan Frontier he had been driving in Grand Terrace. Detectives found the rental truck and additional evidence and are investigating his disappearance as a potential homicide. Authorities served multiple search warrants and recovered electronic devices and weapons.
Authorities are also searching for a second man associated with the group who vanished in 2017. Ghanem, 40, was reported missing shortly after he visited a Starbucks in Redlands, where he was meant to meet someone, according to police. A rented Nissan Frontier pickup, which he was driving that day, was spotted on surveillance video sometime after the same day in Grand Terrace.
Redlands Police declined to say whether they have evidence of a shooting in the death of Ghanem, but said on Tuesday they served a search warrant in the 1300 block of Christobal Lane in Colton and recovered several weapons. It was at least the fourth search warrant served in connection with Ghanem's disappearance. (Redlands Police Department) Two of the leaders of the Assemblies group were arrested Aug. 14.
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