Feb 18, 2021 · The matriarch of the former Alachua County cult, “The House of Prayer,” was convicted Wednesday of killing two children decades ago.

Apr 9, 2021 · Anna Young pleaded no contest in February to second-degree murder in the death of Emon Harper and manslaughter in the death of Katonya Jackson, decades after both children died while living at the Florida-based religious cult, House of Prayer.

Jun 28, 2022 · Former members of a Georgia-based religious organization, with churches reaching coast to coast and seemingly targeting the military, accuse its faith leaders of spiritually and financially manipulating them.

Apr 3, 2024 · It was three years this week since cult leader Anna Young died only 42 days into her 30 year prison sentence. Young killed Katonya Jackson, 2, and Emon Harper, who was a toddler at the time....

Mar 3, 2021 · The "House of Prayer," a Christian community in Micanopy, Florida, was supposed to be a refuge for believers struggling or down on their luck, a place where they could organize their lives around their faith and provide care for their children.

Mar 31, 2021 · Young, 79, on Feb. 17 pleaded no contest to second-degree murder for the death of Emon Harper and was sentenced to 30 years in prison. Young led a cult called House of Prayer in the 1980s on...

Feb 18, 2021 · Anna Young, 79, was sentenced to 30 years in prison Wednesday for confining the toddler, Emon Harper, to a closet – without food or water – until he was found dead in a straw hamper by Fluker...

Feb 20, 2021 · Seventy-nine-year-old Anna Elizabeth Young, who ran the so-called "House of Prayer" cult in Alachua County, Florida in the '80s, was sentenced to 30 years behind bars after pleading no contest...

Mar 24, 2021 · It has been decades since John Neal lived as a child at the Florida-based religious cult House of Prayer for All People, but the abuse and fear he experienced there is never far from his mind.

Feb 17, 2021 · It’s taken more than 30 years but somebody has finally been held accountable for the death of toddler Emon Harper — 79-year-old former Micanopy-area cult leader Anna Young.