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■ John Neal, 40, was a child at the cult. Police reports show he was beaten, but lied about it to detectives when asked as a child. His name there was “Brother James.” He now lives in Kennesaw with his wife and children. ■ Anna Elizabeth Young, 76, led the cult, known as the House of Prayer for All People. The subject of multiple investigations over the past half-century, Young is accused of abusing many children and killing a toddler. Her name at the cult that she uses to this day is “Mother Anna.” She had been living at the same Marietta home for more than 15 years.

■ Katonya Jackson was 2 years old when she died of a seizure. Her brother, John Neal, accuses Anna Elizabeth Young of killing his sister by not paying for her medication. ■ Robert Davidson was found crushed to death under a pickup truck at a junkyard in 1988. The medical examiner ruled his death accidental. He helped run the cult with his wife, Anna Elizabeth Young. His cult name was “Brother Jonah.”

■ Cathy Davidson was a 6-year-old girl who went missing in 1973 at a Michigan state park. She is Robert Davidson’s daughter and Anna Elizabeth Young’s stepdaughter. Michigan police and the FBI are re-investigating the case in light of Young’s charges in Florida. ■ Joy Fluker lives in north metro Atlanta with her husband and children. She grew up inside the cult with her mother, Anna Elizabeth Young. Her father is Robert Davidson. She described being abused at the cult but not as severely as others. Her name at the cult was “Sister Mary.”

■ Fonda Favors, 45, spent four years at the cult with her sister and mother. She now lives in nearby Ocala, Florida. Her name at the cult was “Sister Rachel.”

■ Emon Harper, known as “Moses” in the cult, was

2 or 3 years old when police say he was beaten and starved to death at the cult by Anna Elizabeth Young. His mother in Chicago gave him to the cult because she couldn’t care for him, police records indicate.

■ Sharon Pough was 20 years old when the cult was formed with the help of her father O.D. Pough. She told police she saw Emon Harper’s body being burned.

CURTIS COMPTON / CCOMPTON@AJC.COM John Neal, who survived a violent cult in North Florida, pauses while sharing his story during an interview at his Kennesaw home on March 7.