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Those were some of the mysteries that tantalized investigators on three continents last week as they continued to probe the deaths of 53 members of the Order of the Solar Temple, an apocalyptic religious cult, in Switzerland and Canada two weeks ago. One question was answered: Luc Jouret, 46, the spiritual leader of the cult, was among those whose bodies were found in three burned ski chalets in Granges-sur-Salvan, east of Geneva. Jouret's charred remains, along with those of co-leader Joseph di Mambro, 70, were identified from dental records. The finding ended an international manhunt...
Ending an international manhunt, Swiss officials investigating the deaths of 53 members of the Order of the Solar Temple identified the remains of the cult's leader, Luc Jouret, among the dead. Nevertheless, the motive behind what officials now believe was mass murder, followed by mass suicide, remains a mystery. They suspect that the Prophet of Doom may have indeed believed the end of the world was near...
...lecturer in Canada, France and Switzerland, Luc Jouret, a 46-year-old homeopathic physician and spiritual explorer, expounded New Age theories of child rearing and nutrition. But there were occasions when his audiences got a glimpse of a different Jouret, the would-be messiah who warned that the world would end soon in a convergence of environmental disasters and that only a select few would survive. Jouret liked to talk about the transformative power of fire: "We are in the reign of fire," he said on Swiss radio in 1987. "Everything is being consumed...
...miles away, in Granges-sur-Salvan, investigators found 25 additional bodies in three burned-out chalets. Many had bullet wounds indicative of point-blank execution. Almost simultaneously, Canadian authorities reported the death of five more suspected cult members near Montreal. Police are searching for the cult's two leaders, Luc Jouret, a Belgian homeopath who emigrated to Switzerland via Canada, and Joseph di Mambro, a French Canadian...
Swiss investigators have identified the badly burned body of Luc Jouret -- the big cheese in the Order of the Solar Temple cult whose 50 plus members were found dead in Switzerland and Canada last week. Jouret's whereabouts had so far been unknown and police even had a warrant out for his arrest for murdering some of his followers. Police did, however, nab another suspected cult member: Patrick Vuarnet, the son of the French skiing champion Jean Vuarnet, who won the 1960 Olympic downhill and now heads the upscale eyeglass company. He was taken into custody in connection with...