The 2007 Disappearance of the Truth Fellowship Cult Leader and His Family

A 2017 inquest into the case revealed that Kadwell wasn't who he said he was. Investigators discovered that Kadwell's real name was Gary Feltham, and he was born in 1962 in the United Kingdom. He stole the identity of Simon Kadwell, a coworker, in the 1990s. After getting a new passport, he traveled to the United States and India. Later, Kadwell moved to Melbourne with another woman named Deborah, where they met McDougal, who moved in with them. McDougall had Leela in 2001. Another devotee also moved into the same house, but Kadwell and McDougall moved out after what The Guardian calls "bitter recriminations." Popic also joined them in their travels, and sometime in 2004, the four ended up in Nannup, per Perth Now.

The Guardian reports that the four may have been living on borrowed time. The story goes that they fled Nannup because one of McDougall's former boyfriends tipped off police that Kadwell was lying about his identity. During a traffic stop, police questioned him, and months later, the four disappeared.