PROCESS CHURCH OF THE FINAL JUDGEMENT
Leader: Robert Moore AKA DeGrimston
Based: Cambridge, Mass, USA
While never implicated directly, the Process Church has been tangentially involved in both the Manson Family killings and the Son Of Sam slayings. When questioned by prosecutor Vincent Bugliosi, Manson declared "Moore and I are one and the same". Manson was paid a visit by members of the Process after questioning and subsequently refused to discuss the Process ever again. During the Son Of Sam investigation, a book came into the hands of North Dakota police. The book, about witchcraft, contained references to the Process, and was accompanied by the words "Arliss Perry, Hunted Stalked and Slain. Followed to Calif. Stanford University" in the handwriting of David Berkowitz, who was later convicted of the Son of Sam killings. The reference to Perry dates to a murder in Dakota in 1974 of a devout Christian. Berkowitz also intimated a second person was involved both in the Perry killing and the second Son of Sam slaying, a person identified only as Manson II, but thought by some commentators to be John Mentzer, a convicted killer.
Source: The Giant Book of Conspiracies by Jonathan Vankin and John Whelan

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