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The Cult Dossier · No. 066 · Racial / Nationalist
Nation of Yahweh
Yahweh ben Yahweh's Temple of Love
1979 – present (much reduced) · Miami, Florida
VII. THE 1980s — SIEGE AND SCANDAL
Fully religious — Black Hebrew Israelite offshoot
### Who led it
### What it worshipped and taught
### Who was in it
### How it ended, or where it stands
### The dead
### Of note
### Its timeline
- 1979 Founds the Temple of Love in Liberty City, Miami.
- 1980s Rapid growth; the group acquires substantial Miami real estate and businesses and is publicly praised by city officials. In October 1990 the Mayor of Miami declares a Yahweh Ben Yahweh Day.
- 1981–1986 At least 14 murders committed by members, including the random killings of white victims for initiation and the killings of defectors.
- 1986 Aston Green, a defector, is beheaded. Leonard Dupree is beaten to death in front of the congregation.
- November 1990 Yahweh ben Yahweh and 15 followers indicted on federal racketeering charges covering 14 murders, two attempted murders, extortion and arson.
- 1992 CONVICTED OF CONSPIRACY in the RICO case; ACQUITTED ON THE INDIVIDUAL MURDER COUNTS. Sentenced to 18 YEARS.
- 26 SEPTEMBER 2001 Released after serving 11 years, on parole conditions barring contact with followers.
- 7 May 2007 Dies of prostate cancer in Miami.
### Its people
### Yahweh ben Yahweh
Hulon Mitchell Jr.
Founder, Nation of Yahweh · 27 October 1935 – 7 May 2007 · active 1979–2007
Before the law. CONVICTED of RICO conspiracy, 1992, and ACQUITTED on the individual murder counts; 18 years, of which he served 11, released on 26 September 2001. Never convicted of an individual murder.
Where things stand. Deceased 2007. The movement outlived the prosecution: the SPLC reported hundreds of followers, about 500 at his funeral, with a publishing arm in Montreal and Texas and a legal arm.
- 1979 Founds the Temple of Love in Miami.
- 1981–86 At least 14 murders, including random initiation killings and the beheading of the defector Aston Green.
- October 1990 Miami declares a Yahweh Ben Yahweh Day.
- November 1990 Indicted on federal racketeering charges covering 14 murders.
- 1992 CONVICTED OF CONSPIRACY; ACQUITTED on the individual murder counts. 18 years.
- 7 May 2007 Dies of prostate cancer.
Checked 2026-09-26
### Robert Rozier
Neariah Israel
Enforcer, Nation of Yahweh · born 1955 · active 1982–1986
Before the law. CONFESSED TO SEVEN MURDERS committed for the Nation of Yahweh — he had killed at least four people for the group by Halloween 1986. He TURNED STATE'S EVIDENCE against Yahweh ben Yahweh and the organisation, was sentenced to 22 YEARS, PAROLED AFTER TEN, and placed in WITNESS PROTECTION. THEN THE PART WORTH SITTING WITH. On 5 FEBRUARY 1999 he was arrested in El Dorado County, California, FOR WRITING A BAD CHECK FOR SIXTY-SIX DOLLARS. In 2001 that conviction drew 25 YEARS TO LIFE UNDER CALIFORNIA'S THREE-STRIKES LAW. He served ten years for seven confessed murders and is serving twenty-five to life for a sixty-six dollar cheque.
Where things stand. INCARCERATED IN CALIFORNIA, SERVING 25 YEARS TO LIFE. RE-CHECKED 2026-09-07: he testified against the group, served about ten years of a twenty-two-year sentence and was paroled into witness protection; then in 1999 he was arrested for passing bad cheques and in 2001 SUPERIOR COURT JUDGE EDDIE T. KELLER imposed the maximum third-strike term. THE TRIGGERING OFFENCE WAS 27 CHEQUES TOTALLING ABOUT $2,200. Nothing consulted establishes any parole since.
- 1982 Joins the Nation of Yahweh after a brief NFL career.
- 1982–86 Commits seven murders as a Brotherhood initiate.
- 1986 Arrested; agrees to testify.
- 1992 Principal prosecution witness at the federal RICO trial.
- 1996 Released after ten years.
- 1999 Sentenced to 25 years to life in California for cheque fraud under three-strikes.
Checked 2026-09-07 · living: health details are kept at home
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