GUILTY AL - Adam Simjee, 22, a carjacking turned robbery turned child in the woods with a gun, 2022

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Two women allegedly lured a driver to death. They may be part of a fringe sect

The off-grid bandits accused of killing Adam Simjee appear to be followers of Rashad Jamal, a controversial guru

www.theguardian.com

 

[Curious_in_NC]

Not much recent news about this other than federal charges were added last month.

Two Women Face Federal Charges After Kidnapping and Robbery of College Couple Left Boyfriend Dead: DOJ

Two women in Alabama have been indicted for allegedly shooting and killing a college student from Florida while robbing him and his girlfriend at gunpoint this summer in the Talladega National Forest.

lawandcrime.com

 

[Curious_in_NC]

Checking in. Apparently the gag order is still in effect. I didn't see any recent news about this case. Vice did a more in depth article last December about the cult that the accused were apparently involved with.

An Online Prophet Claims to Be a God. His Followers Keep Getting Arrested.

A series of bizarre, sometimes violent encounters with police and the general public has led to the arrests of at least eight followers of Rashad Jamal—and a new conspiracy theory among his fans.

www.vice.com

 

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Yasmine Marie Adel Hider, 21, pleaded guilty to kidnapping and murdering 22-year-old Adam Simjee on 14 August 2022 during a robbery near her off-grid encampment in Cheaha State Park, reported AL.com.

Hilder, who is from Oklahoma, flagged down the victim and his girlfriend Mikayla Paulus, who were travelling in his van and looking for waterfalls in the park.

Woman agrees to plead guilty to murder of college student who stopped to help her

Yasmine Marie Adel Hider, 21, pleaded guilty to kidnapping and murdering 22-year-old Adam Simjee last August

www.independent.co.uk

 

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Hider told investigators that she lived in the woods, according to a statement of facts in the plea agreement.

She was shot four times in the exchange of gunfire, the prosecutors’ office said. FBI agents found her against a tree with three gunshots to the abdomen and one to the leg, according to court documents.

She ordered the couple to empty their pockets and to give them their banking and credit card information and their personal identification numbers during the robbery, according to the statement of facts.

When Hider looked away, Simjee pulled out his own gun and demanded Hider drop her weapon. Hider fired and Simjee shot back simultaneously, the plea agreement says.

Simjee and his girlfriend were both students at the University of Central Florida. His girlfriend was not injured.

They were on a hiking trip and driving through the Talladega National Forest, looking for waterfalls in Cheaha State Park, when the deadly encounter occurred, court documents say.

Woman who posed as stranded motorist and killed college student pleads guilty

Yasmine Marie Hider, 21, killed Adam Simjee, 22, after he pulled out his own gun in self-defense in Alabama's Talladega National Forest in 2022.

www.nbcnews.com

 

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Hider is scheduled to be sentenced on Jan. 4, 2024, while her accomplice Pinkins, who was also convicted in federal court last week, has a scheduled sentencing on the same day.

Paulus told WBMA that the couple were heading to Arkansas on a road trip that had been planned for the week before they would attend classes at the University of Central Florida when they came upon a woman, Hider, who appeared to be experiencing car trouble. After the couple worked on the car together for an hour, the vehicle was still inoperable.

"At the end, when nothing could be done, she pulled out a gun and walked [us] into the woods," Paulus told WBMA.

The woman allegedly told the pair to drop their cell phones, Paulus said. That is when "Adam pulled out his gun and told her to get on the ground and that's when she started messing around with her gun. It jammed once but they both shot at each other and she was shot a few times and he was shot only once," Paulus alleged.

Woman Pleads Guilty to Killing Florida College Student After Attempting to Rob Him in Talladega Forest

Yasmine Marie Hider, 21, of Edmond, Oklahoma, pleaded guilty to murder, kidnapping and robbery in the death of a 22-year-old Florida college student

people.com