(1) A Spotlight On Michele Miscavige. 
(3) Her full name is Michele Diane Barnett, and she was born on January 18, 1961.
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(11) Michele's parents never joined the Sea Organization, also known as Sea Org.
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(12) They were, however, devout followers to the Church of Scientology.
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(13) As such, Michele (also known by her nickname, Shelly) was born into the life of Scientology.
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(15) She remained close and in contact with her father - but lost nearly all contact with her mother.
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(16) Before this happened, however, Michele and Clarisse joined the Sea Organization.
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(18) The Sea Organization contains Scientologists who devote themselves to the order, dedicated to carrying out the social mission of Scientology, including human rights education and non-government drug education campaigns.
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(19) Michele was contracted to work with the Sea Organization for a billion years.
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(20) "My God... a billion years!"
(21) In 1972, Michele joined L. Ron Hubbard's The Apollo, when she was either 11 or 12-years-old.
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(23) Because of this, she then became a crew member of the Commodore's Messengers Organization (CMO).
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(24) The Commodore's Messengers Organization was created to serve at the beck and call of L. Ron Hubbard, and mainly featured teenage girls in hot pants and halter tops.
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(26) At some point, Clarisse and Flo stayed with Janis Grady's family, the Gilhams.
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(27) They studied with L. Ron Hubbard at St. Hill Manor in East Grinstead.
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(30) Michele had decamped in Clearwater, FL with other members of the Commodore's Messengers Organization.
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(31) A few years later, a number of church members were charged with conspiracy and burglary, including L. Ron Hubbard's third wife, Mary Sue.
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(32) Because of this, Hubbard became paranoid and created All Clear, a team dedicated to defusing legal threats.
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(35) The relationship blossomed at Int Base, also known alternatively as Gold Base.
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(36) Int Base is a secure compound, roughly 90 miles east of Los Angeles, CA.
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(40) While David was outgoing and talkative, Michele was shy and reclusive.
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(41) She was ultimately shunned, however, by the Commodore's Messengers Organization due to her being moody and jealous, and her bragging over her relationship with David.
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(42) Michele and David spent some of their holidays with Janis Grady and her husband, Paul.
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(43) They skiied at Big Bear, and lodged first in a cabin, and later in condominiums purchased by the Church of Scientology.
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(45) Another date provided for Michele and David's wedding day is December 30, 1980.
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(46) In either case, apparently Michele never actually shared a bedroom with David, and never engaged in public physical intimacy.
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(47) She was incredibly devout to the Church of Scientology and the words of L. Ron Hubbard.
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(48) In 1985, Michele's mother, Flo, left the Church of Scientology and joined a Scientology splinter organisation known as the Advanced Ability Center, which was founded by David Mayo.
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(51) On September 8, 1985, Flo's body was found dead with three bullet holes in her chest from a rifle, one bullet hole in her head, and her wrists slashed, with two suicide notes left behind.
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(52) Michele's response to finding out about her mother's death was "Well, good riddance to that bitch".
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(54) Flo, at the time of her death, was married to James Miller, who discovered the body.
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(55) The case was investigated by Debrah Kitchings, an investigator for the Los Angeles Department of Coroner.
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(56) Bob Havercroft of the Los Angeles Sheriff's Department also investigated the case.
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(57) By the time Kitchings was brought onto the case, Flo's body had already been moved to the hospital - Kitchings, therefore, did not visit the scene of the incident in its original state.
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(58) The Los Angeles County Medical Examiner ruled Flo's death as a suicide.
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(60) The autopsy report was released in October 1985, the month after the incident.
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(62) Michele continued to wear the necklace of the Commodore's Messengers Organization.
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(63) In 1986, David became the Chairman of the Board of the Religious Technology Center.
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(65) Michele was given the position of C.O.B. Assistant to help David with anything he needed.
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(66) She was placed in Building 50 at Gold Base, in an office next to David's.
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(68) She assisted David as he handed out punishments and sent people to the Rehabilitation Project Force (RPF).
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(69) The Rehabilitation Project Force is available only for members of the Sea Organization, and is designed to provide Scientologists to gain a second chance if they have failed their responsibilities as members of the Sea Organization.
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(70) However, sometimes after David made one of these threats, Michele would then re-enter the room, advise people that they were not being sent to the Rehabilitation Project Force, and work on a better solution to the problem at hand.
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(71) As such, she acted as a hidden line of defence for Scientologists.
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(72) She follows all of David's orders precisely, constantly chasing people in the organisation to follow them up.
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(73) Her role as C.O.B. Assistant essentially translated to her being considered the First Lady of Scientology.
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(76) At some point, she angrily berated Tom De Vocht over his wife, accusing his wife of attempting to seduce David.
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(78) Michele spent some of her time encouraging staff members of the Church of Scientology to volunteer and help the local community, possibly in line with the Sea Organization's humanitarian goals.
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(80) She considered Jan Weiss, a fellow member of the Sea Organization, to be one of her best friends, which she admitted after spending time with Weiss in Palm Springs for a day.
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(81) Whenever Michele's birthday came around, David's father, Ron, would send her a birthday gift.
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(82) The day after - for Ron's birthday - she would respond with a thank you message and give him a gift for his own birthday.
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(84) In 1990, Michele had her photograph taken by Claudio and Renata Lugli, the Miscaviges' personal tailors.
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(87) Michele was personally responsible for interviewing and hiring members of Cruise and Kidman's household staff.
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(88) Sometimes, Michele would call Jan Weiss to yell an order at her, and then slam down the phone.
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(90) In February 2001, Cruise filed for divorce from Kidman, citing irreconcilable differences.
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(91) Shortly afterwards, Cruise and Penelope Cruz entered a relationship during their work on the film "Vanilla Sky".
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(92) Between 2002 - 2003, Michele was in charge of the Alpine project - with John Brousseau reporting to her - to clean Cruise's Beverly Hills estate on Alpine Drive.
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(93) At the completion of the project, Michele offered John Brousseau a chance to rejoin the Religious Technology Center - but without his wife, Deidre.
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(94) He accepted her offer and ended his marriage to Deidre three days later.
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(95) Despite Cruise's attempts to indoctrinate Penelope into the Church of Scientology, she was not interested.
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(97) During Cruise's relationship with Penelope, Michele had supervised Penelope throughout her audit at the Church of Scientology.
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(98) Cruise then began calling David at various hours and asking for his help in finding a new girl.
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(99) David deputised Michele to help Cruise on his quest to find love because he did not have the time nor the patience to help Cruise.
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(100) Around this time, Michele had been demoralised by her membership in the Church of Scientology.
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(101) She attended a secret meeting with other Scientologists to discuss Cruise after he failed to pass a sec check.
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(102) She tried to put Cruise together with a member of the Sea Organization through a series of 'accidental' meetings.
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(103) This person was Nazanin Boniadi, who was prepped for her dating life with Cruise over the course of a few months.
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(104) They spent their first date exploring New York, eventually spending their night in Trump Tower on a closed-off floor.
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(106) Apparently, David read transcripts from Cruise's audit sessions about his sex life, which Michele would listen to.
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(107) This was done over a bottle of Macallan scotch at 2 - 3 in the morning in the Officers' Lounge.
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(108) Days before New Year's Day, Michele and David arrived in Telluride, CO to meet with Cruise and Boniadi.
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(109) Despite being ill, Boniadi was forced to entertain Michele and David, until she accidentally infuriated David due to their language barrier.
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(111) Boniadi ultimately asked Tommy Davis whether she had been set up with Cruise on purpose - Davis responded by ending their relationship.
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(112) Boniadi was then sent to the Flag building in Clearwater, where she was forced to scrub toilets with a toothbrush, clean bathroom tiles with acid, and dig ditches in the middle of the night.
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(113) Cruise had already moved on to a brief relationship with the 19-year-old Yolanda Pecoraro, which, after it ended, led to Michele and her team working harder to find the perfect woman for him.
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(114) Michele and her team considered Jennifer Garner, Sofia Vergara, Erika Christensen, Erica Howard, Sofia Milos, Scarlett Johansson and Jessica Alba.
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(115) Ultimately, Michele became the matchmaker to Cruise and Katie Holmes.
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(116) Michele and her team had discovered an interview where Katie discussed her desire to marry Cruise.
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(117) They interviewed her, similar to others, for a role in their Scientology training films, then seguing the conversation to discuss Cruise and whether she was interested in him.
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(118) Michele was still listed as a staff member of Int Base at this time.
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(119) This is a photograph of Michele and Leah Remini at a charity gala in 2005.
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(120) The timeline here becomes somewhat messy - the following events occurred in either 2005 or 2006 (both have been given in various different sources).
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(121) In 2006, Shelly was listed in Issue #115 Impact as part of the International Association of Scientologists. The link below may request to be opened in a new window.
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(122) In Summer, Michele made a few changes to Int Base while David was away on business.
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(124) During this, Michele took it upon herself to improve the Org Board, something which many people had tried already but failed to accomplish due to David's difficult-to-meet demands.
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(125) It was described as a Sisyphean project - a task which could never be completed.
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(129) Secondly, she began renovating David's living quarters, moving items to a temporary housing unit.
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(130) She knew she had done something wrong.
(131) She then started pushing people away, insisting she could protect and fend for herself.
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(132) Mike Rinder apparently spoke with Michele, who was wondering whether David was wearing his platinum wedding ring or his gold wedding ring.
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(136) Ron's annual birthday gift to Michele - and her response - would then take a different path as a result of her disappearance.
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(137) The response came back three days later, instead of the next day in time for his own birthday, and the answers he received to questions seemed to indicate they did not come from her.
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(139) Michele did not attend their wedding, which lead to Remini questioning her disappearance.
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(140) Tommy Davis told Remini that she did not have the rank to question Michele's location.
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(142) Scientologists were told never to discuss her disappearance.
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(143) Karin Pouw refused to discuss her when questioned by Business Insider, citing security issues.
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(144) Karin Pouw is the International Spokesman for the Church of Scientology.
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(145) Apparently, Michele was being held in a secure base near Lake Arrowhead, CA, also known as the Twin Peak compound.
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(146) It is also known as Rimforest or C.S.T., which is an abbreviation for Church of Spiritual Technology.
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(148) She was apparently going through a sec check, an intense reprogramming session designed to rehabilitate her.
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(149) The compound itself was built in 1989 with a budget of roughly $18 million, which construction overseen by Dylan Gill.
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(150) The address is 25406 State Highway 189, Twin Peaks, CA, 92391.
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(155) These are photographs taken of the compound on August 2, 1999, by a person named Lisa McPherson.
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(156) It has security cameras and spikes, and is inaccessible to non-Scientologists.
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(160) It also has a structure for important Scientologists such as David and Cruise in the event of a nuclear apocalypse.
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(162) Michele did not return any letters sent to her during the holiday season.
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(163) On June 25, 2007, Shelly's father, Barney, passed away. He was 77-years-old.
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(164) In August 2007, Michele attended her father's funeral, accomplished by her Scientologist handlers.
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(165) While here, she was approached by a former Scientologist who had been declared a 'Suppressive Person'.
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(166) She told the former Scientologist that she would not be able to assist.
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(167) Claudio Lugli was informed that Michele was on a special project, therefore he would never have to do her clothes ever again.
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(169) Apparently, there will be no chance for Michele to return to the regular world.
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(170) On September 25, 2008, WikiLeaks released a series of domain names registered to domains@scientology.net.
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(171) A few of these related to Michele - michelle.miscavige.name; michellemiscavige.name; miscavige.michelle.name; miscavigemichelle.name...
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(173) In 2012, attorneys for Michele informed US Weekly that she was not missing.
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(177) Shortly afterwards, Remini filed a missing person report for Michele with the Los Angeles Police Department.
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(178) On August 8, 2013, the Los Angeles Police Department closed the missing person case, listing Remini's concerns as 'unfounded'.
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(179) The San Bernardino Police Department stated that they had spoken with Michele.
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(180) This was announced by Detective Gus Villanueva of the Los Angeles Police Department.
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(182) Detective Villanueva, as of the present day, is no longer with the Los Angeles Police Department, having retired in November 2016.
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(184) This was because Michele herself did not want to comment on the conspiracies surrounding her disappearance, as per the Los Angeles Police Department Commander Andy Smith.
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(185) The Los Angeles Police Department did not provide Remini with a formal response over the case.
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(186) Because of these events, Remini became more determined to locate and confirm the safety of Michele.
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(188) In December 2015, Michele was apparently seen being escorted by two men at Lake Drive Hardware near Lake Gregory, looking much thinner than before.
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(190) In April 2016, Michele was apparently seen again at Goodwin & Sons Market, accompanied by two men again.
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(192) On December 12, 2016, Remini's attorney, Douglas Mirell, filed a records request with the Los Angeles Police Department to find out why they closed the case and what investigations were done to locate Michele.
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(193) The Church of Scientology has repeatedly denied that Michele is being held against her will and has said that Remini and others associated are conspiracy theorists for suggesting it.
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(194) This is the official statement from the Church of Scientology about the issue and Remini.
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(195) The Church also created a website dedicated to discrediting Remini.
(196) In January 2017, the Los Angeles Police Department responded to Remini and Mirell's records request, informing them that they would not be provided any further information.
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(197) On June 25, 2017, a video was uploaded to YouTube of a drone flying over the Twin Peaks compound.
(198) There is no further information concerning the whereabouts of Michele Miscavige.
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