Leader of cultish 'family' used lovers to recruit

Sunday, February 17, 2002

SAN FRANCISCO -- The leader of a cult-like family charged in the starvation death of a 19-month-old boy once routinely dispatched one of his lovers to approach other women on the street in apparent attempts to expand their circle, according to police reports.

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