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* OutlivingOnesOffspring: Shelby's other son, David, died several years ago.
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Upon learning that Shelby's teenage son David died the previous year from a drug overdose, [=McCoy=] becomes determined to charge her with murder. He obtains a copy of the cult's holy book that Shelby wrote, in which she describes drugging Ranson as a child so he'd be compliant for sex. With Ranson's testimony, and evidence from the investigation into David's death, [=McCoy=] convinces a jury that David died because Shelby plied him with drugs. Despite Shelby's highly grandiose claims on the stand that she is being persecuted because she is a true prophet of God, she is convicted.
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Upon learning that Shelby's teenage son David has recently died the previous year from a drug overdose, [=McCoy=] becomes determined to charge her with murder. He obtains a copy of the cult's holy book that Shelby wrote, in which she describes drugging Ranson as a child so he'd be compliant for sex. With Ranson's testimony, and evidence from the investigation into David's death, [=McCoy=] convinces a jury that David died because Shelby plied him with drugs. Despite Shelby's highly grandiose claims on the stand that she is being persecuted because she is a true prophet of God, she is convicted.
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Richard Ranson attempts to commit a murder-suicide but survives, having killed a woman named Dolores Diamond. Ranson grew up in a cult called Children of the Divine, where Diamond was his nanny; his mother, Mrs. Shelby, is its leader. The cult forces children into sexual activity (both with adults and each other), and a large number of former members have committed suicide or become drug addicts because of the abuse. The [=DA=]'s office attempts to charge Shelby, and the testimony of Ranson's sister is crucial. However, the case collapses when it emerges she swore under oath in a previous trial that there was no abuse within the cult.
When [=McCoy=] learns that Shelby's teenage son David died the previous year from a drug overdose, he becomes determined to charge her with murder. He obtains a copy of the cult's holy book that Shelby wrote, in which she describes drugging Ranson as a child so he'd be compliant for sex. With Ranson's testimony, and evidence from the investigation into David's death, [=McCoy=] convinces a jury that David died because Shelby plied him with drugs. Despite Shelby's highly grandiose claims on the stand that she is being persecuted because she is a true prophet of God, she is convicted.
!!!This episode contains examples of:
* AGodAmI: During her trial Shelby explicitly equates herself with Jesus, Buddha, and other divine figures.
* BabysitterFromHell: Diamond was a variant of this: her job was to take care of the children in the cult and train them for sex.
* TheChosenOne: Ranson, who was to have succeeded Shelby as leader, was held up as this by the rest of the cult.
* CloudCuckoolander: Porter is one.
* DoubleMeaningTitle
* DrivenToSuicide: Ranson, and many other former members of the cult.
* GranolaGirl: Sunshine Porter
* ManipulativeBastard: Shelby
* {{Matricide}}: Ranson planned to kill his mother, but ended up murdering Diamond because she wouldn't tell him where Shelby was.
* MurderSuicide: What Ranson attempted to do.
* RapeAsDrama
* RippedFromTheHeadlines: Based on the Ricky Rodriguez case.
* ScamReligion: Children of the Divine.
* ScrewTheRulesIMakeThem: Shelby justified Children of the Divine's way of life based on its holy book, which she herself wrote.
* SexIsLiberation: This was part of the cult's teachings.
* SiblingIncest: Ranson and Porter were forced into this.
* YoungerThanTheyLook: Subverted. The detectives quickly work out that Diamond's ID is fake, since she's clearly far older than it shows her to be.
When [=McCoy=] learns that Shelby's teenage son David died the previous year from a drug overdose, he becomes determined to charge her with murder. He obtains a copy of the cult's holy book that Shelby wrote, in which she describes drugging Ranson as a child so he'd be compliant for sex. With Ranson's testimony, and evidence from the investigation into David's death, [=McCoy=] convinces a jury that David died because Shelby plied him with drugs. Despite Shelby's highly grandiose claims on the stand that she is being persecuted because she is a true prophet of God, she is convicted.
!!!This episode contains examples of:
* AGodAmI: During her trial Shelby explicitly equates herself with Jesus, Buddha, and other divine figures.
* BabysitterFromHell: Diamond was a variant of this: her job was to take care of the children in the cult and train them for sex.
* TheChosenOne: Ranson, who was to have succeeded Shelby as leader, was held up as this by the rest of the cult.
* CloudCuckoolander: Porter is one.
* DoubleMeaningTitle
* DrivenToSuicide: Ranson, and many other former members of the cult.
* GranolaGirl: Sunshine Porter
* ManipulativeBastard: Shelby
* {{Matricide}}: Ranson planned to kill his mother, but ended up murdering Diamond because she wouldn't tell him where Shelby was.
* MurderSuicide: What Ranson attempted to do.
* RapeAsDrama
* RippedFromTheHeadlines: Based on the Ricky Rodriguez case.
* ScamReligion: Children of the Divine.
* ScrewTheRulesIMakeThem: Shelby justified Children of the Divine's way of life based on its holy book, which she herself wrote.
* SexIsLiberation: This was part of the cult's teachings.
* SiblingIncest: Ranson and Porter were forced into this.
* YoungerThanTheyLook: Subverted. The detectives quickly work out that Diamond's ID is fake, since she's clearly far older than it shows her to be.
