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A Kansas grandpa is desperately searching for his four grandkids after their mom was brutally murdered and dumped in a shallow grave — allegedly by her husband, a self-proclaimed Mississippi cult leader called the “Silver Creek Messiah.” One of the last things La’Datra Williams, 26, told her grief-stricken dad, U.S. veteran Eddie Williams, on May 20 was she was “determined” to leave Charles Sims and his polygamous cult, which believes he’s a true vessel for the Holy Spirit and ordained by God almighty to fix the world’s problems. Sims is charged with first-degree murder for La’Datra’s killing. “I don’t know...

For Carol City resident Charles M. Sims, serving in the U.S. Army was a childhood dream. Soft-spoken but resolute, the 2002 Miami-Carol City High School graduate enlisted in August 2002, about two months after finishing high school. Brimming with anticipation, Sims was deployed to Iraq in March. On Friday, his mother learned he was dead. Pvt. First Class Sims, a member of the Third Platoon, Echo Company, drowned in a swimming pool during cherished recreation time in Baghdad, a piece of candy lodged in his throat so he could not breathe, Andreta Horne-Hester said. He was assigned to the 549th...