But not unlike Brown’s more well-known work, The Da Vinci Code, the line between reality and fiction is once again blurred and used to further Brown’s ongoing creation of an alternate world filled with world-wide conspiracies of domination and Gnostic truths that must be uncovered by his protagonist, the Harvard University professor and symbologist (a fictional discipline created by Brown), Robert Langdon.Īs with The Da Vinci Code, the Vatican and Roman Catholic Church are once again depicted in Angels and Demons as a suppressive and autocratic power that hides truth and fights any scientific and historic efforts to further human understanding and knowledge. The district attorney, Marc Bennett, agreed, calling Perez a “puppet master.Dan Brown’s book and now blockbuster movie, Angels and Demons, tells a fictional story of a violent confrontation between the Roman Catholic Church and a secret society called the Illuminati. “It is just that he serve the maximum sentence.” Perez used people as mere objects to fulfill his desire for money, sex and a lavish lifestyle,” Bribiesca said. “The evidence conclusively shows that Mr. Judge Joseph Bribiesca ordered that Perez would serve his sentences consecutively, making it so Perez will not be eligible for parole until he is 120 years old. Goodwyn said the conviction was “probably the most amazing feeling in my law enforcement career.”
On April 21, 2010, authorities arrested Perez at his new home in Tennessee after learning about what had been going on at Angel’s Landing in the past years through interviews with members of the commune. When looking into the man who was calling himself Lou Castro, they couldn’t find a paper trail or anything about his background. aps7CzzYu8Īccording to Oxygen, police first began to be suspicious of Perez in 2003 when he was living with a small group of people on a 20-acre property called Angel’s Landing.Īt the time, there were many vehicles on the property worth more than $40,000 each as well as a swimming pool and multiple houses. The deadly and devastating secrets of this traveling commune will come tumbling out, Friday on #Dateline at 9/8c. Perez Was Sentenced To Life in Prison & Is Not Eligible For Parole Until He Is 120 Years Old They led to millions of dollars in life insurance payouts. In total, there were six reported accidental deaths over seven years at Angel’s Landing. In March 2006, Hughes’ husband Brian died in an “accident” at the autobody shop where he worked. He allegedly collected over $1 million in insurance payouts following her death. Perez told commune members that she had slipped and fallen into the pool. This came to fruition in June 2003 when Patricia Hughes, who lived on the property, died. After a death on the property, police found a pattern where he would take out life insurance policies on people in his circle that would later be cashed in by members.Īccording to Sedgwick County Sheriff’s Office’s Detective Ron Goodwyn, around every two and a half years, bank account balances would get low, and then someone would die. Unfortunately for his followers, there was more to his scheme than that. Not only did Perez tell followers that he could heal the sick, he also allegedly told them that he could tell them when they were going to die. Friday on #Dateline at 9/8c, it's the saga of a traveling family involved in most of the seven deadly sins… /nZd9ctWtTO
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