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Cults & Gurus

Medical Examiner "Stunned" by Randall Gaylord's Findings, Calls Carla Shaffers Death a "Homicide" on Orcas Island

“It sure smells like somebody killed her,” says a prominent Medical Examiner hired by a veteran CBS news reporter to investigate the death of Carla Jean Shaffer. It’s a powerful rebuke to coroner Randall Gaylord who ruled the death an “accidental drowning” in 2006 despite claiming “the lungs were

Cults & Gurus

Aaravindha Himadra and the Mysterious Orcas Island Death of Carla Jean Shaffer

At 1:30 pm on January 5th, 2006, Carla Jean Shaffer’s body was found dead, floating in a small pond near the Orcas Island airport in Eastsound, Washington. She was 52 years old. Three weeks before, on December 14th, Carla suffered 30–40 stab wounds, a broken rib, a