"And two suspects who are charged with the murder of their associate and the attempted murder of the former landlord were back in court this week in Solano County. Alexander "Somni" Leatham, 30, and co-defendant Suri Dao, 24, are both tied to a group seemingly led by Jack "Ziz" LaSota, who espoused some bizarre beliefs about human morality, trans identity, and who continued to have some allegiance with the Berkeley-based Rationalist movement."
"LaSota was reportedly present on the property of Curtis Lind in Vallejo when, early on the morning of November 13, 2022, three of her associates allegedly attacked Lind, with Leatham allegedly wielding a sword that impaled Lind through the torso. A witness described Lind as "bleeding like a stuck pig," with a gaping wound near his right eye and the sword sticking through his chest."
"The group was imminently being threatened with eviction, after living out of solar-powered box trucks on Lind's property since 2019, and having not paid rent since a few months into their stay. (A pandemic moratorium on evictions had tied Lind's hands until the late fall of 2022.) While LaSota was not charged in the attack, there has been the implication that she had directed it."
Two suspects, Alexander "Somni" Leatham and Suri Dao, are charged with the murder of an associate and the attempted murder of landlord Curtis Lind. The defendants are linked to a small, violent, cult-like Bay Area group reportedly led by Jack "Ziz" LaSota, whose beliefs included unusual views on morality and trans identity and ties to the Berkeley Rationalist movement. The group lived in solar-powered box trucks on Lind's property since 2019 and faced imminent eviction after rent stopped a few months into their stay. On November 13, 2022, associates allegedly attacked Lind; one associate, Emma Borhanian, was killed during the scuffle.
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