Mikayla Thompson
Thompson, circa 2023; Some of Thompson's tattoos; Rashad Jamal
- Missing Since 08/06/2023
- Missing From Florissant, Missouri
- Classification Endangered Missing
- Sex Female
- Race Black
- Date of Birth 07/04/1999 (26)
- Age 24 years old
- Height and Weight 5'5, 195 pounds
- Distinguishing Characteristics Black female. Black hair, brown eyes. Thompson's ears are pierced multiple times each. She may use the name Antu Anum Ahmat. She has the following tattoos: a jewel, a flower and the word "Allah" on the back of one hand, the word "Truth" on the back of the other hand, a flower on the inside of her wrist, a potted plant on the outside of her forearm, a heart on the front of her ankle, a flower on her upper arm at the shoulder, an elephant head on the front of her thigh, hands on the back of her thigh, a rose on her lower leg. She also tattoos on her fingers and on her back. Photos of some of her tattoos are posted with this case summary.
Details of Disappearance
Thompson is from Saint Louis, Missouri. At the time of her disappearance, she was living in a rented home on Graham Lane in Berkeley, Missouri near the St. Louis Lambert International Airport with five other people: Naaman Williams, Gerrielle German, German's three-year-old son Ashton Mitchell, Ma’Kayla Wickerson, and Ma'Kayla's two-year-old daughter Malaiyah Wickerson.
Neighbors said the residents of that house practiced daily meditation and worship in their backyard, sometimes in the nude. The home was owned by a company in Arizona, and Ma'Kayla's name was on the lease, but on July 27, 2023, the six residents were served with an eviction notice; Ma'Kayla owed at least three months' rent.
All six of them disappeared. They were last seen at a Quality Inn Hotel in the 50 block of Dunn Road in Florissant, Missouri on August 6. When the police conducted a welfare check at the rental home in Berkeley, they found no indications of forced entry, but they did see signs that the occupants had left unexpectedly. There was food in the microwave, dishes in the sink and laundry in the washing machine, and valuables had been left behind, including a closet full of expensive women's shoes.
The disappearances may be connected to Rashad Jamal (whose legal name is Rashad Jamal White), who is serving an eighteen-year sentence in Georgia for child molestation. A photo of him is posted with this case summary. Authorities stated Jamal was the leader of a "spiritual cult" called the University of Cosmic Intelligence, whose followers would often quit their jobs, disconnect from their phones and social media accounts, and go "off the grid."
Jamal says it isn't a cult but only a YouTube channel with 200,000 subscribers, and that he doesn't know any of the missing persons. In the YouTube videos, Jamal shared his belief that black and Hispanic people are gods and goddesses and people of other races are aliens, that elite families including presidents are "reptilian shapeshifters", and the weather is being controlled by machines disguised as "5G towers."
There has been no indication of any of the missing six people's whereabouts since their sighting at the hotel in Florissant. Investigators believe they may be in Mexico, on an island in the Gulf of Mexico, or in Atlanta, Georgia. Their disappearances remain unsolved.
Investigating Agency
- Berkeley Police Department 314-524-3311
Updated 1 time since October 12, 2004. Last updated January 20, 2026; casefile added.




















