In 2023, Expanding Frontiers Research (EFR) submitted a request to the Thurston County Sheriff's Office for records responsive to Ramtha's School of Enlightenment. Over the next two years, the law enforcement agency incrementally processed hundreds of files and provided them to EFR in 13 separate releases. EFR has now organized the records into a searchable database hosted on Google Drive.
Judy Zebra “J.Z.” Knight was born Judith Darlene Hampton in 1946 in Roswell, New Mexico. She would later claim a Lemurian warrior named Ramtha, who purportedly battled residents of the mythical lost city of Atlantis 35,000 years ago, first appeared to her in her kitchen in 1977. Knight claimed to be able to channel Ramtha. She and her story subsequently rose in popularity, and she became a sought-after guest on the 1980s television talk show circuit. J.Z. Knight published a book, A State of Mind, in 1987; opened the school in 1988; launched JZK, Inc., in 1994; registered several Ramtha trademarks (her claims to exclusivity held up in court); and banked millions of dollars obtained from followers, supporters, and business ventures. As of this writing, Knight reportedly lives in a 12,800-square-foot home on the school grounds, an 80-acre compound near Yelm, Washington, where she alleges to have been disseminating the teachings and prophecies of Ramtha for nearly 40 years. As indicated in the law enforcement records obtained and the EFR articles exploring those records, a lot occurred along the way, much of it controversial.
The database is divided into nine master folders, categorized by type of incident, as shown and linked below. Each master folder holds sub-folders and individual records organized by case number. The database contains a combined 50 folders representing some 60 law enforcement cases consisting of about 1,200 total files. The majority of files are digital police reports and crime scene photographs, along with audio interviews recorded by officers and video clips entered into evidence. Reader discretion is advised as these are, of course, law enforcement records.
The master folders of the RSE TCSO Database:
Complaints, statistics and emails related to animals
Ramtha followers often become crime targets through "survivalist" lifestyles and the related hoarding of valuables
Computer-Aided Dispatch (CAD) records of incident-related communications
This file includes suicides and reports filed by concerned family and neighbors
Three murders, two that remain unsolved and potentially implicate Knight & followers
A heads up from FBI, inner-office communications and more
From gatecrashers to a Knight security guard charged with DUI on his way to work
📁 Trespass and Suspicious Incidents
Distressed people often become compelled to seek access to Knight and/or Ramtha
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