'The Body' Sovereign Citizen Cult Member Chris Coombes Arrested for Child Molestation, Incest

New details come to light about the man who referred to his 6-year-old daughter as 'property' during a 2022 arrest in Okanogan County and the cult he belongs to

Trigger Warning: This article covers the sexual abuse of a minor. Reader discretion is advised.

“The Body” cult member Chris Coombs refuses to cooperate with officers as his daughter “AC” hides in the backseat in March 2022 near Tonasket, Wa.

On Aug. 15 Chris Coombes, a member of the sovereign citizen cult known as “The Body” was arrested and charged with 1st-degree child molestation and 2nd-degree incest in Okanogan County Superior Court.

Okanogan County Sheriff’s Office detectives submitted probable cause documents that provide a synopsis of an April 2023 forensic interview done with Coombes’ daughter in which the girl described how her father would sexually and physically abuse her, neglecting and maltreating her to a point that was “‘akin to childhood torture,‘“ wrote investigators.

The girl, now seven, described being beaten regularly with a rod that her father, and all male cult members, carry everywhere. She also described the sexual abuse she was subjected to.