The leader of a New Age cult whose mummified body was found surrounded by fairly lights in a Colorado home in April died of alcohol abuse, anorexia and and long-term dosing of colloidal silver, her autopsy has confirmed.
Amy Carlson, a 45-year-old former McDonald's employee from Texas, was known by followers of Love Has Won as 'Mother' or 'Mother God'.
She had left her three children and husband behind when she moved to Colorado, and in 2018 founded the sect.
In her final photos, posted to Facebook - where the cult's 20 full time members and hundreds of other admirers shared memes and musings - Carlson is seen looking emaciated and with a strange blue tint to her skin.
When her body was found, it seemed initially as if her eyes had been removed, but forensic analysis later found they had simply decomposed.
She told Dr Phil in September 2020 that she had cancer.
Her autopsy, published on Thursday, showed she died of anorexia, alcohol abuse and the effects of colloidal silver - a 'dietary supplement' of tiny particles of silver floating in water, which quack doctors sell to cure COVID, cancer, HIV and AIDS.
Amy Carlson is seen in the last-known photo of her, with the blue tinge to her skin from the silver distinctly visible. Her skeletal frame was the result of anorexia and alcohol abuse, an autopsy found, and she had no sign of cancer
Police in Crestone, Colorado, are seen on April 28 finding Carlson's body in the bed, wrapped in a sleeping bag and surrounded by fairy lights
Carlson founded the cult in 2018, with followers believing she was 19 billion years old and a daughter of Donald Trump. Her supporters believed she existed as a 'higher consciousness' than other humans and would lead a group of 144,000 people to the 'fifth dimension,' a heavenly place beyond the 'regular world'
There are no known medical benefits, and those who take it find the silver building up in their bodies, making it hard to absorb antibiotics and other medicines; damaging the stomach and liver; and causing an irreversible condition called argyria, whereby the skin is tinged blueish grey.
She was 5ft 4 inches tall, and weighed 75lbs.
The autopsy was carried out by Emily Russell from the El Paso County Coroner's office in Colorado Springs.
'Based on the information available to me at the time of report it is my opinion that Amy Renee Stroud (Carlson), a 45-year-old adult white female, died as a result of
