
2, the family obtained an emergency guardianship order and had Patricia admitted to a psychiatric institution.īut then a letter from Patricia, written to Laura’s dad while she was in the institution, arrived in their mailbox. But when the police spoke to Patricia and she appeared to be fine, they told the family there was nothing more they could do. Worried about her safety, Patricia’s family tried to get the police involved. Like many others who’ve fallen under Protzman’s spell, Patrica cut off almost all communication with her family when she traveled to Dallas.

While many people, including some within the QAnon community, have dismissed Protzman as a freak show and something to be ridiculed, his ability to control and coerce people into abandoning their lives to follow him has destroyed families.

Most recently Protzman, who’s known to his followers as Negative48, claimed that 17 dead celebrities are now taking part in the group’s online chats. And Protzman’s predictions and actions are becoming ever more outlandish.īesides claiming that JFK appeared in disguise as Trump at a rally last month, Protzman has begun to openly berate his followers, some of whom have reportedly drunk toxic chemicals from a communal bowl. Many observers believed Protzman’s influence would wane after his predictions repeatedly failed to come true and the major announcements and revelations he promised never materialized. Instead, his group of followers are growing again. Months later, Patricia is still in Dallas and still under the influence of Michael Protzman, the antisemitic QAnon influencer who made the wild predictions about JFK’s resurrection. “We just started to feel very helpless at that point and just very sad and backed into a corner because we had a big feeling that she was not coming back,” Laura told VICE News.
