with her her yoga partner ian thorson. >> it's really lonely. >> the bliss was not to last.a half into the retreat, both mcnally and thorson would be expelled and then they seemingly disappeared. thorson would be dead and mcnally at his side. >> she was completely hysterical. according to them she needs to stay with him for a three-day period to help him to heaven. >> reporter: they roughed it in the desert in the middle of winter on a nearby mountainside. >> i wouldn't call it a cave. it was big boulders are stacked. >> but the pair had help. someone was bringing them food and water from the base of the mountain. they had to come down and up in order to get it. at some point they became too weak and sick to do that. the corner's report said that he died of dehydration and starvation. >> reporter: the mother puts the blame on this man seen here in the retreat video. >> what you're seeing here is the final party to celebrate. >> reporter: cofounder of diamond mountain. he goes by geshe michael. thorson's mother accuses him of running a cult and the three-year retreat was anot

last april, ian thorson was cremated in arizona.ourney toward enlightenment ended with his death and many unanswered questions. >> it's such a bizarre tale. miguel, if ian thorson's family is convinced it was a cult, did they try to do anything to get him out of it? >> they did, indeed. in the late '90s and early 2000s, they brought in experts, brought him out to long island, near where they lived, basically tried to launch an intervention to get him out of it. there was one scene where he became so upset and agitated in the car, he jumped out of a moving car and went running away from the family while in flip-flops, essentially, and they had to go chasing him down. they tried everything that they could, they said, to try to get him away from michael roach, away from what they considered a cult, and never could. anderson? >> we'll continue to follow it. miguel, appreciate it. >>> elsewhere, a deadly ebola outbreak is spreading, as health teams on the ground rush to try to deal with the contagious disease. we have details, ahead. mov

last april, ian thorson was cremated in arizona. towards enlightenment ended with his death and many unanswered questions. >> such a bizarre tale. miguel, if he and thorson's family were convinced it was a cult, did they try to do anything to get him out of it? >> they did indeed. they actually brought in experts, they brought him out to long island near where they lived. tried to mount an intervention to get him out of it. there was one scene where he became so upset and agitated in the car he jump eed out of a moving car and went running away from the family in flip flops and they had to go chasing him down. they tried everything that they could to try to get him away from michael roach, away from what they considered a cult and never could. anderson? >> russia tries to deal with a contagious disease. details ahead. -freeze wash and dry diesel self-serve fix a flat jumper cables 5% cashback signup for 5% cashback at gas stations through september. it pays to discover. ♪ i want to go ♪ i want to win [ breathes deeply ] ♪ this is wh