Amelia Cerezero, who lives in a one-storey cement shack in the village, looks after her five-year old grandniece.

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Blu was founded in 2008 by McCarthy, a venture capitalist, and Bill Haney, an entrepreneur, environmentalist and documentary filmmaker, and initially funded by Haney and angel investors like Abby Disney, grandniece of Walt Disney.

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Mee's grandniece, Jeanne Dauray, testified that a visit to her aunt left her feeling "something was amiss" in the restrictions that Mee lived under compared with other relatives who were members of other religious orders.

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