A Giles County Grand Jury in Tennessee indicted Adam Arthur Rosenthal, 39, last week for first-degree murder and tampering with evidence, according to the Pulaski Citizen.  

His case will now move to the circuit court, and the next hearing is in July. 

Rosenthal, a 2022 Gainesville mayoral candidate, went missing in 2024, with a report filed with the Gainesville Police Department. Then, Tennessee law enforcement arrested Rosenthal in December for the death of Darren Cody Gambrel. 

Both Gambrel and Rosenthal had joined a group called The Twelve Tribes and the incident took place on the group’s property on the eastern edge of Pulaski, Tennessee.  

Lt. Josh Bass, Giles County Sheriff’s Department, told the grand jury that Rosenthal confessed to the murder, saying it was a way to prove his faith, the Pulaski Citizen reports. 

Rosenthal worked in technical support/customer service in Gainesville, living off NW 13th Street. He earned 236 votes in a crowded mayoral race in 2022.  

According to AP News from a 2016 story, the Twelve Tribes was started in the early 1970s and has expanded around the world. The group has an estimated 2,000-3,000 members “who live a ‘tribal life’ in different geographical areas of the world, ‘so as to be a demonstration of how God has always wanted His people to live.’”