Charmain 'was on a mission' to find out who her prophet husband was. Then she died.

A significant story is unfolding on the international scene. Charmain 'was on a mission' to find out who her prophet husband was. 52 minutes ago Share Save Add as preferred on GoogleMyles Bonnar , DisclosureandKevin AndersonFacebookCharmain became the wife of Prophet Eric AdusahTo those who loved Charmain Speirs, so much about her death doesn't make any sense. After a whirlwind romance and quickfire wedding, she was mysteriously found dead in a hotel bathtub in Ghana six months later.

Her Ghanaian husband, Eric Adusah, the head pastor of a Pentecostal church, was charged with her murder before being released due to lack of evidence. The prophet, as he is known by his followers who believe he shares divine revelation directly from God, has denied any involvement in his wife's death. Last month, a Disclosure documentary raised serious questions about Adusah's accout of the night his Scottish wife was last seen alive.

The Details

Friends and family told the they were puzzled about why Charmain had left her seven-year-old son with members of her husband's church while she went to Ghana alone. In a new podcast series - Charmain and the Prophet - one woman, Elma Adams, says she may have the answer. She says Charmain was "on a mission" to find out who her husband really was.

Elma, a devout Christian who is now in her 80s, had been Eric Adusah's "Scottish mum" after they met in Edinburgh in 2012. But she thinks the prophet used her and Charmain for his own gain. Innovation PhotographyElma (right) at Charmain and Eric's weddingElma first encountered the prophet in a Christian bookshop in the Scottish capital and recalls that he seemed "very charming and easy to talk to".

The pair exchanged numbers and Elma told him to phone if he ever needed help. Several weeks later, he called and before long he was staying with Elma and her late husband George whenever he was in Scotland. The prophet was based in London but his Global Light Revival church already had branches in Manchester and Dublin.

What Experts Say

Elma helped him recruit Christians to establish the Edinburgh branch and he would stay at her home about once a month when he came to host services. Elma was fond of him and he was a source of support when she found she had cancer. But she was less impressed by what she saw after he got together with Charmain.

"There seemed to be a lot of urgency to get married," she says. "What struck me was that they didn't impress me as a romantic couple. "It was more like she was an acquisition rather than a beloved romantic partner, more like a stage prop than anything else.

"FacebookCharmain's status in the church changed when she got marriedCharmain, originally from Arbroath, met the prophet through a Christian dating site in spring 2014 and after a whirlwind romance they married in September that year. She was 40 years old and, after a string of broken relationships, finally thought she had found what was promised for her - a man of God. Within months, Charmain was the wife of Eric Adusah, referred to as the "first lady" by members of his church.

The development has drawn wide international attention, with diplomatic circles watching closely.