In the pre-dawn hours today the wife, two sons and daughter of the that has sparked violence in many Muslim cities fled their home in Cerritos, Calif.
Only a and one TV photographer were there to see Cerritos Sheriff's deputies escort Nakoula Basseley Nakoula's family away. As Patch.com adds, that's "not quite the spectacle" that occurred Friday night when Nakoula himself left the home, his head cloaked to hide his face from the dozens of reporters and camera crews stationed outside.
Where the family has gone is unknown.
Nakoula has now been identified by multiple news outlets as (in NBC °µºÚ±¬ÁÏ' words) the "key figure" behind Innocence of Muslims. He's also, , a convicted felon who on bank fraud charges.
Another detail that news outlets are reporting is that (as Patch.com puts it) Nakoula is "a naturalized U.S. citizen of Egyptian descent and a Coptic Christian."
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