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Jeannie Mills, her husband Al, and her children joined the
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settlement in Guyana, which ultimately led to Ryan's murder and the mass murder-suicide at
Jonestown on November 18, 1978. After the killings, the Mills family initially holed up with other defectors in the
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was quickly ruled out as a motive. Eddie claimed he was unaware that the killings had taken place, even though police found gunshot residue on his hands.
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Linda seventy times with a paddle for a minor infraction. The family legally changed their names to void the
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Six Years with God: Life inside Rev. Jim Jones's
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50:Berkeley, California
141:U.S. Representative
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