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Families Await Word as Jonestown Death Toll Grows
Kin of the Peoples Temple waited in fear and anger for news on loved ones after the Jonestown massacre. Authorities disclosed 400 to 900 members were unaccounted for, with killings linked to the cult’s leaders and a deadly escape into the Guyana jungle.
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Margie Henderson
People’s Temple
San Francisco
People's Temple
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Grace Steen
Samantha Tucker
Tulsa
Okio
Mike Carter
Bouse
Idaho
Jonestown
Yang
Califortia
Leo Ryan
Eveo
Waling
Ake
Amicis
Emea
Johnnie Harris
Cui
Ess
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