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Jim Jones | |
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| Born | May 13, 1931 Crete, Indiana, United States |
| Died | November 18, 1978 Jonestown, Guyana |
| Cause of death | Gunshot (alleged) |
| Nationality | Statesian |
James Warren Jones (May 13, 1931 – November 18, 1978) was a Statesian mass murderer and leader of the Peoples Temple cult.[1]
Jonestown massacre
On 18 November 1918, Jones killed 913 of his followers with cyanide. An audio tape from during the massacre recorded Jones saying, "Get Dwyer out of here before something happens to him."[1]
Disappearance
After the Jonestown massacre, Jones sent an uncoded radio message to British Special Forces agent Phil Blakey, telling him to sail his boat from Port of Spain, Trinidad to the mouth of the Waini River, where he was supposed to pick up Jones. Authorities caught Blakey and searched his boat but did not find Jones. Venezuelan border patrol agents saw 30 to 40 people cross the land border into Venezuela shortly after the massacre.[1]
Investigators found a body that they claimed was Jones. It had a gunshot wound in the left side of the head, but the murder weapon was about 60 meters away. The body was missing Jones's tattoos, and its face was unrecognizable due to decay.[1]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 Jeremy Kuzmarov (2022-11-18). "Was the CIA Behind the Jonestown Massacre?" CovertAction Magazine. Archived from the original on 2024-06-24.