BROWN, Ruletta

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Last Name
 
BROWN
Given Names
 
Ruletta
AKA's
 
Paul, Ruletta
Better known as
 
Date of Birth
 
12/26/1953
Age at Death
 
24
Place of Birth
 
San Francisco, California
Race
 
Black
Gender
 
Female
Religion
 
Family Tree
  Brown Family Tree
Birth Mother
 
Florence Brown
Birth Father
 
Siblings
 
Jocelyn (Brown) Carter
Partner
 
Robert B. Paul
Children
 
Marquess Dwight Rhodes, Jr.; Isaac Jerome Rhodes; Robert Paul Jr. aka Robert Brown; (niece) Kaywana Mae Carter
Non-Temple Relatives
 
Body Identification Number
 
Burial Location
 
Cedar Lawn Memorial Park, Fremont, CA
Source of Death Information
 
House Foreign Affairs Committee report; FBI document 89-4286-1302 (prepared 12/78)
Entry into Guyana
 
2/28/1978
Residence (US)
 
Residence (JT)
 
Cottage 03
Occupation in U.S./Skills, Talents & Interests
 
seamstress (RYMUR 89-4286-X-5-a-26d); Pharmacy lab tech asst; EKG lab tech asst; nursing asst; ceramics; cook; heavy equipment driver; auto mechanic; secretary; bookkeeper; community advisory board (RYMUR 89-4286-E-2-A-1d); real estate, life insurance, musician, shorthand (RYMUR 89-4286-E-2-A-1o)
Occupation in Jonestown (Temple Records)
 
Agriculture – Insecticide (RYMUR 89-4286-PP-8-M-2); Field worker (RYMUR 89-4286-PP-8-M-5)
Jonestown Roles (FBI Records)
 
Government Income
 
Discrepancies
 
Remembrances
 
“I was very young. She was married to my cousin. She was very nice to me. I remember seeing her and the baby's picture laying face down in a magazine. ” - Anonymous

“According to Odell Rhodes, Ruletta was the first person to step forward and take the poison. She was carrying her baby in her arms. Did she think it was just another drill? Did she know that her baby was to be the first of hundreds of babies and children murdered that terrible day? My heart cries for these infants, who in the arms they should have been safest and happiest had to be used for the goals of an evil creature. ” - Anonymous