Last
Name |
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KATSARIS |
Given Names |
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Maria S. |
AKA's |
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Better known as |
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Date of
Birth |
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6/9/1953 |
Age at Death |
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25 |
Place
of Birth |
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Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania |
Race |
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Caucasian |
Gender |
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Female |
Religion |
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Family Tree |
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Birth
Mother |
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Birth Father |
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Siblings |
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Partner |
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Children |
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Non-Temple Relatives |
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Body Identification Number |
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Burial Location |
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Potter Valley Cemetery, Potter Valley, CA |
Source
of Death Information |
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House Foreign Affairs Committee report; FBI document 89-4286-1302 (prepared 12/78) |
Entry
into Guyana |
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6/17/1977 |
Residence (US) |
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Redwood Valley, California 95470 |
Residence (JT) |
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Radio |
Occupation in U.S./Skills, Talents & Interests |
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pilot (RYMUR 89-4286-X-5-a-26dd) |
Occupation in Jonestown (Temple Records) |
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Banking (Jonestown photo, 7/12/1978); Radio (charge person); purser; P.T.records (RYMUR 89-4286-C-7-h-4b); Bookkeeper & Purser (RYMUR 89-4286-X-4-l-4a); Georgetown Personnel Exchange (RYMUR 89-4286-E-2-A-1fff) |
Jonestown Roles (FBI Records) |
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"Inner-core"; Radio room; Finances, Public relations (FBI Report, 89-4286-1681); Planning Commission (FBI document 89-4286-1207); |
Government Income |
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Discrepancies |
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Remembrances |
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“One of Jones' closest inner circle, Maria was the one who suggested mixing grape Kool-Aid with the cyanide to make it less bitter tasting.
One of Jones' mistresses, she committed suicide in Jones' cabin, rather than around the pavillion with most others.
I was glad to finally see her face and even hear her voice on short wave radio.
I can't describe the feeling: happy and sad, and sorry that she died so young at 25.
I was 16 when the tragedy happened, learning of it in a hospital bed when my mother came to visit and gave me that edition of "Time" Magazine with the words "Cult of Death" on the cover, which also showed bodies and the vat of Kool-Aid, close up.
This whole event stuck in my mind and was recently re-ignited when I discovered it all again on the internet, where before it was only available in print or on television.
Now I have a new way of studying it all over again; it has become a "hobby?" Or an obsession with me.
I will never lose interest in this.” - Barry Odette |
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