In December 1978, the government of Guyana held a six-day inquest into the deaths of Peoples Temple leader Jim Jones and more than 900 of his followers who died the previous month in Jonestown. This PDF is a transcript of that inquest.<\/p>\n
The transcript includes testimony from Guyana\u2019s Assistant Commissioner of Crime, C.A. \u201cSkip\u201d Roberts; Guyana\u2019s chief pathologist, Dr. Leslie Mootoo; several local Guyanese government and police officials; Jonestown survivors Odell Rhodes, Stanley Clayton, Tim Carter, Mike Carter, and Mike Prokes; and Temple member Herbert Newell.<\/p>\n
The document concludes with a one-page finding of the coroner\u2019s jury that Jones \u201cand persons unknown\u201d were responsible for the deaths in Jonestown. The jury also named only two people \u2013 Ann Elizabeth Moore, who died of a gunshot wound, and Maria Katsaris, who \u201cdrank the brew\u201d \u2013 as suicide victims.<\/p>\n
This is the best available copy of this document. The deletions were made by the FBI. There is also a page missing from the original.<\/p>\n
Guyana Inquest<\/strong>, RYMUR 89-4286-1840, pp. 5-51.
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