Apr 24, 2024 · Two people in Jonestown died of gunshot wounds, according to the most credible evidence we have. They were Jim Jones and Ann Moore. In addition to the gunshot wound, there is evidence that Ann took the cyanide that claimed the lives of 907 others at the jungle community.

The last line – “We died because you would not let us live in peace” – appears in a different color ink over her signature, “Annie Moore.” We did not know that Annie was one of only two persons to die of gunshot wounds in Jonestown, nor of her last letter to the world, for several weeks.

Annie Moore, the good girl I knew in high school, helped murder children, and then she killed herself. Here’s what I believe may have happened to Annie Moore. A young woman, passionate to see justice done and racial and economic equality practiced in this world, was seduced.

Apr 24, 2024 · Annie Moore’s memo of November 5, 1978 – written less than two weeks before the arrival of Rep. Leo Ryan and the deaths in Jonestown – is one illustration of this. Addressed to Jim Jones, but intended as well for two of his top aides – Annie’s sister Carolyn Layton and Maria Katsaris – the memo reports on a poisoning plot against ...

Jul 25, 2013 · Annie Moore was sweetly good-natured, spontaneous, loyal, and dependable – and often very funny. Annie was our babysitter when she was a teenager. At that time our two children, a boy and a girl, were about age 5 and 2.

Jun 12, 2023 · Where can I begin — JONESTOWN — the most peaceful, loving community that ever existed, JIM JONES — the one who made this paradise possible — much to the contrary of the lies stated about Jim Jones being a power-hungry sadistic, mean person who thought he was God — of all things.

May 25, 2013 · The examples of Annie’s writing below show her eagerness to join the church, the welcome she felt there, and the loyalty she demonstrated during her remaining years with the Temple in the United States. Other primary sources on this site reveal how all these characteristics had evolved during the Jonestown community’s last few weeks.

Feb 17, 2013 · Ann Elizabeth Moore (1954-1978) was the youngest daughter in the Moore family: John and Barbara, the father and mother, Carolyn Moore Layton, the oldest daughter, and Rebecca Moore, the middle daughter. Annie and Carolyn died in Jonestown, along with Carolyn’s four year-old son Jim-Jon.

Annie at Jonestown’s medical bond. May 1978.....274 Annie and foster child at Cal Aggie Camp in Davis, California. ... Carolyn Layton and Annie Moore, and of my parents, John and Barbara Moore. From these, a picture of Peoples Temple, and the people who joined it, emerges.

Feb 21, 2018 · On October 25, 1978, Annie Moore wrote a letter to her parents, John and Barbara Moore in Reno, Nevada, and asked them to forward an enclosed letter to her sister Rebecca Moore living in Washington, D.C. It arrived at its destination in mid-November, a few days before the deaths on November 18.