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Jeannie Mills

Case from Berkeley, CA dated Feb 27, 1980

Victim Details

Jeannie Gustafson Mills

Female

Berkeley

CA

1980-02-27

39

Jeannie

Mills

07/09/2026

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Jeannie Gustafson Mills, born Deanna Mertle, was a prominent defector from the Peoples Temple, a cult led by Jim Jones. She, along with her husband Al Mills and their children, left the Temple in 1974 after witnessing and experiencing severe abuses. The family legally changed their names to distance themselves from the cult. Jeannie became an outspoken critic of the Peoples Temple, co-founding the Concerned Relatives of Peoples Temple Members organization and the Berkeley Human Freedom Center, w ...
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    I recently revisited the tragic case of the Mills family, and one detail that's been sticking with m... ...Read More
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    The tragic fate of Jeannie, Al, and Daphene Mills has haunted me for years. Considering Eddie Mills ... ...Read More
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