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==Deaths in Georgetown== In the early evening of November 18, at the Temple's headquarters in Georgetown, Temple member Sharon Amos received a radio communication from Jonestown instructing the members in Georgetown to take revenge on the Temple's enemies and then commit revolutionary suicide.<ref>{{Harvnb|Reiterman|Jacobs|1982|pp=522β523}}</ref> Later, after police arrived at the Georgetown premises, Amos escorted her children, Liane (21), Christa (11) and Martin (10), into a bathroom.<ref name="reiterman544">{{Harvnb|Reiterman|Jacobs|1982|pp=544β545}}</ref> Wielding a kitchen knife, Amos first killed Christa and then Martin.<ref name="reiterman544"/> Then Liane assisted Amos in cutting her own throat, after which Liane killed herself.<ref name="reiterman544"/> Jones' sons Stephan, Tim and Jim Jr. later found the bodies.<ref name="jonestown.sdsu.edu"/>
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