“G”

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“G’s” family has asked us not to reveal too many personal details about her. But they’ve allowed us to tell some generalities, and use materials related to THE LOST CHILDREN in the hopes that her experience might instruct others about the dangers of destructive cults.

“G” recorded this video in Killeen, Tx, though that is not where she’s from. We’re not sure why she was there, unless it was part of her recruitment into the group. It seems that THE LOST CHILDREN conducted recruitment “tours” throughout the country. But unlike some other groups such as Jim Jones’ Peoples’ Temple, these recruitment tours were not in any way publicized. And the locations in each city appeared to be chosen specifically for their low profile. For instance, we know that Evelyn Hamilton was recruited in a tiny tenement apartment on the Lower East Side of Manhattan. Nothing about the building indicated that the group had set up shop there. The building was run down and filthy. But according to Evelyn’s friend Julie, who went with her that day but did NOT join the group, the actual apartment where the recruitment took place was spotless and devoid of any furniture save a single small television on a milk crate. This television played a video allegedly from Chance Sturges. We do not know the specific location in Killeen were “G” was recruited, if that was her purpose there.

“G” was by all accounts a normal young woman. She had just started her first year as a gradeschool teacher. She was engaged to be married. She was a Christian and regular church-going person. Absolutely nothing in her life or past would lead anyone to believe she would drop everything and join a group like THE LOST CHILDREN.

But so far as we know, this is often how it is with members of THE LOST CHILDREN. One of the notable things about this group in particular is the seemingly instant transformation of its members. Either that, or the uncanny ability of its members to keep secret their involvement with the group until full commitment.

Like all others, “G” liquidated her possessions and took all of her money with her when she joined. It’s common for leaders like Sturges to require this of members. For this reason, cults often pursue people of means. But not so in the case of THE LOST CHILDREN. The members spanned all economic levels.

“G” was among those murdered in THE LOST CHILDREN massacre.

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