The suicides took place over the course of three days. Though the 39 dead members of the cult were found on Wednesday, March 26th, 1997, coroner’s reports showed that the suicides were far from simultaneous. The members killed themselves starting Sunday using a combination of phenobarbital, alcohol and hydrocodone, probably consumed with apple sauce or pudding. The members then put plastic bags over their heads and suffocated to death, after which they were covered in shrouds. Applewhite was a late death, but not the last to die.

…………..Heaven’s Gate Members with Alias…………………….

David Geoffrey Moore b 1956 ALXody

Cheryl Elaine Butcher b 1954 ANLody

Joel Peter McCormick b 1968 AVNody

Norma Jeane Nelson b 1938 BRNody

Erika Ernst b 1956 CHKody

Brian Alan Schaaf b 1957 DRRody

Robert Leon Nichols b 1938 DSTody

Marion Yvonne Hill b 1958 DVVody

Lyndley Ayerheart Pease b 1955 DYMody

Dana Tracey Abreo b 1962. EVNody

Ladonna Ann Brugato b 1957 GLDody

Lawrence Jackson Gale b 1950 GLNody

Robert John Arancio b 1951. JMMody

Susan Frances Strom b 1953. JNNody

Denise June Thurman b 1952 JWNody

Darwin Lee Johnson b 1954 LEOody

John Michael Craig b 1934 LGGody

Julie Elmira LaMontagne b 1951 LVVody

Margaret Ella Richter b 1951. MLLody

Susan Elizabeth Paup b 1943. NRRody

David Cabot VanSinderen b 1948 OLLody

Jacqueline Leonard b 1925 PRSody

Alphonso Ricardo Foster b 1952 QSTody

Suzanne Sylvia Cooke b 1942. SLVody

Betty Eldrie Deal b 1933 SMMody

Joyce Angela Skalla b 1940. SNGody

Margaret June Bull b 1943 SNNody

Steven Terry McCarter b 1956. SRRody

Gary Jordan St Louis b 1953 STLody

Gordon Thomas Welch b 1947 STMody

Luca Eva Pesho b 1933 STRody

Raymond Alan Bowers b 1952 TDDody

Michael Howard Carrier b 1949 TLLody

Jeffrey Howard Lewis b 1956 TRSody

Michael Barr Sandoe b 1971 VRNody

Nancy Diane Nelson b 1952 WKNody

Judith Ann Rowland b 1946 WNDody

Gail Renee Maeder b 1969 YRSody

Marshall Applewhite b 1931 Do