Murder-Suicide
Definition
An act in which an individual kills one or more other persons before, or at the same time as, killing oneself.
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Marshall ApplewhiteMarshall Herff Applewhite was the leader of the Heaven's Gate religious group. He was a self-proclaimed prophet. He died in the group's mass suicide in 1997. Marshall Herff Applewhite was the leader of the Heaven's Gate religious cult in Texas. He was a self-proclaimed prophet, drawing rhetoric from science fiction and scripture. He led his group to commit mass suicide in 1997 in hopes of being lifted into a spaceship.
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