Jeannie Mills
Jeannie Mills | |
|---|---|
| Born | Deanna Mertle July 2, 1939 |
| Died | February 27, 1980
(aged 40) |
| Cause of death | Gunshot wounds |
| Nationality | American |
| Known for | Victim of unsolved murder Peoples Temple defector |
Jeannie Mills (née Gustafson; July 2, 1939 – February 27, 1980), formerly Deanna Mertle, was an early defector from the Peoples Temple organization headed by Jim Jones. With her husband and Elmer Mertle, she co-founded the Concerned Relatives of Peoples Temple Members organization in 1977. Mills was murdered in 1980 along with her husband and one of her daughters, in a killing which remains unsolved.