MASS SUICIDE : DEPUTIES DISCOVER AT LEAST 39 BODIES INSIDE MANSION NORTH OF SAN DIEGO.(News) From: Daily News (Los Angeles, CA) | Date: March 27, 1997 | COPYRIGHT 1997 Daily News. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group.Copyright information

Byline: Dana Calvo Associated Press

The bodies of at least 39 young men in matching dark pants and tennis shoes were found Wednesday after an apparent mass suicide in a million-dollar mansion occupied by a quasi-religious group of computer programmers.

The men, all white and about 18 to 24 years old, were lying on their backs on cots, mattresses and beds with their hands at their sides, said San Diego County sheriff's Cmdr. Alan Fulmer. There was no sign of survivors, he said.

Fulmer said the cause of death was not immediately known, and there were no suicide notes ...

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