105:, United States, on the morning of August 3, 1978, in which Rachal David (1939–1978) pushed several of her children off an 11th floor hotel balcony and convinced at least the three oldest children to jump before her to their deaths. A 15-year-old girl survived after spending a year in the hospital. Three days earlier, Rachal's husband Immanuel David (1938–1978) who had said he was a divine leader had died by suicide. The hotel was then called the International Dunes Hotel, but is now a
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