Death of Allen Ross

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US filmmaker Allen Ross married Linda Greene and followed her cult,{{when|date=May 2017}} the Samaritan Foundation, based in Guthrie, Oklahoma, US. The couple moved from place to place following her instructions.[http://www.chicagoreader.com/chicago/the-allen-ross-mystery-a-body-in-the-basement/Content?oid=903127 The Allen Ross Mystery: A Body in the Basement by Jack Helbig, Chicago Reader, August 24, 2000][http://www.chicagoreader.com/chicago/where-on-earth-is-allen-ross/Content?oid=897541 Where on earth is Allen Ross? by Jack Helbig, Chicago Reader, October 15, 1998] Following Allen's murder on November 22, 1995, the group disbanded. Prosecutors believe that Linda Greene committed the murder. She died of liver failure in 2002 and was never charged. A cult member, Julia Williams, was found guilty of being an accessory after the fact to murder, by helping to bury the body in the basement. She was sentenced to two years in prison.[http://trib.com/news/state-and-regional/woman-gets-prison-for-covering-up-filmmaker-s-murder/article_1dfdcfe5-cb38-51b8-ab24-a9652d9d06f0.html Woman gets prison for covering up filmmaker's murder], The Casper Star Tribune, March 12, 2005[http://www.findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_qn4155/is_20050312/ai_n13466826 Cult member gets jail for hiding man's body], The Chicago Sun-Times, March 12, 2005

Ross' remains were found in July 2000 in his Cheyenne, Wyoming home.[https://www.chicagotribune.com/2000/11/11/burial-of-filmmaker-father-ends-5-years-of-uncertainty/ Burial Of Filmmaker, Father Ends 5 Years Of Uncertainty by James Janega, Chicago Tribune, November 11, 2000]