 . Peralta , who had served as Ma Anand Sheela 's bodyguard and confidante , agreed to testify against the other defendants in the murder conspiracy . Under the terms of Peralta 's plea agreement she received a sentence of two years in federal prison . Carol Matthews was arrested in Baden @-@ Baden , Germany in October 1990 on charges of wiretapping and conspiracy to murder Turner , where she was held along with three other Rajneeshees . At the time of her arrest , Matthews was found in possession of a false British passport , and had been traveling under the fake name of " Daphene Fosberry " . Indictments were brought against Ma Anand Sheela and six other co @-@ conspirators by a federal grand jury in November 1990 .   In April 1991 , Carol Matthews and Richard Kevin Langford ( Swami Anugiten ) were extradited from Germany to the United States in order to appear in federal court in Portland , Oregon . Law enforcement officials from the United States Marshals Service traveled to Frankfurt , Germany and took custody of the Matthews and Langford at Rhine Main Airport . On April 15 , 1991 , Matthews and Langford appeared in federal court in Oregon , and both pleaded innocent to charges of conspiracy to commit murder and carrying out wiretapping . On April 25 , 1991 , Richard Kevin Langford pleaded guilty in federal court to participating in the murder conspiracy plot against Turner , and in exchange he received a sentence of five years in federal prison and the dismissal of other charges against him relating to firearms and wiretapping . Langford agreed to testify against the other members of the murder conspiracy . Langford wrote on his plea agreement form : " In 1985 , meetings were held at the Rancho Rajneesh ... at which time the possible killing of the United States Attorney for Oregon was discussed . I participated in a number of these meetings and agreed with others to work toward that object . " Prosecutor Timothy J. Reardon III stated that Langford had been a member of the Rajneesh commune in Oregon since it began in 1981 , and that the government was able to prove he joined the murder conspiracy at a point in time after May 25 , 1985 . Reardon said that Langford was a member of a group called the " Circle of 38 " , which was the personal security force that guarded Bhagwan Shree Rajneesh , and that he had served as a weapons instructor and policeman at the commune . Langford told U.S. District Judge Malcom F. Marsh that he had suggested that guns for the murder conspiracy could be bought in Texas , instructed the conspiractors about silencers , took responsibility for the weapons while they were in the commune , and disposed of them when members of the murder conspiracy decided to flee the U.S. for Europe . In July 1991 , Carol Matthews entered a guilty plea and was convicted in federal court , she was sentenced to five years in prison .   Catherine Jane Stork was convicted of the attempted murder of Rajneesh 's physician Dr. George Meredith ( Swami Devaraj ) in 1986 , and served almost three years in jail . After her release , agents from the FBI uncovered the plot to assassinate Turner , but Stork had already fled to Germany . She was indicted by a federal grand jury in 1990 . In 1991 , the German government refused to extradite Stork back to the United States . In June 1991 , U.S. prosecutors filed affidavits in the murder conspiracy case with the Higher Regional Court in Karlsruhe , Germany , as part of an attempt to extradite Catherin Jane Stork from Germany to the U.S. The affidavits stated that all of the members in the murder conspiracy plot also belonged to a group of Rajneesh followers at the Oregon commune known as " the 38 " , and were trained in " commando tactics using Uzi semiautomatic rifles and handguns " . David Berry Knapp ( known to Rajneesh followers as Swami Krishna Deva ) stated in an FBI affidavit that the murder conspiracy was motivated by Ma Anand Sheela 's " tremendous anger " towards Turner .   Ma Anand Sheela served 29 months in a minimum security federal prison for charges related to assault , attempted murder , arson , wiretapping and the 1984 bioterror attack in The Dalles , and moved to Switzerland after her release from prison in 1988 . The assassination conspiracy was discovered after Sheela had left the United States , and as of 1999 she was still wanted by federal law enforcement for her role in the plot , and risked extradition if she crossed the Swiss border . Switzerland declined an extradition request from the United States , and instead tried her in a Swiss court . Sheela was found guilty of " criminal acts preparatory to the commission of murder " in 1999 , and sentenced to time already served .   Sally @-@ Anne Croft and Susan Hagan were extradited from Britain in 1994 , and were convicted by a jury decision on July 28 , 1995 for
Ġ. ĠP eral ta Ġ, Ġwho Ġhad Ġserved Ġas ĠMa ĠAn and ĠShe ela Ġ' s Ġbody guard Ġand Ġconfid ante Ġ, Ġagreed Ġto Ġtestify Ġagainst Ġthe Ġother Ġdefendants Ġin Ġthe Ġmurder Ġconspiracy Ġ. ĠUnder Ġthe Ġterms Ġof ĠP eral ta Ġ' s Ġplea Ġagreement Ġshe Ġreceived Ġa Ġsentence Ġof Ġtwo Ġyears Ġin Ġfederal Ġprison Ġ. ĠCarol ĠMatthews Ġwas Ġarrested Ġin ĠBad en Ġ@ - @ ĠBad en Ġ, ĠGermany Ġin ĠOctober Ġ1990 Ġon Ġcharges Ġof Ġwiret apping Ġand Ġconspiracy Ġto Ġmurder ĠTurner Ġ, Ġwhere Ġshe Ġwas Ġheld Ġalong Ġwith Ġthree Ġother ĠRaj ne es he es Ġ. ĠAt Ġthe Ġtime Ġof Ġher Ġarrest Ġ, ĠMatthews Ġwas Ġfound Ġin Ġpossession Ġof Ġa Ġfalse ĠBritish Ġpassport Ġ, Ġand Ġhad Ġbeen Ġtraveling Ġunder Ġthe Ġfake Ġname Ġof Ġ" ĠD ap hene ĠF os berry Ġ" Ġ. ĠInd ict ments Ġwere Ġbrought Ġagainst ĠMa ĠAn and ĠShe ela Ġand Ġsix Ġother Ġco Ġ@ - @ Ġconspir ators Ġby Ġa Ġfederal Ġgrand Ġjury Ġin ĠNovember Ġ1990 Ġ. Ġ Ġ ĠIn ĠApril Ġ1991 Ġ, ĠCarol ĠMatthews Ġand ĠRichard ĠKevin ĠLang ford Ġ( ĠSw ami ĠAn ug it en Ġ) Ġwere Ġextrad ited Ġfrom ĠGermany Ġto Ġthe ĠUnited ĠStates Ġin Ġorder Ġto Ġappear Ġin Ġfederal Ġcourt Ġin ĠPortland Ġ, ĠOregon Ġ. ĠLaw Ġenforcement Ġofficials Ġfrom Ġthe ĠUnited ĠStates ĠMarsh als ĠService Ġtraveled Ġto ĠFrankfurt Ġ, ĠGermany Ġand Ġtook Ġcustody Ġof Ġthe ĠMatthews Ġand ĠLang ford Ġat ĠRh ine ĠMain ĠAirport Ġ. ĠOn ĠApril Ġ15 Ġ, Ġ1991 Ġ, ĠMatthews Ġand ĠLang ford Ġappeared Ġin Ġfederal Ġcourt Ġin ĠOregon Ġ, Ġand Ġboth Ġpleaded Ġinnocent Ġto Ġcharges Ġof Ġconspiracy Ġto Ġcommit Ġmurder Ġand Ġcarrying Ġout Ġwiret apping Ġ. ĠOn ĠApril Ġ25 Ġ, Ġ1991 Ġ, ĠRichard ĠKevin ĠLang ford Ġpleaded Ġguilty Ġin Ġfederal Ġcourt Ġto Ġparticipating Ġin Ġthe Ġmurder Ġconspiracy Ġplot Ġagainst ĠTurner Ġ, Ġand Ġin Ġexchange Ġhe Ġreceived Ġa Ġsentence Ġof Ġfive Ġyears Ġin Ġfederal Ġprison Ġand Ġthe Ġdismissal Ġof Ġother Ġcharges Ġagainst Ġhim Ġrelating Ġto Ġfirearms Ġand Ġwiret apping Ġ. ĠLang ford Ġagreed Ġto Ġtestify Ġagainst Ġthe Ġother Ġmembers Ġof Ġthe Ġmurder Ġconspiracy Ġ. ĠLang ford Ġwrote Ġon Ġhis Ġplea Ġagreement Ġform Ġ: Ġ" ĠIn Ġ1985 Ġ, Ġmeetings Ġwere Ġheld Ġat Ġthe ĠRanch o ĠRaj ne esh Ġ... Ġat Ġwhich Ġtime Ġthe Ġpossible Ġkilling Ġof Ġthe ĠUnited ĠStates ĠAttorney Ġfor ĠOregon Ġwas Ġdiscussed Ġ. ĠI Ġparticipated Ġin Ġa Ġnumber Ġof Ġthese Ġmeetings Ġand Ġagreed Ġwith Ġothers Ġto Ġwork Ġtoward Ġthat Ġobject Ġ. Ġ" ĠProsecutor ĠTimothy ĠJ . ĠRe ardon ĠIII Ġstated Ġthat ĠLang ford Ġhad Ġbeen Ġa Ġmember Ġof Ġthe ĠRaj ne esh Ġcommun e Ġin ĠOregon Ġsince Ġit Ġbegan Ġin Ġ1981 Ġ, Ġand Ġthat Ġthe Ġgovernment Ġwas Ġable Ġto Ġprove Ġhe Ġjoined Ġthe Ġmurder Ġconspiracy Ġat Ġa Ġpoint Ġin Ġtime Ġafter ĠMay Ġ25 Ġ, Ġ1985 Ġ. ĠRe ardon Ġsaid Ġthat ĠLang ford Ġwas Ġa Ġmember Ġof Ġa Ġgroup Ġcalled Ġthe Ġ" ĠCircle Ġof Ġ38 Ġ" Ġ, Ġwhich Ġwas Ġthe Ġpersonal Ġsecurity Ġforce Ġthat Ġguarded ĠBh ag wan ĠSh ree ĠRaj ne esh Ġ, Ġand Ġthat Ġhe Ġhad Ġserved Ġas Ġa Ġweapons Ġinstructor Ġand Ġpoliceman Ġat Ġthe Ġcommun e Ġ. ĠLang ford Ġtold ĠU . S . ĠDistrict ĠJudge ĠMal com ĠF . ĠMarsh Ġthat Ġhe Ġhad Ġsuggested Ġthat Ġguns Ġfor Ġthe Ġmurder Ġconspiracy Ġcould Ġbe Ġbought Ġin ĠTexas Ġ, Ġinstructed Ġthe Ġconspir act ors Ġabout Ġsil encers Ġ, Ġtook Ġresponsibility Ġfor Ġthe Ġweapons Ġwhile Ġthey Ġwere Ġin Ġthe Ġcommun e Ġ, Ġand Ġdisposed Ġof Ġthem Ġwhen Ġmembers Ġof Ġthe Ġmurder Ġconspiracy Ġdecided Ġto Ġflee Ġthe ĠU . S . Ġfor ĠEurope Ġ. ĠIn ĠJuly Ġ1991 Ġ, ĠCarol ĠMatthews Ġentered Ġa Ġguilty Ġplea Ġand Ġwas Ġconvicted Ġin Ġfederal Ġcourt Ġ, Ġshe Ġwas Ġsentenced Ġto Ġfive Ġyears Ġin Ġprison Ġ. Ġ Ġ ĠCatherine ĠJane ĠSt ork Ġwas Ġconvicted Ġof Ġthe Ġattempted Ġmurder Ġof ĠRaj ne esh Ġ' s Ġphysician ĠDr . ĠGeorge ĠMeredith Ġ( ĠSw ami ĠDev ar aj Ġ) Ġin Ġ1986 Ġ, Ġand Ġserved Ġalmost Ġthree Ġyears Ġin Ġjail Ġ. ĠAfter Ġher Ġrelease Ġ, Ġagents Ġfrom Ġthe ĠFBI Ġuncovered Ġthe Ġplot Ġto Ġassassinate ĠTurner Ġ, Ġbut ĠSt ork Ġhad Ġalready Ġfled Ġto ĠGermany Ġ. ĠShe Ġwas Ġindicted Ġby Ġa Ġfederal Ġgrand Ġjury Ġin Ġ1990 Ġ. ĠIn Ġ1991 Ġ, Ġthe ĠGerman Ġgovernment Ġrefused Ġto Ġextrad ite ĠSt ork Ġback Ġto Ġthe ĠUnited ĠStates Ġ. ĠIn ĠJune Ġ1991 Ġ, ĠU . S . Ġprosecutors Ġfiled Ġaffidav its Ġin Ġthe Ġmurder Ġconspiracy Ġcase Ġwith Ġthe ĠHigher ĠRegional ĠCourt Ġin ĠKarl s ru he Ġ, ĠGermany Ġ, Ġas Ġpart Ġof Ġan Ġattempt Ġto Ġextrad ite ĠC ather in ĠJane ĠSt ork Ġfrom ĠGermany Ġto Ġthe ĠU . S . ĠThe Ġaffidav its Ġstated Ġthat Ġall Ġof Ġthe Ġmembers Ġin Ġthe Ġmurder Ġconspiracy Ġplot Ġalso Ġbelonged Ġto Ġa Ġgroup Ġof ĠRaj ne esh Ġfollowers Ġat Ġthe ĠOregon Ġcommun e Ġknown Ġas Ġ" Ġthe Ġ38 Ġ" Ġ, Ġand Ġwere Ġtrained Ġin Ġ" Ġcommand o Ġtactics Ġusing ĠU zi Ġsem ia ut omatic Ġrifles Ġand Ġhandguns Ġ" Ġ. ĠDavid ĠBerry ĠKn app Ġ( Ġknown Ġto ĠRaj ne esh Ġfollowers Ġas ĠSw ami ĠKrishna ĠDev a Ġ) Ġstated Ġin Ġan ĠFBI Ġaffidavit Ġthat Ġthe Ġmurder Ġconspiracy Ġwas Ġmotivated Ġby ĠMa ĠAn and ĠShe ela Ġ' s Ġ" Ġtremendous Ġanger Ġ" Ġtowards ĠTurner Ġ. Ġ Ġ ĠMa ĠAn and ĠShe ela Ġserved Ġ29 Ġmonths Ġin Ġa Ġminimum Ġsecurity Ġfederal Ġprison Ġfor Ġcharges Ġrelated Ġto Ġassault Ġ, Ġattempted Ġmurder Ġ, Ġarson Ġ, Ġwiret apping Ġand Ġthe Ġ1984 Ġbi ot error Ġattack Ġin ĠThe ĠD all es Ġ, Ġand Ġmoved Ġto ĠSwitzerland Ġafter Ġher Ġrelease Ġfrom Ġprison Ġin Ġ1988 Ġ. ĠThe Ġassassination Ġconspiracy Ġwas Ġdiscovered Ġafter ĠShe ela Ġhad Ġleft Ġthe ĠUnited ĠStates Ġ, Ġand Ġas Ġof Ġ1999 Ġshe Ġwas Ġstill Ġwanted Ġby Ġfederal Ġlaw Ġenforcement Ġfor Ġher Ġrole Ġin Ġthe Ġplot Ġ, Ġand Ġrisked Ġextradition Ġif Ġshe Ġcrossed Ġthe ĠSwiss Ġborder Ġ. ĠSwitzerland Ġdeclined Ġan Ġextradition Ġrequest Ġfrom Ġthe ĠUnited ĠStates Ġ, Ġand Ġinstead Ġtried Ġher Ġin Ġa ĠSwiss Ġcourt Ġ. ĠShe ela Ġwas Ġfound Ġguilty Ġof Ġ" Ġcriminal Ġacts Ġprepar atory Ġto Ġthe Ġcommission Ġof Ġmurder Ġ" Ġin Ġ1999 Ġ, Ġand Ġsentenced Ġto Ġtime Ġalready Ġserved Ġ. Ġ Ġ ĠSally Ġ@ - @ ĠAnne ĠCro ft Ġand ĠSusan ĠH agan Ġwere Ġextrad ited Ġfrom ĠBritain Ġin Ġ1994 Ġ, Ġand Ġwere Ġconvicted Ġby Ġa Ġjury Ġdecision Ġon ĠJuly Ġ28 Ġ, Ġ1995 Ġfor