 Turner , the then @-@ United States Attorney for the District of Oregon . Rajneesh 's personal secretary and second @-@ in @-@ command , Ma Anand Sheela ( Sheela Silverman ) , assembled the group after Turner was appointed to investigate illegal activity at Rajneeshpuram . Turner investigated charges of immigration fraud and sham marriages , and later headed the federal prosecution of the 1984 Rajneeshee bioterror attack in The Dalles , Oregon .   The conspirators included : Ma Anand Sheela , Sally @-@ Anne Croft , Chief Financial Officer of Rajneeshpuram ; Susan Hagan , head of security at Rajneeshpuram , Catherine Jane Stork , who bought weapons and silencers and volunteered to be the actual murderer ; Ann Phyllis McCarthy , fourth @-@ in @-@ command of Rajneeshpuram ; and co @-@ conspirators Alma Potter , Carol Matthews , Phyllis Caldwell and Richard Kevin Langford . The conspirators obtained false identification to purchase handguns out @-@ of @-@ state , stalked Turner , and planned to murder him near his workplace in Portland , Oregon . The assassination plot was never carried out and was only discovered later , as a result of the investigation by federal law enforcement into the bioterror attack in The Dalles and other illegal acts by the Rajneeshpuram leadership .   Prosecution of the conspirators began in 1990 , when a federal grand jury brought indictments against several of the key players . Some had fled the country , and extradition proceedings against the perpetrators and subsequent prosecution and conviction was not completed for sixteen years . The final conspirator was convicted in 2006 , when Catherine Jane Stork agreed to return to the United States from Germany in order to be allowed to visit her ill son in Australia . Eight perpetrators received sentences ranging from five years probation to five years in federal prison and an additional member of the Rajneesh commune pleaded guilty to murder conspiracy . Rajneesh was never prosecuted in relation to the conspiracy , and left the United States after pleading guilty to immigration fraud and agreeing not to reenter the country without permission from the U.S. Attorney General .   = = Planning = =   = = = Hit list = = =   Seven followers ( called Rajneeshees ) of charismatic leader Bhagwan Shree Rajneesh ( now known as Osho ) , were convicted of a 1985 conspiracy to assassinate Charles Turner , and an additional unindicted eighth member of the Rajneesh commune pleaded guilty to murder conspiracy . The perpetrators were high @-@ ranking followers within the Rajneeshee organization . Prosecutors in the case stated that the perpetrators had planned to murder Turner after he was appointed to head an investigation into the group 's activities in Rajneeshpuram , Oregon . Turner 's investigation focused on sham marriages organized by the group , as well as other illegal activities including immigration fraud , and he later headed the federal prosecution relating to the 1984 Rajneeshee bioterror attack in The Dalles , Oregon . Oregon Attorney General Dave Frohnmayer was also involved in investigations of the group , working alongside Turner .   In May 1985 , Rajneesh 's personal secretary and second @-@ in @-@ command , Sheela Silverman ( Ma Anand Sheela ) , gathered the leader 's key followers and formed a group of conspirators in order to plan the assassination of Turner , as well as several dissidents among their organization . Sheela stated that Turner 's grand jury investigation " threatened the existence of the commune " , and exposed Rajneesh and several of his disciples to criminal prosecution . Sheela hoped that by murdering Turner they would be able to thwart the federal immigration investigation which could have resulted in deportation of Rajneeshee leaders . Three former leaders of the commune including Ma Anand Sheela , Dianne Yvonne Onang ( Ma Anand Puja ) , a registered nurse from the Philippines who managed the Rajneeshee medical corporation , and former treasurer of Rajneesh Foundation International and Catherine Jane Stork ( Ma Shanti Bhadra ) of Australia , put together a hit list which included U.S. Attorney Charles Turner and Oregon Attorney General David Frohnmayer .   Susan Hagan ( Ma Anand Su ) , a top official in the Rajneeshpuram hierarchy , was also a participant in the assassination conspiracy . Hagan was in charge of the security force at Rajneeshpuram , ran the Rajneesh Investment Corporation , and supervised construction on the commune . Other conspirators in the assassination plot included Ann Phyllis McCarthy ( Ma Yoga Vidya ) , president of the Rajneesh commune , and Alma Potter ( Ma Dhyan Yogini ) , Ma Anand Sheela 's bodyguard and traveling companion . Potter was manager of the Hotel Rajneesh in Portland , Oregon , and a member of the commune 's security force .
ĠTurner Ġ, Ġthe Ġthen Ġ@ - @ ĠUnited ĠStates ĠAttorney Ġfor Ġthe ĠDistrict Ġof ĠOregon Ġ. ĠRaj ne esh Ġ' s Ġpersonal Ġsecretary Ġand Ġsecond Ġ@ - @ Ġin Ġ@ - @ Ġcommand Ġ, ĠMa ĠAn and ĠShe ela Ġ( ĠShe ela ĠSilver man Ġ) Ġ, Ġassembled Ġthe Ġgroup Ġafter ĠTurner Ġwas Ġappointed Ġto Ġinvestigate Ġillegal Ġactivity Ġat ĠRaj ne esh pur am Ġ. ĠTurner Ġinvestigated Ġcharges Ġof Ġimmigration Ġfraud Ġand Ġsham Ġmarriages Ġ, Ġand Ġlater Ġheaded Ġthe Ġfederal Ġprosecution Ġof Ġthe Ġ1984 ĠRaj ne es hee Ġbi ot error Ġattack Ġin ĠThe ĠD all es Ġ, ĠOregon Ġ. Ġ Ġ ĠThe Ġconspir ators Ġincluded Ġ: ĠMa ĠAn and ĠShe ela Ġ, ĠSally Ġ@ - @ ĠAnne ĠCro ft Ġ, ĠChief ĠFinancial ĠOfficer Ġof ĠRaj ne esh pur am Ġ; ĠSusan ĠH agan Ġ, Ġhead Ġof Ġsecurity Ġat ĠRaj ne esh pur am Ġ, ĠCatherine ĠJane ĠSt ork Ġ, Ġwho Ġbought Ġweapons Ġand Ġsil encers Ġand Ġvolunteered Ġto Ġbe Ġthe Ġactual Ġmurderer Ġ; ĠAnn ĠPh yll is ĠMcCarthy Ġ, Ġfourth Ġ@ - @ Ġin Ġ@ - @ Ġcommand Ġof ĠRaj ne esh pur am Ġ; Ġand Ġco Ġ@ - @ Ġconspir ators ĠAlma ĠPotter Ġ, ĠCarol ĠMatthews Ġ, ĠPh yll is ĠCaldwell Ġand ĠRichard ĠKevin ĠLang ford Ġ. ĠThe Ġconspir ators Ġobtained Ġfalse Ġidentification Ġto Ġpurchase Ġhandguns Ġout Ġ@ - @ Ġof Ġ@ - @ Ġstate Ġ, Ġstalk ed ĠTurner Ġ, Ġand Ġplanned Ġto Ġmurder Ġhim Ġnear Ġhis Ġworkplace Ġin ĠPortland Ġ, ĠOregon Ġ. ĠThe Ġassassination Ġplot Ġwas Ġnever Ġcarried Ġout Ġand Ġwas Ġonly Ġdiscovered Ġlater Ġ, Ġas Ġa Ġresult Ġof Ġthe Ġinvestigation Ġby Ġfederal Ġlaw Ġenforcement Ġinto Ġthe Ġbi ot error Ġattack Ġin ĠThe ĠD all es Ġand Ġother Ġillegal Ġacts Ġby Ġthe ĠRaj ne esh pur am Ġleadership Ġ. Ġ Ġ ĠPro secution Ġof Ġthe Ġconspir ators Ġbegan Ġin Ġ1990 Ġ, Ġwhen Ġa Ġfederal Ġgrand Ġjury Ġbrought Ġindict ments Ġagainst Ġseveral Ġof Ġthe Ġkey Ġplayers Ġ. ĠSome Ġhad Ġfled Ġthe Ġcountry Ġ, Ġand Ġextradition Ġproceedings Ġagainst Ġthe Ġperpetrators Ġand Ġsubsequent Ġprosecution Ġand Ġconviction Ġwas Ġnot Ġcompleted Ġfor Ġsixteen Ġyears Ġ. ĠThe Ġfinal Ġconspir ator Ġwas Ġconvicted Ġin Ġ2006 Ġ, Ġwhen ĠCatherine ĠJane ĠSt ork Ġagreed Ġto Ġreturn Ġto Ġthe ĠUnited ĠStates Ġfrom ĠGermany Ġin Ġorder Ġto Ġbe Ġallowed Ġto Ġvisit Ġher Ġill Ġson Ġin ĠAustralia Ġ. ĠEight Ġperpetrators Ġreceived Ġsentences Ġranging Ġfrom Ġfive Ġyears Ġprobation Ġto Ġfive Ġyears Ġin Ġfederal Ġprison Ġand Ġan Ġadditional Ġmember Ġof Ġthe ĠRaj ne esh Ġcommun e Ġpleaded Ġguilty Ġto Ġmurder Ġconspiracy Ġ. ĠRaj ne esh Ġwas Ġnever Ġprosecuted Ġin Ġrelation Ġto Ġthe Ġconspiracy Ġ, Ġand Ġleft Ġthe ĠUnited ĠStates Ġafter Ġpleading Ġguilty Ġto Ġimmigration Ġfraud Ġand Ġagreeing Ġnot Ġto Ġre enter Ġthe Ġcountry Ġwithout Ġpermission Ġfrom Ġthe ĠU . S . ĠAttorney ĠGeneral Ġ. Ġ Ġ Ġ= Ġ= ĠPlanning Ġ= Ġ= Ġ Ġ Ġ= Ġ= Ġ= ĠHit Ġlist Ġ= Ġ= Ġ= Ġ Ġ ĠSeven Ġfollowers Ġ( Ġcalled ĠRaj ne es he es Ġ) Ġof Ġcharismatic Ġleader ĠBh ag wan ĠSh ree ĠRaj ne esh Ġ( Ġnow Ġknown Ġas ĠOsh o Ġ) Ġ, Ġwere Ġconvicted Ġof Ġa Ġ1985 Ġconspiracy Ġto Ġassassinate ĠCharles ĠTurner Ġ, Ġand Ġan Ġadditional Ġun ind icted Ġeighth Ġmember Ġof Ġthe ĠRaj ne esh Ġcommun e Ġpleaded Ġguilty Ġto Ġmurder Ġconspiracy Ġ. ĠThe Ġperpetrators Ġwere Ġhigh Ġ@ - @ Ġranking Ġfollowers Ġwithin Ġthe ĠRaj ne es hee Ġorganization Ġ. ĠProsecutors Ġin Ġthe Ġcase Ġstated Ġthat Ġthe Ġperpetrators Ġhad Ġplanned Ġto Ġmurder ĠTurner Ġafter Ġhe Ġwas Ġappointed Ġto Ġhead Ġan Ġinvestigation Ġinto Ġthe Ġgroup Ġ' s Ġactivities Ġin ĠRaj ne esh pur am Ġ, ĠOregon Ġ. ĠTurner Ġ' s Ġinvestigation Ġfocused Ġon Ġsham Ġmarriages Ġorganized Ġby Ġthe Ġgroup Ġ, Ġas Ġwell Ġas Ġother Ġillegal Ġactivities Ġincluding Ġimmigration Ġfraud Ġ, Ġand Ġhe Ġlater Ġheaded Ġthe Ġfederal Ġprosecution Ġrelating Ġto Ġthe Ġ1984 ĠRaj ne es hee Ġbi ot error Ġattack Ġin ĠThe ĠD all es Ġ, ĠOregon Ġ. ĠOregon ĠAttorney ĠGeneral ĠDave ĠFro hn m ayer Ġwas Ġalso Ġinvolved Ġin Ġinvestigations Ġof Ġthe Ġgroup Ġ, Ġworking Ġalongside ĠTurner Ġ. Ġ Ġ ĠIn ĠMay Ġ1985 Ġ, ĠRaj ne esh Ġ' s Ġpersonal Ġsecretary Ġand Ġsecond Ġ@ - @ Ġin Ġ@ - @ Ġcommand Ġ, ĠShe ela ĠSilver man Ġ( ĠMa ĠAn and ĠShe ela Ġ) Ġ, Ġgathered Ġthe Ġleader Ġ' s Ġkey Ġfollowers Ġand Ġformed Ġa Ġgroup Ġof Ġconspir ators Ġin Ġorder Ġto Ġplan Ġthe Ġassassination Ġof ĠTurner Ġ, Ġas Ġwell Ġas Ġseveral Ġdissidents Ġamong Ġtheir Ġorganization Ġ. ĠShe ela Ġstated Ġthat ĠTurner Ġ' s Ġgrand Ġjury Ġinvestigation Ġ" Ġthreatened Ġthe Ġexistence Ġof Ġthe Ġcommun e Ġ" Ġ, Ġand Ġexposed ĠRaj ne esh Ġand Ġseveral Ġof Ġhis Ġdisciples Ġto Ġcriminal Ġprosecution Ġ. ĠShe ela Ġhoped Ġthat Ġby Ġmurdering ĠTurner Ġthey Ġwould Ġbe Ġable Ġto Ġthwart Ġthe Ġfederal Ġimmigration Ġinvestigation Ġwhich Ġcould Ġhave Ġresulted Ġin Ġdeportation Ġof ĠRaj ne es hee Ġleaders Ġ. ĠThree Ġformer Ġleaders Ġof Ġthe Ġcommun e Ġincluding ĠMa ĠAn and ĠShe ela Ġ, ĠDianne ĠY von ne ĠOn ang Ġ( ĠMa ĠAn and ĠPu ja Ġ) Ġ, Ġa Ġregistered Ġnurse Ġfrom Ġthe ĠPhilippines Ġwho Ġmanaged Ġthe ĠRaj ne es hee Ġmedical Ġcorporation Ġ, Ġand Ġformer Ġtreasurer Ġof ĠRaj ne esh ĠFoundation ĠInternational Ġand ĠCatherine ĠJane ĠSt ork Ġ( ĠMa ĠSh anti ĠBh adra Ġ) Ġof ĠAustralia Ġ, Ġput Ġtogether Ġa Ġhit Ġlist Ġwhich Ġincluded ĠU . S . ĠAttorney ĠCharles ĠTurner Ġand ĠOregon ĠAttorney ĠGeneral ĠDavid ĠFro hn m ayer Ġ. Ġ Ġ ĠSusan ĠH agan Ġ( ĠMa ĠAn and ĠSu Ġ) Ġ, Ġa Ġtop Ġofficial Ġin Ġthe ĠRaj ne esh pur am Ġhierarchy Ġ, Ġwas Ġalso Ġa Ġparticipant Ġin Ġthe Ġassassination Ġconspiracy Ġ. ĠH agan Ġwas Ġin Ġcharge Ġof Ġthe Ġsecurity Ġforce Ġat ĠRaj ne esh pur am Ġ, Ġran Ġthe ĠRaj ne esh ĠInvestment ĠCorporation Ġ, Ġand Ġsupervised Ġconstruction Ġon Ġthe Ġcommun e Ġ. ĠOther Ġconspir ators Ġin Ġthe Ġassassination Ġplot Ġincluded ĠAnn ĠPh yll is ĠMcCarthy Ġ( ĠMa ĠYoga ĠVid ya Ġ) Ġ, Ġpresident Ġof Ġthe ĠRaj ne esh Ġcommun e Ġ, Ġand ĠAlma ĠPotter Ġ( ĠMa ĠDh yan ĠYog ini Ġ) Ġ, ĠMa ĠAn and ĠShe ela Ġ' s Ġbody guard Ġand Ġtraveling Ġcompanion Ġ. ĠPotter Ġwas Ġmanager Ġof Ġthe ĠHotel ĠRaj ne esh Ġin ĠPortland Ġ, ĠOregon Ġ, Ġand Ġa Ġmember Ġof Ġthe Ġcommun e Ġ' s Ġsecurity Ġforce Ġ.