Leo Ryan Larry Layton that "there's no way he's a defector. He's too close to Jones." Layton was the only former Peoples Temple member to be tried in the United States for criminal acts relating to the murders at Jonestown. He was convicted on four different murder-related counts. On March 3, 1987, Layton was sentenced to concurrent sentences of life in prison for "aiding and abetting the murder of Congressman Leo Ryan", "conspiracy to murder an internationally protected person, Richard Dwyer, Deputy Chief of Mission for the United States in the Republic of Guyana", as well as 15 years in prison on
USS Joseph P. Kennedy Jr. (DD-850) Naval Shipyard. Commander J. W. Hayes took over command of "Joseph P. Kennedy Jr." from Captain J. V. Peters on 14 July; the next day, a 2-month period of refresher training commenced as the ship set sail for Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. The US manned space program was one of "Joseph P. Kennedy Jr."s more recent commitments; leaving Newport on 27 November 1965, the ship took station southeast of Bermuda as part of the afloat recovery team for "Gemini 6" and "Gemini 7" on a 14-day orbital and rendezvous mission in space. The shots a success and her duty done, "Joseph