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[[Image:Josh_pic.jpg|thumb|Josh Lykins]] '''Josh Lykins''' shot himself in the head on January 26^th [[1999]], in Show Low, Arizona, three years after leaving [[The Family International]]. He was 18 when he left the [[cult]]. Josh left two handwritten notes, one addressed to his young sons and one to his siblings. As a young teenager, Josh attended [[Victor Program]]s in The Family International. His brother Chris noted that "Josh was part of a detention and retraining program involving sleep deprivation, food deprivation, manual labor, [[silence restriction]] and isolation." ==Related articles== * [[For Josh, by Chris Lykins]] — Eulogy by brother [[Chris Lykins]] ==Press== * [[San Francisco Chronicle: Common Thread of Sexual, Spiritual Abuse Among Cult Defectors Who Killed Themselves]] — [[2005]]-01-27 [[Category:Current and Former Members]] [[Category:Deaths]] [[Category:Suicides]]

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