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Leader of the Branch Davidians cult: Known for: 1983 "the Son of God, the Lamb" prophecy; Shootout on November 3, 1987, with George Roden for jurisdiction of Mount Carmel Center; Branch Davidian leadership 1988–1993; Apocalypticism, millenarianism, polygamy; 51-day confrontation and stand-off with the ATF and FBI, February 28, 1993 – April ...
Dana Okimoto (born c. 1966 [1]) is an American former Branch Davidian. She moved to Waco, Texas, from Los Angeles, California, in approximately 1988 with Robyn Bunds, a former Branch Davidian turned critic. [1] She is originally from Hawaii and is a registered psychiatric nurse at Kaneohe State Hospital, and remarried to Roy Kiyabu, a chef, as ...
George Roden was the presumed successor to his mother Lois Roden, who had become president of the Branch Davidians in 1978, when her husband and group leader Benjamin Roden had died. However, Vernon Howell (after 1990, known as David Koresh) arrived at Mount Carmel and began a sexual relationship with Lois Roden, who was then in her 60s. [3]
[4] [5] Originally, the charge of carrying a firearm during a violent crime was based on a conspiracy to murder charge, on which Branch and other Davidians were acquitted, [6] but federal prosecutors asked U.S. District Judge Walter Smith to reinstate the weapons charges, which he did. [7]
David Thibodeau (born February 13, 1969) [1] is an American Branch Davidian, a survivor of the Waco siege, and a musician.He was born in Bangor, Maine. [1] In early adulthood, Thibodeau sought to become a musician in Los Angeles, California, where he converted to Branch Davidianism after meeting David Koresh in a Guitar Center in 1990.
[2] [3] Ross has intervened in more than 500 deprogramming cases in various countries. [4] [5] Ross faced criminal charges of unlawful imprisonment over a 1991 forcible deprogramming of United Pentecostal Church International member Jason Scott; a jury acquitted him at trial. In 1995, a civil lawsuit filed by Scott resulted in a multimillion ...
In 1994, Shelia Martin sent a notice to the ATF that she intended to sue for US$140 million. [3] In 2000, she, among others, was represented in a wrongful death lawsuit of US$675 million by Michael Caddell along with former U.S. attorney general Ramsey Clark, but the jury ruled against the Branch Davidians on July 14, 2000.
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