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David Koresh (/ k ə ˈ r ɛ ʃ / [citation needed]; born Vernon Wayne Howell; August 17, 1959 – April 19, 1993) was an American cult leader [2] who played a central role in the Waco siege of 1993. [ 3 ] [ 4 ] As the head of the Branch Davidians , a religious sect , Koresh claimed to be its final prophet .
Steven Emil Schneider (October 16, 1949 – April 19, 1993 [1]) was an American Branch Davidian commonly called a "lieutenant" to David Koresh, the leader of the new religious movement. [2] [3] He was formally married to Judy Schneider, but in the community Koresh impregnated Judy and she bore a child with him. [4]
Koresh started a sexual relationship with Okimoto in August 1987. [6] [4] She was one of numerous "wives" he had in the late 1980s and early 1990s. Koresh chose the name "Skye" for her first son with him. [3] While with the Branch Davidians, Okimoto physically abused her son Sky with a wooden paddle. [7]
Pace, while regarding Koresh as appointed by God, says that Koresh twisted the Bible's teachings by fathering more than a dozen children with members' wives. [36] Pace believes that the Lord "has anointed me and appointed me to be the leader", but he says he is "not a prophet" but "a teacher of righteousness".
Who was the man behind the shocking 1993 siege?
Sheila Judith Martin (born 1947 [1]) is an American Branch Davidian and a survivor of the Waco siege.She was the wife of Douglas Wayne Martin, a Harvard-educated lawyer, who died in the April 19, 1993, fire that destroyed Mount Carmel Center. [2]
David Koresh in 'Waco: American Apocalypse'. 2023’s docuseries Waco: American Apocalypse recounts the 1993 explosive standoff between the federal government and the Branch Davidians, a religious ...
According to an interview with The Sunday Times, Livingstone Fagan only spoke with David Koresh for a few hours before converting. [1] In 1992, he decided to move to the Mount Carmel Center. [9] He brought his wife, mother, his two children, and his sister with him. [10] Evette would become "married" to Koresh upon arriving to Mount Carmel. [11]