Bond Set For Aunt Of Late Branch Davidian Leader
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Bond Set For Aunt Of Late Branch Davidian Leader
Bond was set Tuesday for the aunt of late Branch Davidian leader David Koresh who’s charged in the stabbing death of Koresh’s mother.
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ATHENS, Texas (January 27, 2009)—Beverly Clark, 54, the aunt of late Branch Davidian leader David Koresh, remained in the Henderson County Jail Tuesday, charged in the stabbing death of Koresh’s mother, Bonnie Haldeman, 64.

Her bond is set at $500,000.

Haldeman was found slain Friday at Clark’s home in a rural area near Chandler, about 175 miles north of Houston in East Texas.

Haldeman wrote a 2007 autobiography called "Memories of the Branch Davidians: The Autobiography of David Koresh's Mother,” which described how her son, Vernon Howell, became David Koresh.

Agents from the U.S. Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms launched a raid on the Koresh-led Branch Davidian compound near Waco on Feb. 28, 1993, in an attempt to arrest him for stockpiling weapons and explosives.

But gunfire immediately erupted, killing four agents and six members of the religious sect.

A 51-day standoff followed, during which time 21 children and 14 adults left the compound unharmed.

The complex caught fire and burned to the ground April 19, 1993, killing Koresh and nearly 80 of his followers, including about two-dozen children.

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Posted by: Janice Location: San Antonio, Texas on Mar 17, 2009 at 07:59 AM

I knew Beverly when she was a young girl. I knew all of her sisters and her whole family i was stunned when i read she killoed her sister and i cant imagine what happened to her to cause her to do that but as a young girl she was very sweet and kind and lived at our house as much as she did her own home. I guess time changes people. The day it happned i called my sis ter and we both just sat there in silence and could not beleive the person we knew did this horriable act it stuns me to silence but there is not a day that goes by i dont wonder about her and pray for her
Posted by: Misty Location: TX on Jan 27, 2009 at 05:26 PM

What is the bond? We now about the Branch, let it go already and tell us about the present!
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