Mother of infamous Branch Davidian sect leader David Koresh was found stabbed to death on Friday
Mother of infamous Branch Davidian sect leader David Koresh was found stabbed to death on Friday, and Koresh's aunt was in custody on a murder charge yesterday.
Bonnie Clark Haldeman, 64, was found at the home of her sister, Beverly Clark, in a rural area near Chandler, Texas, according to Henderson County Sheriff Ray Nutt. He said that a knife believed to be the murder weapon was found.Clark, 54, was being held without bail pending a court appearance. Jail officials said she did not yet have an attorney to speak for her.Haldeman wrote a 2007 autobiography, Memories of the Branch Davidians: The Autobiography of David Koresh's Mother, that described how her son, Vernon Howell, became David Koresh, leader of the Branch Davidian cult. A 51-day standoff with federal agents ended when the cult's complex burned in April 1993, killing Koresh and nearly 80 of his followers.
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