World & Nation
Branch Davidian cult leader David Koresh was buried in an unmarked grave during a quiet ceremony on May 27, his mother said.
June 6, 1993
Two attorneys told a congressional hearing Tuesday that they had negotiated a detailed surrender plan with the FBI and cult leader David Koresh that could have ended the 1993 siege at the Branch Davidian compound near Waco, Tex., and averted the government assault that left about 80 sect members and children dead.
July 26, 1995
Cult leader David Koresh’s brother-in-law, David Jones, was the first victim identified from the fire that devastated the religious group’s compound last week, authorities said Sunday.
April 26, 1993
Armed cult leader David Koresh, who has broken past promises to end his 46-day standoff with authorities, has pledged to surrender after writing a religious manuscript, his lawyer said Wednesday.
April 15, 1993
Awards
Glenn Whipp asks Taylor Kitsch and John Erick Dowdle how David Koresh could get followers in “Waco.”
May 16, 2018
A teen-age girl’s gripping account Wednesday of being forced at age 10 to have sex in a hotel room with Branch Davidian cult leader David Koresh effectively muted criticism of federal law enforcement agents on the first day of congressional hearings into the tragic 1993 siege of the cult’s compound near Waco, Tex.
July 20, 1995
“Do you want me to pull back the heavens and show you my anger?”
April 23, 1993
David Koresh is believed to have died of a gunshot wound to the head before a fire destroyed his cult’s compound, authorities said after identifying the Branch Davidian leader’s badly burned body Sunday.
May 3, 1993
California
Prompted by the Australian government, U.S. immigration officials in Los Angeles began an investigation of cult leader David Koresh three years ago, but then abandoned their probe when he abruptly moved with more than two dozen of his followers from a home in Southern California to his compound near Waco, Tex.
March 11, 1993
A PLACE CALLED WACO; A Survivor’s Story; By David Thibodeau and Leon Whiteson; PublicAffairs: 384 pp., $25
Jan. 2, 2000