David Koresh was the leader of the Branch Davidian cult that was devastated in a siege by the Clinton Administration in 1993. His mother, Bonnie Clark Halderman, has been found stabbed to death. Read about it below.
David Koresh
Bonnie Clark Halderman was found stabbed to death in the home of her sister on Friday. She was found in Henderson County, Texas, near Chandler and about 175 north of Houston. Halderman, 60, was the mother of Branch Davidian leader, David Koresh. Her sister, 54-year-old Beverly Clark, has been taken into custody. There is no information about motive at this point.
You may remember David Koresh and the Branch Davidians made news in 1993 when they made national news because of a 51 day standoff with the federal Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms. Under orders of then Attorney General Janet Reno, under the Clinton Administration, federal agents stormed the compound used by the sect. The end result was a fire that burned the compound to the ground and killed about 80 members of the cult, including two dozen children. There was public outrage at the time.
Clinton’s people claimed that the Branch Davidians committed suicide by setting the buildings on fire. Surviving members of the cult claimed that smoke bombs launched into the buildings set it on fire.
There is currently a film in production about the Waco, Texas showdown between the Branch Davidians and the FBI. The film is being produced by Emilio Ferrari and is titled, Waco.
“Waco” is about how the U.S. Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives attempted to arrest Branch Davidian leader David Koresh, but instead became embroiled in a 51-day siege, in which four ATF agents, Koresh and 76 of his followers, including 21 children, were killed.
Producing alongside Ferrari will be Rupert Wainwright and Lee Nelson’s Breathless Films.
Wainwright is set to direct the film, which he co-wrote with James Hibberd.
Mike McNulty, who produced the 1997 documentary, “Waco: The Rules of Engagement,” will co-produce “Waco.”