Legal Commentary

David Koresh's Mother Killed

By Jeralyn

The mother of Branch Davidian leader David Koresh, killed during the 1993 Waco Siege, was found stabbed to death yesterday. Her sister, Beverly Clark, is being held in the death.

Bonnie Clark Haldemann, who wrote a book about her son in 2007, was 64. Some news articles say she was 60, but that's not possible since Koresh was born in 1959.

According to her autobiography (p. xi), she was born Sept. 8, 1944 and only 14 both when she became pregnant and when Koresh was born. She met his father at age 13 while working at her junior high school. He was 18. They never married although it seems they stayed in touch and she remained close to his mother.

Bonnie went on to become a nurse. She worked in elder care facilities. Her autobiography says Bonnie "lived, worked and worshipped" with the Branch Davidians from 1985 to 1991 (p. xii). She lost 14 children in the deadly siege and fire.

R.I.P. Bonnie Clark Haldeman.

Full post as published by TalkLeft on January 25, 2009 (boomark / email).