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David Korish
Dave Koresh was born Vernon Wayne Howell in Houston, Texas in 1959 to a
15-year old single mother. He never knew his father and was raised by
his grandparents. In his late night conversations with FBI agents during
the siege, He described his childhood as lonely. He said the other kids
teased him and called him "Vernie." He was dyslexic, a bad
student, and dropped out of high school. However, he had musical ability
and a strong interest in the Bible. By 12, he had memorized large tracts
of it. When he was 20, then he turned to the Church of Seventh Day
Adventists, his mother's church. But he was expelled for being a bad
influence on the young people. Sometime during the next couple of years. |
