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David Koresh
(born Vernon Wayne Howell; August 17, 1959 ? April 19, 1993) was the American leader of the
Branch Davidians
religious sect. The
FBI
said that Branch Davidian Steve Schneider shot and killed Koresh, then committed
suicide
, on April 19, 1993 at the
cult
's compound. He was responsible for the
Waco siege
.
Koresh was born on August 17, 1959 in
Houston
, Texas to a 15-year-old
single mother
, Bonnie Sue Clark. In 1982 he joined the Branch Davidians.