-------------------- Return-Path: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Received: from phobos.flash.net (phobos.flash.net [209.30.0.42]) by centurion.flash.net (8.8.8/8.8.5) with ESMTP id RAA16770; Tue, 8 Dec 1998 17:41:45 -0600 (CST) From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Received: from telepath.com ([EMAIL PROTECTED] [205.228.200.20]) by phobos.flash.net (8.9.1/8.9.1) with ESMTP id RAA17183; Tue, 8 Dec 1998 17:41:43 -0600 (CST) Received: from fredgoff (zoom7-205.telepath.com [216.14.7.205]) by telepath.com (8.9.0/8.7.3) with SMTP id RAA10493; Tue, 8 Dec 1998 17:41:36 -0600 (CST) Message-Id: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> X-Sender: [EMAIL PROTECTED] X-Mailer: QUALCOMM Windows Eudora Light Version 3.0.5 (32) Date: Tue, 08 Dec 1998 17:42:01 -0600 To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Former Branch Davidian leader found dead Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Source: NandoNet http://www.nando.net/newsroom/ntn/nation/120798/nation24_19998_noframes.html Former Branch Davidian leader found dead BIG SPRING, Texas (December 7, 1998 10:33 p.m. EST http://www.nandotimes.com) -- George Roden, a former Branch Davidian leader who had been in state care since he was declared insane in 1989, was found dead Monday outside a mental institution. Roden had escaped from the Big Spring State Hospital on Saturday night. On Monday morning, an empoyee discovered his body on the north side of the grounds. Police were investigating the cause of death. Roden was driven from the religious group in 1987 after a gunbattle with David Koresh. Two years later, he was institutionalized after being found innocent by reason of insanity in the killing of his roommate. Roden's mother owned the 77-acre site of the Branch Davidian compound near Waco known as Mount Carmel. She named Koresh as the trustee of her will. Roden fought Koresh for control of the group, then moved to Odessa after a gunbattle that led to attempted murder charges against Koresh and seven others. Koresh's case was declared a mistrial; the followers were acquitted. Koresh and 78 followers died in a fire at Mount Carmel on April 19, 1993, ending a 51-day standoff with federal authorities. ----------------------- NOTE: In accordance with Title 17 U.S.C. section 107, this material is distributed without profit or payment to those who have expressed a prior interest in receiving this information for non-profit research and educational purposes only. For more information go to: http://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/17/107.shtml -----------------------
