(Branch Davidian) David Koresh's Mother Fatally Stabbed

[Dennis Donovan]

http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/front/6228446.html

Koresh mother fatally stabbed; sister held

By MICHAEL GRACZYK Associated Press
Jan. 24, 2009, 3:17PM

The mother of infamous Branch Davidian leader David Koresh was stabbed to death and her sister was in custody Saturday charged with her slaying, authorities said.

Bonnie Clark Halderman, 60, was found Friday afternoon at the home of her sister, Beverly Clark, 54, in a rural area near Chandler, about 175 miles north of Houston in East Texas, Henderson County Sheriff Ray Nutt said.

“It’s still under investigation and we really don’t know what the motive was or what caused this to happen,” Nutt said Saturday.

The sheriff said someone made a 911 call summoning deputies to the home Friday.

Clark was being held without bond in the county jail in Athens pending a court appearance. Jail officials said she did not yet have an attorney.

Nutt said Clark and her sister were the only two people in the house when deputies arrived. Authorities found a knife they believe to have been used in the slaying, he said.

The Athens Daily Review reported Saturday that Halderman’s body was taken to Dallas, about 80 miles to the west, for an autopsy.
</snip>

[Dennis Donovan]

1. .

:kick: