... , Bonnie was only fourteen or fifteen when he was born in 1959" (Thibodeau 38). He never knew his father, " Bobby split when he was a baby" (Thibodeau 38). Koresh described his childhood as lonely. David was "slightly dyslexic couldn't keep up in school, and the other kids with typical cruelty, dubbed him "Mr. Retardo"" (Thibodeau 38). Vernon had dropped out of high ... school "unable to bear the constant humiliation" (Thibodeau 39). However, he had a musical ability and a strong interest in the bible. When he was "20, Koresh turned to the Seventh-day Adventists, his mothers church (Cole...

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