SAN ANTONIO -- Here are thumbnail sketches of the 11 Branch Davidians who were put on trial by federal prosecutors:
BRAD BRANCH, 34, grew up in San Antonio as an adopted son. He was a Navy veteran; then worked in the aerospace industry. He was an off-and- on resident of Mount Carmel who bought some weapons and signed the lease for the Mag Bag, the Branch Davidian 'fixit' shop and house a few miles from the compound. Accused of bragging that he shot an agent on Feb. 28. Sent out of the compound on March 19 as part of a group who broke the house rules.
KEVIN WHITECLIFF, 32, his mother worked as a janitor so he could attend Seventh-Day Adventist private schools in Honolulu. He was sent out of the compound on March 19 for breaking some of the house rules. He supposedly bragged about shooting agents.
CLIVE DOYLE, 53, a native of Australia who became a U.S. citizen in 1985 but continued to serve as a Branch Davidian recruiter in Australia. His daughter died in the fire. Accused of carrying a rifle during the shootout.
JAIME CASTILLO, 25, born in Victoria, Texas. Played drums in a Christian music band in California until 1988, when he placed an ad in a music periodical and met Koresh, who was also an aspiring musician. Went to Mt. Carmel in 1992 and helped build portions of it. Was the Davidian that FBI agents conducting surveillance during the 51-day siege apparently nicknamed Elvis because of his sideburns. Was seen carrying an automatic rifle at the end of the gun battle by ATF agents retrieving a wounded agent at the back of the compound.
LIVINGSTON FAGAN, 35, born in Jamaica, but moved at a young age to Nottingham, England. He was a Seventh-Day Adventist minister defrocked for preaching Branch Davidian teachings. The only Mount Carmel resident specifically identified by two ATF agents as shooting at agents on Feb. 28. Sent out of the compound by Koresh on March 23, supposedly to check out what kind of treatment the Davidians would receive from law enforcement. Very vocal in defending Koresh to the media. He had given his wife and daughter to Koresh's harem. They died in the fire.
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PAUL FATTA, 36, was called the 'blood merchant' for the group by prosecutors. He was its main arms purchaser, one of several who bought $225,000 worth of weapons for the group. Born in California, he had a 14-year-old son. He also bought tools for the 'Mag Bag,' a structure away from the main compound where work on weapons and other machines was performed. Its name is a reference to the magazines that hold bullets for automatic rifles. Was at a gun show with his son the day of the raid. Called talk shows in the days after the shootout saying the ATF shot first. Finally surrendered with his lawyer, Mike DeGeurin, to Texas Rangers the week after the fire.
WOODROW KENDRICK, 63. He, his wife Janet, and their seven children had lived in Waco and followed the Branch Davidians since the 1950s. Kendrick didn't live at the center, but in the Mag Bag fixit shop. He was one of three Davidians who were at the Mag Bag during the Feb. 28 gun battle, and tried to reach the compound on a cross-country route that afternoon. They encountered 14 ATF agents, and in the ensuing gun battle, one of the trio was killed. Kendrick was spared by an ATF sniper who thought he constituted no threat. He escaped but was arrested a week later. His daughter, son-in-law and several grandchildren died in the April 19 fire.
NORMAN ALLISON, 30, was born in Singapore to an Air Force family, then returned to Manchester, England, where he was reared in the Seventh-Day Adventist church. He was not a Branch Davidian, and was attracted to Koresh and Mount Carmel for the opportunity to play in a Christian band. He had displeased Koresh by leaving to California without permission, and when he returned in the weeks before the Feb. 28 raid, Koresh assigned him to the Mag Bag. He was with Kendrick and another Davidian attempting to reach Mount Carmel the afternoon of Feb. 28 when they encountered the ATF agents. After the gun battle, Allison surrendered his .22-caliber pistol. It had not been fired.
GRAEME CRADDOCK, 32, a deacon of a Seventh-Day Adventist church in Australia. He was the communications man who worked to keep the telephone lines open during the 51-day siege, and who ventured outside the front door the day of the tear-gasing and fire to hold up the phone line severed by a government tank and shrugged. Accused of carrying a hand grenade the day of the fire.
RENOS AVRAAM, 30, born in London to Greek immigrant parents from Cyprus. Opened a clothing store called The Shepherd's Rod in 1988. Went to Mount Carmel in 1991. Accused of manning the .50-caliber rifle called the Big Bear.
RUTH RIDDLE, 30, a citizen of Canada who was raised in the Seventh- Day Adventist church. Joined the Branch Davidians in about 1988. Ilustrated the fatalism of the Branch Davidians when she jumped from the second-story of the burning compound on April 19, then got up, walked through the front doors into the flaming inferno, and lay down as pieces of the burning building began to fall on her. She was rescued by FBI Special Agent Jim Magee.
Here are thumbnail sketches of the 11 Branch Davidians who were put on trial by federal prosecutors:
BRAD BRANCH, 34, grew up in San Antonio as an adopted son. He was a Navy veteran; then worked in the aerospace industry. He was an off-and- on resident of Mount Carmel who bought some weapons and signed the lease for the Mag Bag, the Branch Davidian 'fixit' shop and house a few miles from the compound. Accused of bragging that he shot an agent on Feb. 28. Sent out of the compound on March 19 as part of a group who broke the house rules.
KEVIN WHITECLIFF, 32, his mother worked as a janitor so he could attend Seventh-Day Adventist private schools in Honolulu. He was sent out of the compound on March 19 for breaking some of the house rules. He supposedly bragged about shooting agents.
CLIVE DOYLE, 53, a native of Australia who became a U.S. citizen in 1985 but continued to serve as a Branch Davidian recruiter in Australia. His daughter died in the fire. Accused of carrying a rifle during the shootout.
JAIME CASTILLO, 25, born in Victoria, Texas. Played drums in a Christian music band in California until 1988, when he placed an ad in a music periodical and met Koresh, who was also an aspiring musician. Went to Mt. Carmel in 1992 and helped build portions of it. Was the Davidian that FBI agents conducting surveillance during the 51-day siege apparently nicknamed Elvis because of his sideburns. Was seen carrying an automatic rifle at the end of the gun battle by ATF agents retrieving a wounded agent at the back of the compound.
LIVINGSTON FAGAN, 35, born in Jamaica, but moved at a young age to Nottingham, England. He was a Seventh-Day Adventist minister defrocked for preaching Branch Davidian teachings. The only Mount Carmel resident specifically identified by two ATF agents as shooting at agents on Feb. 28. Sent out of the compound by Koresh on March 23, supposedly to check out what kind of treatment the Davidians would receive from law enforcement. Very vocal in defending Koresh to the media. He had given his wife and daughter to Koresh's harem. They died in the fire.
PAUL FATTA, 36, was called the 'blood merchant' for the group by prosecutors. He was its main arms purchaser, one of several who bought $225,000 worth of weapons for the group. Born in California, he had a 14-year-old son. He also bought tools for the 'Mag Bag,' a structure away from the main compound where work on weapons and other machines was performed. Its name is a reference to the magazines that hold bullets for automatic rifles. Was at a gun show with his son the day of the raid. Called talk shows in the days after the shootout saying the ATF shot first. Finally surrendered with his lawyer, Mike DeGeurin, to Texas Rangers the week after the fire.
WOODROW KENDRICK, 63. He, his wife Janet, and their seven children had lived in Waco and followed the Branch Davidians since the 1950s. Kendrick didn't live at the center, but in the Mag Bag fixit shop. He was one of three Davidians who were at the Mag Bag during the Feb. 28 gun battle, and tried to reach the compound on a cross-country route that afternoon. They encountered 14 ATF agents, and in the ensuing gun battle, one of the trio was killed. Kendrick was spared by an ATF sniper who thought he constituted no threat. He escaped but was arrested a week later. His daughter, son-in-law and several grandchildren died in the April 19 fire.
NORMAN ALLISON, 30, was born in Singapore to an Air Force family, then returned to Manchester, England, where he was reared in the Seventh-Day Adventist church. He was not a Branch Davidian, and was attracted to Koresh and Mount Carmel for the opportunity to play in a Christian band. He had displeased Koresh by leaving to California without permission, and when he returned in the weeks before the Feb. 28 raid, Koresh assigned him to the Mag Bag. He was with Kendrick and another Davidian attempting to reach Mount Carmel the afternoon of Feb. 28 when they encountered the ATF agents. After the gun battle, Allison surrendered his .22-caliber pistol. It had not been fired.
GRAEME CRADDOCK, 32, a deacon of a Seventh-Day Adventist church in Australia. He was the communications man who worked to keep the telephone lines open during the 51-day siege, and who ventured outside the front door the day of the tear-gasing and fire to hold up the phone line severed by a government tank and shrugged. Accused of carrying a hand grenade the day of the fire.
RENOS AVRAAM, 30, born in London to Greek immigrant parents from Cyprus. Opened a clothing store called The Shepherd's Rod in 1988. Went to Mount Carmel in 1991. Accused of manning the .50-caliber rifle called the Big Bear.
RUTH RIDDLE, 30, a citizen of Canada who was raised in the Seventh- Day Adventist church. Joined the Branch Davidians in about 1988. Ilustrated the fatalism of the Branch Davidians when she jumped from the second-story of the burning compound on April 19, then got up, walked through the front doors into the flaming inferno, and lay down as pieces of the burning building began to fall on her. She was rescued by FBI Special Agent Jim Magee.
