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Richard P. Rodriguez (born David Moses Zerby; January 25, 1975 – January 9, 2005) was an American member of a religious cult called The Family, formerly known as the Children of God (COG), who murdered one of his childhood sexual abusers, Angela M. Smith, and then died by suicide.
Ricky Rodriguez, son of leader of 1960's cult called Children of God, stabbed to death his former nanny Angela Smith in Tucson, Ariz, on Jan 8, and then drove across border and...
The Life and Death of the ‘Children of God’ Messiah. Ricky Rodriguez was raised as the cult's Chosen One — but after a lifetime struggling to fill a role he never wanted, Ricky struck back ...
NEW YORK (CNN) -- The suicide of a young man and the murder he committed before he killed himself are being blamed on a cult led by his mother. Ricky Rodriguez made this video before killing his...
Growing up in the 1970’s in a religious cult known around the world as the Children of God, Ricky Rodriguez was revered as “the prince.” The group’s leaders were his mother and stepfather, and they taught that their son would guide them all when the End Times came.
Rodriguez was the stepson of the late Children of God cult leader David Berg, and his murder of another former “Family member” and subsequent suicide brought renewed media...
Soon, authorities released a bare-bones story: Before driving across the desert and killing himself, Ricky Rodriguez, 29, had killed Angela Smith, 51. The two had known each other. Smith may...
Nov. 1, 2007— -- On Jan. 7, 2005, 29-year-old Ricky Rodriguez recorded his final thoughts as he prepared to embark on a violent rampage of revenge.
Rodriguez, 29, stabbed his former nanny to death before committing suicide last week. His former caretaker, Angela Smith, had been a member of the Children of God, and Rodriguez, the son of the former cult's leaders, said she and other members were guilty of abusing the group's children.
In January 2005, Ricky Rodriguez, the one-time heir apparent to The Family, fatally stabbed his former nanny and then shot himself dead. He left a chilling videotape alleging that the sexual abuse he had suffered as a child at the hands of members of the group was too much to bear. On the tape, the 29-year-old could be seen assembling weapons.