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Ricky Rodriguez
American cult victim who murdered childhood sexual abuser (1975–2005)
Ricky Rodriguez
Richard Peter Rodriguez (born David Moses Zerby; January 25, 1975 – January 9, 2005) was raised as the son of David Berg, the leader 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. During Rodriguez's childhood, he and his biological mother Karen Zerby and her husband David Berg, the leaders of The Family, traveled across the world to convert followers. Berg believed Rodriguez was called upon to become a prophet during biblical End Times. From a young age Rodriguez was brought up in a heavily sexually abusive environment and was sexually abused and raped by numerous people, including a cohort of adult "nannies", as described in the Family-published document titled "The Davidito Book". Despite leaving The Family and finding marriage, Rodriguez struggled to adjust to life outside the cult and sought revenge for his abuse. He left his wife in Tacoma, Washington, and...
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