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Erin discusses the tragic story of Ricky Rodriguez, who murdered his former nanny in revenge for childhood abuse before taking his own life.

This week Erin tells us about Ricky Rodriguez, son of Children of God cult leader David Berg, who murdered his former nanny Angela Smith in revenge for childhood abuse before dying by suicide in 2005. Sources: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karen_Zerby https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ricky_Rodriguez https://murderpedia.org/male.R/r/rodriguez-ricky.htm https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Berg https://childrenofgod.com/en/history/articles/1970/ Support the show

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