Here, member Gladys Ottman, 67, waves to the media as she leaves a federal courthouse in Waco, Texas on March 24, 1993. She had left the compound on a Sunday and was released from jail that Wednesday.

The siege began on Feb. 28, 1993, when 76 agents from the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms arrived at the Mount Carmel Center compound with a search warrant to look for illegal weapons.

WACO, Texas (KTRK) -- On April 19, 1993, a 51-day stand-off at the Branch Davidian compound near Waco came to a fiery end, killing 76 people. The siege started on February 28, ...

Fire consumes the Branch Davidian compound near Waco, Texas, during the FBI assault to end the standoff with cult leader David Koresh and his followers on April 19, 1993. Greg Smith/Corbis via ...

Joann Vaega was 6 years old during the 1993 siege of the Branch Davidian compound in Waco that claimed the lives of her parents, but refuses to let the tragedy define her. Sept. 28, 2018, 1:23 PM ...

In 1993 at least 75 members of the Branch Davidians sect died at their compound in Texas, after a 51-day standoff with the FBI. ... What the Waco Compound Became May Surprise You.

The Branch Davidian compound in Waco before the standoff began.(Dan Weyenberg / McLennan County Sheriff's Dept.) Questions and conspiracy theories still shadow the Branch Davidian tragedy. It ...

April 17, 1993: Palm reader Linda Parker of Waco read Joseph Fiorenza's palm on a hill where people gathered to get a look at the Mt. Carmel Compound.

The raid on Koresh’s Branch Davidian compound lasted 51 days (from Feb. 28 to April 19), claiming the lives of nearly 80 Branch Davidians (including Koresh) and four ATF agents.

This April 19, 1993, file photo shows flames engulfing the Branch Davidian compound in Waco, Texas, after the U.S. government raided the compound. (AP) By Jon Greenberg June 1, 2021 ...

Eleven children orphaned by the inferno at the Branch Davidian compound in Waco, Texas, are under the care of Texas child-welfare officials who hope to place them in their relatives’ homes ...

Waco: American Apocalypse, directed by Tiller Russell, concentrates on the 1993 raid on the Branch Davidian compound, the fierce firefight on the first day, the standoff, and eventually ended with ...