(#13) Roch Thériault's Son: François Thériault
Between 1977 and 1989, Roch Thériault led a group of people called the Ant Hill Kids near Burnt River, Ontario. Thériault's cult was similar to Seventh-Day Adventists, and they were constantly waiting for the world to end. But Thériault was also impregnating all of the women while gruesomely mutilating their bodies. Thériault was eventually arrested and sentenced to life in prison, and was murdered in his cell in 2011.
After hearing about the murder, François Thériault spoke to Canadian media and admitted to being surprised that it didn't happen sooner. In 2009, François and one of his brothers published a book about their hellish childhood with their father.
(#5) Warren Jeffs' Son: Roy Jeffs
Roy Jeffs is one of more than 60 children fathered by Warren Jeffs, the polygamist founder of the breakaway Mormon sect FLDS (Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints). Jeffs was sentenced to life plus 20 years in 2011 for aggravated sexual assault. His victims were two girls, 12 and 15, whom Jeffs said were his "spiritual wives."
In 2016, Roy Jeffs told CNN that he had been sexually abused by his father. Before he left the church, he was sent to work on a construction detail as punishment. On one of these work details, he decided to walk away from the sect for good.
Jeffs moved to Salt Lake City to work construction. In 2015, he learned how to swim, despite the sect’s beliefs that the Devil controls water.
Sadly, Roy Jeffs passed in 2019 at the age of 26. It is believed that he took his life.
(#9) Aravindan Balakrishnan's Daughter: Katy Morgan-Davies
Aravindan Balakrishnan was a Maoist cult leader who threatened his followers with a supernatural force named "Jackie" that he said would wreak havoc on the world if he were disobeyed. Balakrishnan sought to mold his female followers into an army of women soldiers through sexual degradation and violence.
Balakrishnan also imprisoned his daughter for 30 years. In 2005, Katy Morgan-Davies escaped from her father but had been in captivity for so long that she didn't know how the outside world operated. When she went to the police station for help, she was returned to her father, who continued to brutally beat her for her perceived transgressions. She wasn't able to truly escape until 2013 when another woman helped her get out.
(#14) Fred Phelps' Son: Nathan Phelps
Fred Phelps began the Westboro Baptist Church, a group known for its hate speech and picketing of soldiers' funerals.
Nathan Phelps is one of Fred's many children. Rather than join his father's cause, he escaped the church in the middle of the night on his 18th birthday. Phelps frequently spoke out against the Westboro Baptist Church and worked for the Centre for Inquiry, a secular organization that advocates for secular thought.
(#2) Charles Manson’s Potential Sons: Charles Jr., Charles Luther, and Michael
Since murderous mastermind Charles Manson had a tendency to say things like "You’re all my children," it’s been difficult to prove the paternity of several kids he may have fathered. He has three possible sons.
Charles Manson Jr. was born in 1956 to Rosalie Jean Willis. Manson Jr. took his life in 1993.
Charles Luther Manson was born on April 10, 1963 to Leona Rae "Candy" Stevens. Charles Luther Manson's whereabouts are unknown.
Michael Brunner was born in 1968 to Mary Brunner. He apparently lives as an anonymous citizen.
(#12) Ervil LeBaron's Daughter: Jacqueline LeBaron
Ervil LeBaron was the leader of a polygamist Mormon cult called the Church of the First Born of the Lamb of God. When members of his church defected, LeBaron started ordering their deaths, as well as the deaths of rival polygamist cult leaders.
LeBaron's kids took after him. Six of his adult children, including Jacqueline LeBaron, were convicted of many of the murders.
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