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Zerby and her entourage left the house in 2001. while in portugal, increasingly reclusive and going blind, she kept a tight rein on her son. >> she didn't give him much responsibility. he didn't have much responsibility in the house. that was surprising for me because, as a child, we were taught that he was going to be the leader, the next leader. i think she saw him still as her little boy and not as the man he had become. >> although pedophilia was banned, under karen zerby's command, wife swapping remained the norm. >> there was a prophecy given that this house was called the house of the o...

>> when rick and i grew up together, we were born in the same country, the same hospital. my mother raised us both, and -- i just wanted to say that if it wasn't for my family and friends, who have been there for me, i can't say that i wouldn't have killed myself a long time ago. >> rick was amazing in every way. for the time in my life that i got to share with him, i have so many memories from the first time we kissed to the first time we got our apartment. >> these are all his driver's licenses. i kept them all.

And here he is, he has got a good job, he's got a happy life. in his heart he didn't think it was fair for him. to have been given that second chance when there were kids out there that were hurting. >> rick's thoughts turned to revenge, and he began forming a plan. in the summer of 2004, now age 29, he left elixcia in tacoma and drove south to arizona. >> my mom is going to pay for that. she is going to pay dearly. one way or another. if i don't get to her -- man, if i don't get to her, and life goes on, i'm going to keep hunting her in the next life, let me tell you. look at the car! my dad'...

Diverse background, of diverse ethnicities, of income levels can so readily turn to wholesale pedophilia. not everybody engaged in. but if you were in the family you knew about it. >> the family denied karen zerby ever had sex with rick and say he, himself, never made this allegation. nevertheless, whatever happened in david berg's bedroom had a profound effect on rick and his sister. in recent years, davida has struggled with drug abuse and today earns her living as an exotic dancer. >> jesus christ, you know, anger does not begin -- does not begin to describe how i feel about these people an...

I don't understand how they cannot see what they have done. >> despite the savagery of the murder, there was no evidence of torture. and it's not clear whether angela told rick where his mother was. nor is it clear whether he set off across the desert to hunt down his mother or see his wife. or simply find a quiet place to die. >> it's pretty extraordinary to want to kill your own mother, isn't it? >> well, when your mother [ muted ] you as a child, and instead of being your mother, loving, you know, and endearing and teaching you in the right ways and stuff, when you [ muted ] your little boy...