Where Is Kathryn Schroeder Now? 'Waco' Doc Director Talks Survivors' Viewpoints (EXCLUSIVE)

Kathryn Schroeder now: Netflix docuseries 'Waco: American Apocalypse' interviews Branch Davidian survivor about her experience with David Koresh.

In 1993 in the small town of Waco, Texas, a 51-day siege transpired between Branch Davidians (a religious group led by David Koresh) and the federal government, which led to a violent confrontation. The Netflix docuseries Waco: American Apocalypse offers an in depth account of the events that spread out during the notorious siege throughout the eyes of several Branch Davidian survivors, ATF brokers, FBI agents, and more.

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In the docuseries, a former resident of Mount Carmel — Kathryn "Kathy" Schroeder — shared her standpoint on why she followed Koresh's teachings in addition to her causes for exiting the compound ahead of it burned down.

So, what took place to Kathy after the tragic events in Waco?

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What took place to Branch Davidian survivor Kathryn "Kathy" Schroeder after Waco?

In the docuseries, Kathy explains that she moved to Waco along with her three youngsters from a prior marriage, and her husband Michael. Kathy finds that she and Michael adopted Koresh's teachings because they believed him to be a prophet of God and they have been devoting their lives to God.

After Michael used to be killed within the siege, Kathy's three kids have been set free of the compound by Koresh and into police custody. However, Kathy still remained at Mount Carmel.

Eventually, the FBI negotiator was able to coerce Kathy into leaving the compound as a result of she felt her youngest son wanted her. After cooperating with the police, she was once arrested and sentenced to three years in jail. Kathy was once given a reduced sentence because she agreed to testify below oath against different Branch Davidians.

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Netflix director Tiller Russell talks Kathy Schroeder being conflicted in 'Waco: American Apocalypse.'

In an unique interview with Distractify, director Tiller Russell unfolded about his ideas on why Koresh had any such robust affect over the Branch Davidians.

"I think that all people have a strong desire to build to belong and be a part of something and have a group and have a family and have a tribe. And so I think there is this basic pull of wanting to be involved in something greater, and different people come for different things," he defined.

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"Kathy Schroeder was looking for God, was looking for a meaningful connection that she wasn't finding just, you know, going to church on Sundays as a kid," he added.

Through interviewing the Branch Davidians, Russell informed us that he got here to be informed that Koresh was once a "charismatic orator" who could make the Bible come to life through his words.

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As for if Kathy nonetheless believes in Koresh's messages and teachings, Russell didn't wish to "speak for anybody else," however the director informed us that he thinks she and the other Branch Davidians are "conflicted about how they stand all these years later with regards to David Koresh and his theology."

"They gave up their entire lives to move to this compound and a cow field in Texas and put them in the hands of this guy, and then cut to, you know, they're literally surrounded by Abrams tanks pointing at them," the director persevered. "The cognitive dissonance to that, as lived from the inside, is so intense and so profound, that I think they too are still kind of finding out exactly what they think and feel and believe."

You can now circulate Waco: American Apocalypse on Netflix.

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