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24. Feb. 2019 · According to court documents, Ryan, his 16-year-old son Dennis, and cult members Timothy Haverkamp, James Haverkamp, and John David Andreas repeatedly sodomized Thimm with the handle of a shovel and a pick, causing grievous internal injuries. Ryan then commanded each of the five men to whip Thimm 15 times, a total of 75 lashes. Ryan ...
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19. Feb. 2022 · While Michael Ryan was arrested and convicted of first-degree murder, his accomplices — Dennis Ryan and Timothy Haverkamp — were also put on trial for their involvement. If this case tickles your fancy and you want to know where Dennis and Timothy are at present, we have you covered. Who Are Dennis Ryan and Timothy Haverkamp?
Michael Wayne Ryan (August 3, 1948 – May 24, 2015) was an American convicted murderer, Christian Identity cult leader, and white supremacist . Crimes. Ryan was the leader of a small, racist, anti-government group that occupied a compound near Rulo, Nebraska in the early 1980s.
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A man who had spent three decades on Nebraska's death row for the 1985 cult killings of two people, including a 5-year-old boy, has died in prison, officials said Monday.
Michael Ryan died around 5:45 p.m. Sunday at the Tecumseh State Correctional Institution, the Nebraska Department of Correctional Services said in a news release Monday. Tecumseh prison spokeswoman Jessica Houseman did not have a cause of death but said an autopsy would be performed.
At a hearing in March about legislation to repeal the state's death penalty, state Sen. Ernie Chambers said Ryan had terminal brain cancer. Houseman would say only that Ryan was being treated for a long-term medical condition.
Ryan was convicted in the torture and killing of 26-year-old James Thimm at a southeast Nebraska farm near Rulo, where Ryan led a cult, and in the beating death of Luke Stice, the 5-year-old son of a cult member. Ryan has been on death row since Sept. 12, 1985.
Over three days, Thimm was beaten, sexually abused, shot, stomped and partially skinned while still alive. His fingertips had been shot off on one hand. Ryan told his followers that he heard the voice of God.
Ryan's son, Dennis Ryan, and cult member Timothy Haverkamp were sentenced to life in prison for second-degree murder in Thimm's death. Authorities said Dennis Ryan delivered the gunshot that killed Thimm after a month of torture.
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31. März 2024 · Michael Ryan and his son, Dennis, were both convicted in 1985 for the murder of James Thimm on a farm near Rulo. The story of the Ryans’ bizarre doomsday cult made national news and has remained one of the most notorious crimes in Nebraska history.
24. Feb. 2019 · Dennis Ryan, speaking to the makers of “Deadly Cults,” said his father Michael told him that Yahweh was going to test James Thimm, who was 26 at the time of his death. Ryan had Thimm chained in a hog shed, says former cult member David.
Deer Tick is an American alternative rock-folk band from Providence, Rhode Island, composed of singer-songwriter John J. McCauley, guitarist Ian O'Neil, bassist Christopher Ryan and drummer Dennis Ryan.
