Children raised in the communal homes were educated inside them, moved frequently between countries, and, in the period before 1986, exposed to the sexual teaching. A number of the second generation have published accounts, given evidence in custody proceedings and campaigned publicly. On 8 January 2005 Ricky Rodriguez — Karen Zerby's son, raised as the group's prince and the subject of a published child-rearing manual — killed a former member who had abused him as a small child, and then himself in a car near Blythe, California, having recorded a video explaining what he intended. The group expressed grief and rejected responsibility. Former members treat the date as the movement's reckoning.