Angela Smith

Angela Marilyn Smith (aka Susan Joy Kauten, Joy, Sue) (1954-2005) was murdered January 9, 2005, in Tucson, Arizona by Ricky Rodriguez.

Born Susan Joy Kauten in Washington, D.C., and raised in Virginia, Angela graduated at Edison H.S., Fairfax Co. She worked in the David Berg household as a secretary and nanny and had played a (although limited) role in the sexual abuse Ricky endured. Smith, 51, was the executive secretary to Rodriguez's mother, Karen Zerby and in 1997, she also served as a director at the The Family Care Foundation.

"My husband and I kept telling her to get out of the group," Smith's mother, Jo Kauten, said in a tearful conversation from her home in Winchester, Va. with Mercury News.

Angela is survived by her mother Jo Kauten; brother John, Jr. and sister-in-law, Tina; nieces Chrissy and Jennifer of the Winchester and Arlington, VA, area; her aunt and cousins in the San Jose, CA, area; and her partner, David, of Palo Alto, CA. Her father, John Sr., passed away last year.

External Links

Angela Smith Memorial - A mememorial setup in rememberance of Angela Smith by The Family