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David Thibodeau (born February 13, 1969) is an American Branch Davidians, a survivor of the Waco siege, and a musician. He was born in Bangor, Maine. In early adulthood, Thibodeau sought to become a musician in Los Angeles, California, where he converted to Branch Davidianism after meeting David Koresh in a Guitar Center in 1990. Thibodeau was present at the Mt. Carmel compound on February 28, 1993, when the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, and Firearms (ATF) conducted a botched raid. He stayed for the Waco siege before escaping compound along with eight other survivors before fire consumed it.
At the Mount Carmel Center near Waco, Texas, Thibodeau married Michele Jones upon Koresh's request.
Thibodeau escaped the April 19, 1993, fire that ended the Waco siege along with eight other survivors. Thibodeau was jailed in McLennan County Jail but soon released on a US$5,000 bail by a federal magistrate.
Thibodeau was held as a material witness against other Davidians charged with various crimes in relation to the Waco siege.
In 1999, he co-authored a memoir called with Leon Whiteson, a Zimbabwe-born novelist, critic, and architect. Thibodeau runs a website called "Waco Survivors," in which he archives media related to the Waco siege.
In 2018, the miniseries Waco aired featuring Rory Culkin playing David Thibodeau and Thibodeau himself in a cameo role as an unnamed character.
Thibodeau is a drummer for the band The Blast Addicts, and he resided in Texas as of 2020. He played drums for other bands after the Waco siege as well, including Grooviest Maximus.
In 2023, the television miniseries was released, in which Thibodeau was interviewed for his perspective and stance on the ATF involvement from the viewpoint of the survivors within Mt. Carmel.
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