Early Life
Rodney Glen King was born in Sacramento, California, on April 2, 1965, the son of Ronald King and Odessa King. King grew up in Altadena, California, one of five children. King's father, Ronald King, died in 1984 at the age of 42.
In November 1989, King robbed a store in Monterey Park, California. He threatened to hit the Korean store owner with an iron bar he was carrying, then hit him with a pole. King stole two hundred dollars in cash during the robbery, and was caught, convicted, and sentenced to two years of imprisonment and released after serving one-year of the sentence.
King had three daughters, one by Carmen Simpson when he was a teenager and one by each wife. Both King's marriages, to Crystal Waters and Danetta, ended in divorce.
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