A Warren Jeffs Wife Flees Sect With Police Help
Police yesterday helped one of Warren Jeffs' numerous wives flee the polygamous community on the Utah-Arizona border that he still leads from behind bars . The woman, 25, "asked for assistance in...
View ArticleOops: Did Warren Jeffs Preach From Prison?
Polygamist leader Warren Jeffs may still be preaching to his sect—over the phone. "We have confirmed that Jeffs made two phone calls on Christmas Day to a relative," a Texas official tells the Los...
View ArticleWarren Jeffs' 65th 'Wife' Wants You to Tour His House
The Utah mansion was once home to pedophilia and polygamy. Now, it could host tourists. Brielle Decker, the 65th of Warren Jeffs' 79 wives, fled his Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day...
View ArticleWhy All Eyes Are On Elections in a Remote Utah Town
In a place where political contests are virtually unknown, campaign signs offer the latest hint that a polygamous group is losing its grip on a remote community on the Utah-Arizona border. "For Hildale...
View ArticleMissing Girls Found in Raid on Cult Compound
Two Utah girls have been found safe nearly three months after they were allegedly kidnapped by their father, who family members feared had betrothed them to a polygamist sect leader. John Coltharp,...
View ArticlePolygamous Leader Had 'Wives' as Young as 9: FBI
The leader of a polygamous sect near the Arizona-Utah border had more than 20 "wives," including children, according to an FBI affidavit filed Friday in federal court. Samuel Rappylee Bateman, a...
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