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Arizona cult leader kidnapped children and forced them into sex with adults

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The leader of a polygamous sect claimed to have more than 20 spiritual "wives," including 10 underage girls. He was sentenced to 9 years in prison on Dec. 50 for forcing girls as young as 9 to perform sexual acts…[Continue Reading...]

Polygamous cult leader with 20 ‘wives’ Samuel Bateman faces charges for child sexual abuse

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Polygamous religious leader Samuel Bateman is facing sentencing in the US for a number of sexual abuse charges involving children, including 10 underage girls. Bateman, 48, who claims he has more than 20 spiritual “wives”, is due to be sentenced…[Continue Reading...]

Lori Vallow Daybell, woman who conspired to kill her 2 children, can be tried in the death of her estranged husband

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A woman convicted of conspiring to kill her two youngest children and another woman was found competent on Thursday to stand trial on additional charges. Two court-appointed doctors in Arizona deemed Lori Vallow Daybell fit to face charges of conspiring to…[Continue Reading...]

Victim who was ‘given to’ Samuel Bateman when she was 14 says she was stripped of her identity, family relationships

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Polygamous self-proclaimed "prophet" Samuel Bateman rose to power in a fundamentalist group after the original leader, Warren Jeffs, was imprisoned. Bateman was installed as the "prophet" after Jeffs issued an edict voiding existing marriages and prohibiting new ones until he…[Continue Reading...]

Arizona woman sentenced in FLDS child exploitation case

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Naomi Bistline was sentenced Monday in a Phoenix federal courtroom in connection with the exploitation of girls by a self-proclaimed leader of the Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Bistline, 26, pleaded guilty in August to conspiracy to…[Continue Reading...]

Judge denies Lori Vallow’s request to withdraw from mental evaluation

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PHOENIX, Arizona (KIFI) – An Arizona judge has ordered Lori Vallow Daybell to finish her mental competency evaluation. Lori Vallow's defense had moved to withdraw from the mental evaluation request on November 14, claiming that Vallow had no record of…[Continue Reading...]

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