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...]
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...]
An Arizona judge ordered a new competency hearing for convicted killed Lori Vallow Daybell last week after she refused to attend a hearing on the issue the week before. Vallow Daybell, convicted in the deaths of two of her children…[Continue Reading...]
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...]
PHOENIX - A hearing will be held on Thursday to determine if Lori Vallow, the so-called "Doomsday Mom," is mentally fit to stand trial in her Arizona case. The Rule 11 hearing will begin at 8:30 a.m. on Nov. 14…[Continue Reading...]
Children in a 1960s trailer park cult in Arizona were whipped with belts, sexually abused, separated from their families, forced to run naked through the commune and locked in a dark root cellar for days, according to survivors and court…[Continue Reading...]
PHOENIX (CN) — A sixth spiritual wife of an Arizona religious leader who sexually abused 10 underage girls in the name of God was sentenced to prison Wednesday afternoon. Leilani Barlow, who admitted to marrying her underage daughter off to…[Continue Reading...]
Nearly 10 days after an Arizona judge granted Lori Vallow Daybell’s motion for a mental competency exam — and pushed back the start of her trial to accommodate it — Vallow Daybell’s lawsyers have now asked to withdraw that request.…[Continue Reading...]
An Arizona judge granted a request to evaluate Lori Vallow's competency. The so-called "Doomsday Mom" has been in the Maricopa County Estrella Jail for nearly a year after being extradited from Idaho. She is serving multiple life sentences in Idaho…[Continue Reading...]
PHOENIX - There is a new update in the years-long legal saga involving the woman who is known as the so-called ‘Doomsday Mom.’ We learned on Oct. 21 that Lori Vallow's defense lawyer filed a motion on Oct. 9 for…[Continue Reading...]
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