SALT LAKE CITY — For years Utah has been plagued with rumors of missing children linked to the religious extremist Warren Jeffs of the Fundamentalist Church of Latter-Day Saints (FLDS). “They’re disappearing. They turn up missing. When you ask the…[Continue Reading...]
CIA Director R. James Woolsey, whose name came up repeatedly last week in a Utah federal courtroom during a series of sentencing hearings connected to a byzantine $511 million scheme run by members of a polygamist Mormon group tied to…[Continue Reading...]
The federal government has cited a Utah restaurant supply company connected to the polygamous Kingston sect for violating child-labor laws, amid stepped-up enforcement efforts in the region. The U.S. Department of Labor announced Tuesday that its Wage and Hour Division…[Continue Reading...]
A 12-year-old girl rides in the backseat of a van to a remote location. She is unaware of where she is going, how much further is left, and when she will arrive. She sits quietly next to her mother. There…[Continue Reading...]
PHOENIX (AP) — The trial for a polygamous sect leader charged with kidnapping and evidence tampering in an investigation in his community on the Utah-Arizona state line has been postponed until 2024. Samuel Bateman had previously been scheduled to go…[Continue Reading...]
Accused polygamous “cult” leader Samuel Bateman’s next indictment will include new charges against him—and may feature additional co-defendants, prosecutors revealed in a filing on Tuesday. “The United States anticipates a superseding indictment within the next 90 days, which would include…[Continue Reading...]
The nephew of an infamous Utah polygamist was arrested by state and federal agents in North Dakota for allegedly kidnapping a 10-year-old girl, multiple law enforcement agencies said Monday. The 10-year-old girl in question is now safe and will be…[Continue Reading...]
A girl whose dad married 12-year-old girls has admitted he kept his "family" of 132 women on a tight leash. Sarah Thompson, 20, grew up in the Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ and the Latter-Day Saints (FLDS) in Texas, US, with her…[Continue Reading...]
The 65th wife of one of the most notorious cult leaders in American history was forced into marrying him at the age of 18. With an isolated existence that saw television, films, music, internet and books banned, and a way…[Continue Reading...]
MONTEVIEW — The mother of a teenager who has been missing for over three weeks believes her daughter ran away to re-join members of The Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in southern Utah. Elintra Fischer, 16, left…[Continue Reading...]
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