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One of Warren Jeffs’ 78 wives escapes, describes captivity at FLDS cult
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Dave Halliday
One of the dozens of wives of polygamous sect leader Warren Jeffs has escaped the cult’s compound — but only after being caught in her first attempt and drugged to keep her from trying again. The told her story to sheriff’s deputies who helped the 25-year-old woman leave the Fundamentalist Latter-Day Saints compound in Colorado…
Convicted child-molester, polygamous leader Warren Jeffs in coma, may not live
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Warren Jeffs, the polygamous sect leader and convicted child rapist, is in a coma and may not survive, a source close to Jeffs has told ABC News: Jeffs, 55, had been fasting for the past three days and became so weak that doctors at the Texas prison where he is serving a life sentence induced a coma,…
Mounties investigate whether convicted polygamist Jeffs smuggled young girls from Canada
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The Royal Canadian Mounted Police are preparing to send officers to the U.S. to investigate allegations that two young girls were smuggled from Bountiful, British Columbia, to be married to the head of a polygamous sect, according to the Canadian news site The Province. Warren Jeffs, 55, leader of the Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ…
Prosecutors will face “sickness and death,” says accused child rapist, polygamist leader
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Accused polygamist Warren Jeffs repeatedly interrupted his Texas child abuse trial Friday, objecting that his rights were being violated and warning that God would humble prosecutors with “sickness and death.” Jeffs, 55, is charged with child sexual assault and aggravated child sexual assault. The prosecution says he violated Texas law with marriages to 12- and 14-year-old girls at his sect’s…
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