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482. Captured. Warren Steed Jeffs (born December 3, 1955) is an American cult leader who is serving a life sentence in Texas for child sexual assault following two convictions in 2011. He is the president of the Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints, a polygamous cult based in Arizona. [ 8]
Nationality. American. Details. Victims. Rulon C. Allred. Date. May 10, 1977. Rena Chynoweth is an American former Mormon fundamentalist who shot Rulon C. Allred dead in 1977. Acquitted of murder in a criminal trial, Chynoweth later admitted to killing Allred.
Ervil Morrell LeBaron(February 22, 1925 – August 15, 1981) was the leader of a polygamousMormon fundamentalistgroup who ordered the killings of many of his opponents, both within his own sect and in rival polygamous groups, using the religious doctrine of blood atonementto justify the murders. He was sentenced to life in prison for ...
The daughter of the polygamist cult leader Warren Jeffs spoke out on "Megyn Kelly Today" about her upbringing as a member of the FLDS Church and the sexual abuse she suffered at the hands of her ...
Mormonism and polygamy. Thomas Arthur Green (June 9, 1948 – February 28, 2021) [1] [2] was an American Mormon fundamentalist in Utah who was a practitioner of plural marriage. After a high-profile trial, Green was convicted by the state of Utah on May 18, 2001, of four counts of bigamy and one count of failure to pay child support. This ...
Court Documents Reveal FLDS Sex Ritual. The rest of the world got another strange and fascinating glimpse into the secret lives of Warren Jeffs' sect of polygamist Mormons this week. The Salt Lake ...
In 1972, Ervil orchestrated the murder of his brother, Joel — the first victim of the blood atonement policy. One of the assassins, Daniel Ben Jordan, was later arrested for the murder, but he was released when witnesses were too afraid to testify against him. The other killer, Gamaliel Rios, remained free.
July 26, 1953. ( 1953-07-26) Location. Short Creek Community. The Short Creek raid was an Arizona Department of Public Safety and Arizona National Guard action against Mormon fundamentalists that took place on the morning of July 26, 1953, at Short Creek, Arizona. The Short Creek raid was the "largest mass arrest of polygamists in American ...