Dossier
Warren Jeffs
Coverage of Warren Jeffs in the Nexus archive.
- Polygamous sect leader convicted on child abuse charges
Samuel Bateman, leader of a polygamous sect, was convicted of state child abuse charges in Arizona following an incident in 2022 where three girls were found in a trailer with poor ventilation. He is already serving a 50-year federal sentence for coercing girls into sex acts and plotting kidnaps.
- Polygamous sect leader convicted of abuse charges after girls found in trailer on Arizona highway
A polygamous sect leader was convicted of state child abuse charges after three girls were found in an unventilated trailer he was hauling through Arizona. He was already serving a federal prison sentence for orchestrating sex acts with children and kidnapping girls from protective custody.