American criminal and religious leader (born 1955)
Warren Jeffs
FBI Ten Most Wanted Fugitive
Description
Born
Warren Steed Jeffs (1955-12-03) December 3, 1955 (age 68) Sacramento, California, U.S.
Occupation
Leader of the Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints
Parents
Rulon Jeffs and Merilyn Steed
Spouse
78[1] including Naomi Jeffs (née Jessop)
Children
More than 60, precise number unknown[2]
Status
Convictions
Texas:
Aggravated sexual assault of a child
Sexual assault of a child[3]
Utah: Child rape as an accomplice (2 counts; overturned)[4][5]
Penalty
Texas: Life imprisonment with the possibility of parole after 27 years Utah: Life imprisonment with the possibility of parole after 10 years (overturned)
Status
Incarcerated[6]
Added
May 6, 2006[7]
Number
482
Captured
Warren Steed Jeffs (born December 3, 1955) is an American religious-cult leader and felon, convicted of several sex crimes and two assisted sex crimes involving children. He is the leader of the Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints, a polygamous cult (not to be confused with the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints). In 2011, he was convicted of two felony counts of child sexual assault,[8] for which he is serving a life sentence.[9]
In 2006, Jeffs was placed on the FBI's Ten Most Wanted List for his flight from the charges that he had arranged illegal child marriages between his adult male followers and underage girls in Utah.[7] In 2007, Arizona charged him with eight additional counts in two separate cases, including incest and sexual conduct with minors.[10]
In September 2007, Jeffs was convicted of two counts of rape as an accomplice,[11] for which he was sentenced to imprisonment for ten years to life in Utah State Prison. This conviction was overturned by the Utah Supreme Court in 2010 due to flawed jury instructions.[12]
Jeffs was extradited to Texas,[13] where he was found guilty of sexual assault of a minor, for raping a 15-year-old child bride; and aggravated sexual assault against a child, for raping a 12-year-old child bride; for which he was sentenced to life in prison, plus twenty years, and fined $10,000.[3] Jeffs is incarcerated at the Louis C. Powledge Unit of the Texas Department of Criminal Justice near Palestine, Texas.[14][15]
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^Escobedo, Tricia (March 8, 2016). "Roy Jeffs: Why I left my father's church". CNN. Retrieved February 6, 2023.
^ abWhitehurst, Lindsay (August 10, 2011). "Warren Jeffs gets life in prison for sex with underage girls". The Salt Lake Tribune. Retrieved May 7, 2019.
^"US polygamy sect leader sentenced". BBC News. November 20, 2007. Retrieved May 7, 2019.
^"Polygamist Charged With Felony Accomplice Rape of a Minor". FindLaw.com. April 5, 2006. Archived from the original on November 22, 2007. Retrieved May 7, 2019.
^"Texas: Polygamist Leader Convicted". The New York Times. August 4, 2011. Retrieved May 7, 2019.
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^Wagner, Dennis (February 24, 2011). "Jailed sect leader retakes legal control of church". USA Today. McLean, Virginia. Retrieved May 6, 2019.
^The FLDS Church was founded in the early-20th century when the founders deemed the renunciation of polygamy by the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church) to be apostate; there is no affiliation between the FLDS Church and the LDS Church: "Polygamy". Newsroom. LDS Church. Retrieved May 6, 2019.
^"Sect leader indicted on sexual conduct with minor, incest charges". CNN. July 12, 2007. Retrieved May 6, 2019.
^Hylton, Hilary (September 25, 2007). "Jeffs' Conviction: A Winning Ploy". Time. Retrieved May 6, 2019.
^"Polygamist Warren Jeffs' Convictions Overturned". CBS News. July 27, 2010. Retrieved April 9, 2019.
^Ward, Mike (December 1, 2010). "Polygamist sect leader Jeffs arrives in Texas". Statesman.com. Archived from the original on January 4, 2011. Retrieved May 7, 2019.
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