FLDS polygamist leader faces new charges of kidnapping in Arizona
Samuel Rappylee Bateman's legal troubles snowballed as three women charged with kidnapping eight minors were folded into his federal court case.
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Samuel Rappylee Bateman's legal troubles snowballed as three women charged with kidnapping eight minors were folded into his federal court case.
Naomi Bistline and Donnae Barlow, two of the women connected to northern Arizona polygamist sect leader Samuel Bateman, will be in court Thursday.
Naomi Bistline and Donnae Barlow, alleged wives of FLDS breakaway sect leader Samuel Bateman, were charged with kidnapping. Both of them remain in federal custody.
Naomi Bistline and Donnae Barlow, two of the women connected to northern Arizona polygamist sect leader Samuel Bateman, will be in court Thursday.
The leader of a small polygamous group on the Arizona-Utah border had taken at least 20 wives, most of them minors, and punished followers who did not treat him as a prophet, newly filed federal court documents show. The filing provides insight into what investigators have found in a case that first became public in…