>Long time since my last post, since there’s not as much going on. At least one prepaid cell phone was used by the complainant to the shelter, and she used a number “that was traced back to her house” when she called later, supposedly from the shelter the children and women had been taken to; [...]
>Here. About a week ago, my husband and I were arguing about this case– he was arguing that the women who were under the age of consent should be left with their children, no matter the age of the children. I replied that, should Texas tell the women from the FLDS sect that a set [...]
>At 13, I was reading books I probably shouldn’t have– I remember picking up a Steven King book because it had Dragon in the title. I got about four chapters in and decided it wasn’t for me. (I also read in Dracula, in third grade, up until something like “swollen leach” as a description of [...]
>They’re removing some of the adult women from the group: Authorities said all the women except those with children younger than 4 years old were told to leave and return to the ranch. This is after the events of this weekend: Over the weekend, the court authorized a request by officials to confiscate cell phones [...]
>Over at Patterico’s. Friday, Texas state Judge Barbara Walther ordered that all children will remain in San Angelo until Thursday’s custody hearing. The hearing is expected to last 14 days. Only the mothers who left with their children will be permitted to visit them. The State of Texas is currently providing for 555 people in [...]
>the Department of Family and Protective Services has a website with a time line on that FCLS Eldorado situation; DJR (a Patterico regular guest-poster, smart lady) pointed me towards it. Short start: March 29-31 Over the weekend, a 16 year-old girl called a domestic violence shelter and reported that she had been sexually and physically [...]
>First off: want to make sure everyone knows these are not Mormons. They’re a branch-off called “Fundamentalist Latter Day Saints” (link dedicated to pictures of compound) If anyone missed the original story, here’s a recap: State troopers and child welfare officials began a search of the FLDS compound in Eldorado last Thursday after a 16-year-old [...]
>From inside a “religious” compound in Texas, a 16 year old girl calls the police on two separate days– asking for help. She is sixteen, and gave birth at age 15. Her “husband” Dale Barlow, age 50. The girl is now missing, as is her 8 month old child. Barlow is a registered sex offender [...]
