New FLDS Outpost Found in South Dakota (Warren Jeffs cult)

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From the Salt Lake Tribune:

A third outpost created by followers of fugitive polygamist leader Warren Jeffs has been discovered in the Black Hills of South Dakota.

The South Dakota site appears to be on par with an FLDS development in Mancos, Colo., said author Jon Krakauer, who has visited the tiny town twice to document the new holding. A building permit lists costs of materials at $450,000 - but nothing for labor.

"By the amount of money being put into it, it is an important property," Krakauer said. "The lengths they've gone to to keep it secret are extraordinary." Krakauer said Mohave County authorities received an anonymous tip about the development last summer but had too little information to trace the property.

Krakauer, author of Under The Banner of Heaven, has devoted his efforts to tracking Jeffs' activities. The 50-year-old Jeffs is wanted by the FBI on an Arizona charge of arranging an underage marriage.

http://www.sltrib.com/utah/ci_3582293
If link doesn't work, try: http://www.ksl.com/?nid=148&sid=173521
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From the Eldorado Success, the newspaper in Eldorado TX (where a similar FLDS settlement has been established) that investigated and broke this story:
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Allred is the man who fronted the purchase of the YFZ Ranch here in Schleicher County. It was also he who claimed the property was intended for use as a corporate hunting retreat. Allred later came forward to face Schleicher County officials and admit he had lied about the purpose of the YFZ Ranch.

Other things sounded familiar, too. Things like strangers driving cars and trucks with out-of-state license plates, women wearing pioneer-syle dresses, large log cabin-style homes being erected, and guards on 4-wheelers who challenge anyone approaching the property line.

All that, combined with one last piece of information, was enough to convince Success editor Randy Mankin that the tip was legitimate. The final tidbit of information involved trucks bearing the company name Z-Trans coming and going from the South Dakota property.

Z-Trans, Inc. is a corporation registered in St. George, Utah. The company’s director and registered agent is Robert Dockstader Allred, another of Warren Jeffs’ loyal followers.

http://www.religionnewsblog.com/13878
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"The Prophet" Warren Jeffs, is the absolute head of the Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, the largest polygamy cult in the country. Jeffs is wanted by the FBI on charges of child sexual abuse for having sanctified a marriage between a 16-year-old female and a 28-year-old, already-married male. All females in his highly secretive cult reside in utter submission to males. All children are home-schooled. No outside influence is permitted. All males turn over their paychecks to Jeffs or they are denied wives. Even with their leader on the lam, the FLDS continues to grow and spread, with enclaves in Utah, Arizona, Texas, Mexico and British Columbia.


Here is a great resource with links to many articles about Jeffs and the FLDS cult.

http://www.rickross.com/reference/polygamy/polygamy186.html

Warren Jeffs - woof, whatta man!


His dad (and cult founder) Rulon Jeffs with two of his estimated 75 wives, now widows


The FLDS concrete bunker, er, temple in Eldorado


Jeffs' loyal minions should be commended for thinking ahead of the curve by establishing camp in South Dakota...