The nephew of imprisoned Utah polygamous leader Warren Jeffs will be returned to Utah to face charges that he kidnapped his niece, as he waived extradition at a court hearing Monday following his arrest in North Dakota.
MINOT, N.D. — The nephew of imprisoned Utah polygamous leader Warren Jeffs will be returned to Utah to face charges that, as he waived extradition at a court hearing Monday following his arrest in North Dakota.
Heber Jeffs is jailed at the Ward County Jail, Sheriff Bob Roed said. It wasn't immediately clear if he has an attorney who could speak on his behalf.. Authorities said at the time that he and his niece had gone missing, allegedly to keep the girl from her mother on orders issued by Warren Jeffs from prison in Texas.
Warren Jeffs is president of the Fundamentalist LDS Church. The FLDS Church is widely known for espousing polygamy. It has historically been based in a small town that straddles the Utah-Arizona line.
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