At least so says KWES, News West 9.

According to the West Texas TV station, investigators removed 60 children under 17, mostly girls — half of whom, they report, are now pregnant — from the gated compound built by the Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Schleicher County.

KWES also reports that investigators found a room full of “babies” that were “unattended.” As of 4pm, however, investigators had not yet located the 16-year-old girl who allegedly called officials to complain of sexual abuse happening inside the FLDS compound.

This article appears in April 4 • 2008.

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