Tag: Elissa Wall

The Utah Attorney General’s Office has joined an investigation into allegations that a midwife lied during polygamous sect leader Warren S. Jeffs’ 2007 trial when she said medical records used as evidence were original documents.

The A.G.’s Office said Thursday it learned two days ago that Jane Blackmore, a former FLDS member who lives in British Columbia, may have “re-created” records used to corroborate her testimony about medical care Elissa Wall received in 2002 for a miscarriage.

The Washington County Sheriff’s Office is investigating an allegation of dishonest testimony about medical records of the state’s key witness during the 2007 criminal trial of FLDS polygamous sect prophet Warren S. Jeffs.

The case was based on a 2001 spiritual marriage Jeffs performed between Elissa Wall, then 14, and Allen G. Steed, then 19.

A fiduciary overseeing a polygamous sect’s trust has sued the parents, a sister and former husband of Elissa Wall, saying they, not the trust, are responsible for her forced marriage at age 14.

He argues that any damages that may have resulted from her 2001 marriage to Allen Steed were “primarily and ultimately” caused by their failure to act.

The search warrants reveal new names under investigation by law enforcement for alleged underage marriages.

The latest warrants also name an ex-member of the polygamous sect who gave information to Schleicher County Sheriff David Doran in the years leading up to the April 3 raid on the YFZ Ranch.

Nearly two years after leveling first civil and then criminal allegations against Warren S. Jeffs, a young woman has moved away from anonymity.