‘Preaching Evil: A Wife on the Run With Warren Jeffs,’ by Peacock, describes how Jeffs was eventually apprehended and convicted of sexually abusing two adolescent girls.
Merrianne Jessop and Veda Keate were the girls, according to the show.
Who is Warren Jeffs wife Merrianne Jessop?
Merrianne later told caseworkers that marrying Warren was not a crime, explaining that “Heavenly Father is the one who tells Warren when a girl is ready to get married.
He’s merely doing what Heavenly Father says.” When Merrianne was informed that it was a felony, she insisted that these unions were pure.
Warren was sentenced to life in prison in 2011 after being convicted of two charges of sexual assault of a minor in regard to Merrianne and Veda.
Merrianne was eventually placed in foster care for a while before her guardianship was granted to her cousin, who was no longer a member of the FLDS.
However, by August 2009, it was reported that she had returned to the ranch in Texas, which is now her last known whereabouts.
