Children from polygamist compound remain in state custody
After hearing 21 hours of testimony over two days, San Angelo State District Judge Barbara Walther ruled Friday that 416 children removed from a West Texas polygamist compound will remain in state custody and will be subject to genetic testing.
Police are focused on a small polygamist sect in suburban North Carolina after two members -- a 5-year-old boy and a 28-year-old woman -- have gone missing and are presumed dead.