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Ervil LeBaron

{{Short description|American murderer}}

{{Infobox serial killer

| name = Ervil LeBaron

| image = LeBaron Brothers.gif

| caption = The LeBaron family (left to right)
Ervil, Joel, Verlan, Alma, and Floren

| birth_name = Ervil Morrell LeBaron

| alias = The Mormon Manson{{cite web|url=https://www.thedailybeast.com/ervil-lebaron-the-mormon-manson-and-his-familys-mexican-massacre|title=The 'Mormon Manson' and His Family's Mexican Massacre|website=The Daily Beast|date=2023-02-01}}{{cite web|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/ervil-lebaron-family-murders-mexico-b2129424.html|title=Ervil LeBaron: How a fundamentalist leader became known as the 'Mormon Manson'|website=The Independent|date=2023-02-01}}

| birth_date = February 22, 1925

| birth_place = Galeana Municipality, Chihuahua, Mexico

| death_date = {{death date and age|1981|8|15|1925|2|22}}

| death_place = Draper, Utah, US

| victims = 25+

| country = Mexico, United States

| states = California, Utah

| beginyear = 1974

| endyear = 1981

| apprehended = June 1, 1979

| penalty = Life

| spouse = At least 13

| children = 50+

}}

Ervil Morrell LeBaron (February 22, 1925 – August 15, 1981) was the leader of a polygamous Mormon fundamentalist group who ordered the killings of many of his opponents, both within his own sect and in rival polygamous groups, using the religious doctrine of blood atonement to justify the murders. He was sentenced to life in prison for orchestrating the murder of an opponent, and died there in 1981.

He had at least 13 wives in a plural marriage, several of whom he married while they were still underage, and several of whom were involved in the murders.

History

{{See also|LeBaron order}}

After the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church) officially abandoned the practice of polygamy in 1890 (Other sources say 1940 in Salt Lake City, UT), some polygamous Mormons, who were later excommunicated from the LDS Church, moved south to Mexico to continue the practice without the interference of U.S. law enforcement. One of these Mormons, Alma Dayer LeBaron, Sr., moved his family, which included his two wives and eight children, to northern Mexico in 1924. There, they started a farm called "Colonia LeBaron" in Galeana, Chihuahua.{{Cite book |last=Anderson |first=Scott |title=The 4 o'clock murders: the true story of a Mormon family's vengeance |date=1993 |publisher=Doubleday |isbn=0-385-41904-X |edition=1st |location=New York |oclc=25708894}}

When Alma died in 1951, he passed the leadership of the community on to his son Joel LeBaron, who eventually incorporated the community as the Church of the Firstborn of the Fulness of Times in Salt Lake City, Utah.Utah Attorney General's Office and Arizona Attorney General's Office, [http://attorneygeneral.utah.gov/cmsdocuments/The_Primer.pdf The Primer: A Guidebook for Law Enforcement and Human Services Agencies who offer Assistance to Fundamentalist Mormon Families] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130127133628/http://attorneygeneral.utah.gov/cmsdocuments/The_Primer.pdf |date=January 27, 2013 }}, updated Aug. 2009 Ervil LeBaron, Joel's younger brother, was his second in command during the early years of the church's existence.Anderson, pp.68-82. The group ultimately numbered around thirty families who lived in both Utah and a community called "Los Molinos" on the Baja California Peninsula.

Killings

{{main|Church of the First Born of the Lamb of God}}

In 1972, the LeBaron sect suffered a schism when Ervil fell out with Joel and started the Church of the First Born of the Lamb of God in San Diego, California.{{Cite book |last1=Bradlee |first1=Ben Jr. |title=Prophet of blood: the untold story of Ervil LeBaron and the lambs of God |last2=Van Atta |first2=Dale |date=1981 |publisher=Putnam |others=Dale Van Atta |isbn=0-399-12371-7 |location=New York |oclc=7196924}} Later that year, Ervil ordered Joel's murder in Mexico. Leadership of the Baja California church passed to the youngest LeBaron brother, Verlan, whom Ervil tried to have killed over the next decade.

In 1974, Ervil was tried and convicted in Mexico for Joel's murder. His conviction was overturned on a technicality; some have alleged this resulted from a bribe.Bradlee & Van Atta, pp.217-218. Ervil's followers subsequently raided Los Molinos to kill Verlan;Anderson, pp.115-128.Bradlee & Van Atta, pp.159-173. Verlan was in Nicaragua, but the town was destroyed and two men were killed.{{Cite book |last=Stone |first=Michael H. |title=The new evil: understanding the emergence of modern violent crime |date=2019 |author2=Gary Brucato |isbn=978-1-63388-532-5 |location=Amherst, NY |publisher=Promethius Books |pages=67–74 |oclc=1080554640}}

Ervil LeBaron's attention was also focused on rival polygamous leaders. In April 1975, he ordered the killing of Bob Simons, a polygamist who sought to minister to Native Americans.Bradlee & Van Atta, pp.181-191; 288-292. In 1977, LeBaron ordered the killing of Rulon C. Allred, leader of the Apostolic United Brethren, another Mormon fundamentalist sect.Bradlee & Van Atta, pp. 231-256. Ervil LeBaron's 13th wife, Rena Chynoweth, carried out the murder with Ervil's stepdaughter, Ramona Marston. Although Chynoweth was tried and acquitted for Allred's murder, she confessed in her memoir, The Blood Covenant (1990).Rena Chynoweth, The Blood Covenant (1990). She also described her experiences in LeBaron's group, which she characterized as using mind control and fear to control its followers.{{Cite book |last=Schmidt |first=Susan Ray |title=His favorite wife: trapped in polygamy: a true story of violent fanaticism |date=2006 |publisher=Kassidy Lane |isbn=0-9779730-0-X |edition=2nd |location=[Twin Falls, Idaho] |oclc=71792714}}

Ervil LeBaron also ordered the murders of members of his own family and those of his supporters. His 10th wife, Vonda White, was convicted and sentenced to life in prison for the murder of Dean Grover Vest, one of LeBaron's henchmen, who had attempted to leave the church.Anderson, pp.144-154.Bradley & Van Atta, pp. 192-202; 298-300. Vonda White is also said to have killed Noemi Zarate Chynoweth,Anderson, pp.128-130.Bradlee & Van Atta, p.201. Note, Noemi's name has been spelled variously "Noemi", "Naomi", and "Neomi". the plural wife of Ervil's father-in-law through his wife, Lorna Chynoweth. Noemi had been critical of Ervil LeBaron's practices and snubbed him at her wedding to Bud Chynoweth.Bradlee & Van Atta, pp.173-174. According to witnesses, Thelma Chynoweth (Bud Chynoweth's first wife, who was Lorna's mother and Noemi's sister-wife) helped kill Noemi. Ervil LeBaron has also been linked to the death of his own 17-year-old daughter Rebecca, who was pregnant with her second child and hoped to leave the group; it is alleged that his stepson Eddie Marston and brother-in-law Duane Chynoweth strangled her in April 1977.Anderson, pp.158-165.Bradlee & Van Atta, pp.228-31; 256-60; 281-82; 287; 297-98.

On June 1, 1979, Ervil LeBaron was apprehended by police in Mexico and extradited to the United States, where he was convicted of having ordered Allred's death. In 1980, he was sentenced to life imprisonment at the Utah State Prison in Draper, Utah, where he died on August 16, 1981, from an apparent suicide.{{Cite book |last=Spencer |first=Irene |title=Cult insanity: a memoir of polygamy, prophets, and blood atonement |date=2009 |publisher=Center Street |isbn=978-0-446-53819-0 |edition=1st |location=New York |oclc=297338517}} Ervil's brother Verlan (whom Ervil had tried to murder) died in an auto accident in Mexico City two days after Ervil's body was discovered in his cell. In an October 2012 interview with Vice Magazine, Verlan LeBaron's grandson Brent LeBaron stated that at least some in the LeBaron family believe this may not have been a coincidence.{{cite web |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j3P-qfaICSI#t=755s |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211221/j3P-qfaICSI |archive-date=2021-12-21 |url-status=live|title= The Mexican Mormon War|website=YouTube |access-date=November 23, 2012}}{{cbignore}}

Continued murder spree

{{main|4 O'Clock murders}}

While in prison, LeBaron wrote a 400-page "bible" known as The Book of the New Covenants, which included a commandment to kill disobedient church members who were included in a hit list written by LeBaron. Some 20 copies were printed and distributed.{{Cite news |date=1992-09-17 |title=Book by Ervil LeBaron Calls for Yocom's Death |url=https://www.deseret.com/1992/9/17/19005191/book-by-ervil-lebaron-calls-for-yocom-s-death |access-date=2022-12-01 |work=Deseret News |language=en |agency=Associated Press}}

Three of the murders were carried out simultaneously on June 27, 1988, at 4:00 pm, later dubbed the "4 O'Clock Murders". Duane Chynoweth, one of LeBaron's former followers, was shot and killed with his 8-year-old daughter, Jennifer, while running errands. Eddie Marston, one of LeBaron's stepsons and former thugs, was killed in the same manner, and Mark Chynoweth, a father of six, was shot multiple times in his office in Houston, Texas.

Of the seven killers involved in the "4 O'Clock Murders," five were found guilty of murder. One, Cynthia LeBaron, testified against her siblings and was granted immunity. The final suspect, Jacqueline LeBaron, was captured by the FBI in May 2010.{{cite web|url=http://blogs.houstonpress.com/hairballs/2010/05/jacqueline_lebaron_daughter_of.php|title=Jacqueline LeBaron, Daughter Of Infamous Murdering Cult Leader, Is Back In Houston|work=Hair Balls |access-date=June 1, 2010|archive-date=December 22, 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111222193552/http://blogs.houstonpress.com/hairballs/2010/05/jacqueline_lebaron_daughter_of.php |last1=Connelly |first1=Richard }}

On June 16, 2011, Jacqueline Tarsa LeBaron pleaded guilty to conspiracy to obstruct religious beliefs and faced a 5-year maximum sentence in a future sentencing hearing.{{cite web |url=http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/U/US_POLYGAMIST_SLAYINGS|title= Texas polygamist deaths suspect pleads guilty|access-date=June 16, 2011}} She was released from federal custody several months earlier than her original sentence was calculated.{{Cite web |last=Whitehurst |first=Lindsay |date=2012-12-19 |title=Member of polygamous LeBaron family is released from prison |url=https://archive.sltrib.com/article.php?id=55491587&itype=cmsid |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221130161759/https://archive.sltrib.com/article.php?id=55491587&itype=cmsid |archive-date=2022-11-30 |access-date=2022-11-30 |website=The Salt Lake Tribune |series=The Polygamy Blog |language=en-US}} Although her plea agreement is public information, many docket entries are sealed.{{Cite Pacer|plaintiff=United States of America|defendant=Jacqueline Tarsa LeBaron|title=Plea Agreement|doc-number=666|date=2011-06-16|pacer-number=202321|use-recap=true|case-state=TX|case-district=SD|case-division=4|case-year=1992|case-type=cr|case-sequence=00177|access-date=2022-11-30|ref=JacquelineTarsaLeBaronPleaAgreement}}{{Cite web |title=Docket for United States v. Lebaron, 4:92-cr-00177 - CourtListener.com |url=https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/39944816/united-states-v-lebaron/ |access-date=2022-11-30 |website=CourtListener |language=en-us}} Since release, one 2014 report from a U.S. Probation Officer about her supervised release states that Jacqueline Tarsa LeBaron had not made any payment toward the $134,000 restitution imposed by the Court; simultaneously, the officer's report states that she "has severe mental health issues" including mania requiring psychotropic medication and which have led her to seek Social Security Disability Insurance.{{Cite Pacer|plaintiff=United States of America|defendant=Jacqueline Tarsa LeBaron|title=Report on Offender Under Supervision|doc-number=709|date=2011-06-16|pacer-number=202321|use-recap=true|case-state=TX|case-district=SD|case-division=4|case-year=1992|case-type=cr|case-sequence=00177|access-date=2022-11-30|ref=JacquelineTarsaLeBaronProbationOfficerReport}}

It has been estimated that more than 25 people were killed as a result of LeBaron's prison-cell orders. Many of his family members and other ex-members of the group remain in hiding for fear of retribution from LeBaron's remaining followers.{{citation needed|date=June 2016}} However, when LeBaron's daughter Anna LeBaron, who escaped from the cult aged 13, published an account of her life and the cult in 2017, when she was 48, she said that the blood-letting was over and family members were no longer in danger.[https://www.bbc.com/news/magazine-38526255 Anna LeBaron: How I escaped my father's murderous polygamous cult], BBC News 'Magazine', by Brian Wheeler, 17 February 2017

Wives and children

Ervil LeBaron married 13 women and fathered more than 50 children. He also raised several stepchildren.

* stepchild

+ Chynoweth sibling

++ Rios sibling

!cult leader

i Incest

class=wikitable
colspan="7" valign="center"|Wives
rowspan="2" width="20%" | Wife

! rowspan="2" | Age at marriage

! rowspan="2" | Killed on behalf of the cult?

! colspan="3" | Left the cult:

! rowspan="2" | Comments

Murdered

! Imprisoned

! Escaped before 1992

Delfina Salido

|

|

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| Y

| Went to the authorities, in fear for her life, after her daughter Rebecca was murdered.

Marilu Vega

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| N

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|

Joy Marston

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| N

|

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| Y

| Left Ervil after 3 months of marriageAnderson

Anna Mae (Stephens) Marston

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| N

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| Anna Mae left her second husband, Nephi Marston, to marry Ervil, bringing her children with her.

Lorna Chynoweth+

|

| N

| Y [1983]

|

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|Lorna's body was never recovered. She was likely killed by one of her sons.

Kristina Jensen

|

|N

|

|

| Y

|

Rosemary (Worley) Barlow

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|N

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|Brought 3 children with her to the marriage

Linda Johnson

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|

Debra Bateman

| 16

| N

|

|

| Y

|

Vonda White

|

|YAnderson

|

|Y

|

|Convicted of killing Dean Grover Vest, a cult member who tried to leave. Also killed Neomi Zarate Chynoweth, a plural wife of Bud Chynoweth, Ervil's father-in-law twice over.Anderson Brought 4 children with her from her first marriage.

Teresa Rios++

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| Y

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Yolanda Rios++

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|Y [1984]

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Rena Chynoweth+

|16

|YAnderson

|

|Y

|Y

|Killed Rulon Allred, but acquitted for the crime. Left the cult after Ervil's arrest.Anderson

class=wikitable
colspan="10" valign="center"|Children
rowspan="2" width="10%" | Mother

! rowspan = "2" width="10%" | Child Name

! rowspan="2" width= "10%" |Child Spouse

! rowspan="2" |Polygamist?

! rowspan="2" | Killed on behalf of the cult?

! colspan="4" | Left the cult:

! rowspan="2" |Comment

Murdered

! Imprisoned

! Suicide

! Escaped before 1992

rowspan="9" |Delfina Salido

|Sylvia Esther

|Thomas Liddiard

| Y

| N

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Sarah

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| N

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|Alice

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| N

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Lillian

|Mark Chynoweth+

|N

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|Y [1989]Anderson

|

|Helped several siblings leave the cult; suspected of being involved in the death of her brother Isaac or other siblings.Anderson

Arturo ("Arthur")!

|

|Y

|YAnderson

|Y [Dec 1983]

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|Left cult following the death of Ervil

Rebecca

|Victor Chynoweth+

|Y

|N

|Y [1977]Anderson

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|Pregnant at the time of her murder. Her body has never been recovered.Anderson

Jonathan "Isaac"

| -

| N

| N

| ?

|

| ? [1983]Anderson

| Y [1979]Anderson

| Testified in court against many cult members. After a stint in a mental health institution, he moved in with his sister Lillian and Mark Chynoweth. He died several days later. Official records say suicide, but authors such as Scott Anderson believe the Chynoweths likely murdered him.Anderson

Paul

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Delia

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|Y [1978]Anderson

|Escaped with her motherAnderson

rowspan="6"|Marilu Vega

|Elsa

|Dan Jordan

|Y

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Jorge

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|Y [1984]

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|Body never recovered

Patricia

| Heber LebaroniAnderson

| Y

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| Y [1992]Anderson

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|Sentenced to life in prison for her role in the murders of Ed Barlow, and Mark, Duane, and Jenny Chynoweth.{{citation|agency=Associated Press|title=LeBaron gets 45-year sentence|newspaper=Deseret News|date=June 13, 1997|url=https://www.deseret.com/1997/6/13/19317679/lebaron-gets-45-year-sentence/|access-date=July 30, 2018}} Released in 2023.{{Cite web |title=United States v. Lebaron, CRIMINAL H-92-177-05 {{!}} Casetext Search + Citator |url=https://casetext.com/case/united-states-v-lebaron-3 |access-date=2024-01-10 |website=casetext.com}}

Benjamin

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Virginia

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| N

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Ruben

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rowspan=11|Anna Mae Marston

|David Marston*

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Edward Thomas Marston*

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|N

|Y

|Y [1988]Anderson

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|

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Ramona Marston *

|Dan Jordan

|Y

|Y

|

|Y

|

|Y [1982]LeBaron, pp.165-6.

|Assisted Rena Chynoweth in killing Rulon Allred. Acquitted. Married to Dan Jordan on the same day as her sister Fay.Anderson

Faye Marston*

|Dan Jordan

|Y

|

|

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|Married to Dan Jordan on the same day as her sister RamonaAnderson

Kathleen

|

|N

|

|

|

|

|Y [1982]LeBaron, p. 179.

|Ran away from the cult to get married at age 18.

William "Heber"!

|multiple half-sistersiAnderson

|Y

|Y

|

|Y [1992]

|

|

|Sentenced to life in prison for his role in the murders of Ed Marston and Mark, Duane, and Jenny Chynoweth.

Marilyn

|

|N

|N

|

|

|

|Y [1982]

|Ran away from her mother in 1982; assisted by sister Lillian and stepsister Ramona Marston

Celia Kristina

|

|N

|N

|

|

|

|Y [late 1980s]LeBaron, p. 209.

|

Anna Keturah

|

|N

|N

|

|

|

|Y [1982]

|Ran away to live with her sister Lillian.

Hyrum

|

|N

|N

|

|

|

|

|

Adine

|

|

|N

|

|

|

|

|

rowspan="8"|Lorna Chynoweth

|Andrew

|

|N

|YAnderson

|Y

|

|

|

|Body never recovered

Jacqueline Tarsa

|

|

|Y

|

|Y

|

|

|Indicted in the 1990s; on the FBI Most Wanted List for years until finally arrested in the 2000s

Aaron Morel "Mo"!

|

|

|Y

|

|Y [1997]

|

|

|Sentenced to 45 years in prison for his role in the murders of Ed Barlow and Mark, Duane, and Jenny Chynoweth.

Natasha

|

|

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|

|

Andrea Monique

|

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Bridget Veronica

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Leland Jared

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Joshua

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|

rowspan="2"|Christina Jensen

|Tabitha

|

|

|

|

|

|

|Y [1970s]

|Escaped with her mother

Shoshanna

|

|

|

|

|

|

|Y [1970s]

|Escaped with her mother

rowspan="6"|Rosemary Barlow

|Douglas Barlow*

|

|

|Y

|

|

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|

|Sentenced to life in prison for his role in the murders of Ed Marston and Mark, Duane, and Jenny Chynoweth.

Annalee Barlow*

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Ellen Barlow*

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Nathaniel

|

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David

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Eva

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rowspan="3"|Linda Johnson

|Thomas Anthony

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Cynthia

|

|

|Y

|

|Y [1992]

|

|

|Granted immunity to testify against her siblings in the murders of her stepbrother Ed Marston and Mark and Duane Chynoweth, and Duane's 8-year-old daughter.

Richard

|

|

|Y

|

|Y [1992]

|

|

|Pled guilty to murder of 8-year-old Jenny Chynoweth and received a 5-year sentence.

rowspan="2"|Debra Bateman

|Jeremy

|

|

| N

|

|

|

|Y

|Escaped with his mother

Craig

|

|

| N

|

|

|

|Y

|Escaped with his mother

rowspan="6"|Vonda White

|Craig White*

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|

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|After his mother's imprisonment, he was raised by Anna Mae Marston

Audrey White*

|

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|After her mother's imprisonment, raised by Anna Mae Marston

Evelyn White*

|

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|After her mother's imprisonment, raised by Anna Mae Marston

Janet White*

|

|

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|After her mother's imprisonment, raised by Anna Mae Marston

Mimi

|

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|

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|After her mother's imprisonment, raised by Anna Mae Marston

Nathan|

|

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|After his mother's imprisonment, he was raised by Anna Mae Marston

rowspan="4" |Teresa Rios

|Gladys Elva

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Estephania Norma

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Jenny

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Gabriela R.

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rowspan="2" |Yolanda Rios

|Sandra

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Danny

|

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|

|

|

|

|

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rowspan="2" | Rena Chynoweth

|Erin

|

|

|

|

|

|

|Y [1981]

|Escaped with her mother

John Ryan

|

|

|

|

|

|

|Y [1981]

|Escape with his mother

Depictions

; Films

  • {{imdb title|tt0107890|Prophet of Evil: The Ervil LeBaron Story (1993)}}, directed by Jud Taylor

; Television

  • {{Cite episode |title=Murderous Mormons |series=Deadly Devotion |network=Investigation Discovery |date=2015-08-24 |season=3 |number=4 |url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt4969068/}}
  • {{Cite episode |title=Blood Atonement |series=Evil Lives Here |series-link=Evil Lives Here |network=Investigation Discovery |date=2018-03-04 |season=3 |number=9 |language=en-US |url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt8149996/}}
  • Under the Banner of Heaven, 2022 miniseries based on the book by John Krakauer
  • Daughters of the Cult, 2024 Hulu documentary series

;Nonfiction

  • {{Cite book |title=Prophet of blood: the untold story of Ervil LeBaron and the lambs of God |last2=Van Atta |first2=Dale |author=Bradlee |year=1981 |isbn=978-0-399-12371-9 |first1=Ben |publisher=Putnam |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=FaLtAAAAMAAJ}}
  • {{cite book |title=The Blood Covenant |year=1990 |author=Chynoweth |author-link=Rena Chynoweth |publisher=Diamond Books |first=Rena |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=uKHtAAAAMAAJ |isbn=978-0-89015-768-8}}
  • {{cite book |title=The 4 O'Clock Murders: The True Story of a Mormon Family's Vengeance |author=Anderson |publisher=Random House |year=1994 |isbn=978-0-440-21629-2 |first=Scott |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=0b_QAAAACAAJ}}
  • {{cite book |first=Jon |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=0DQaTU7Opq0C |title=Under the banner of heaven: a story of violent faith |author=Krakauer |author-link=Jon Krakauer |year=2004 | publisher=Knopf Doubleday Publishing |isbn=978-1-4000-7899-8}}
  • {{cite book |first=Susan Ray |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=HKjRPQAACAA |title=Shattered Dreams: My Life as a Polygamist's Wife |author=Schmidt |author-link=Susan Ray Schmidt |year=2008 |publisher=Kassidy Lane Publishing |isbn=978-0-9779-7300-2}}
  • {{cite book |first=Irene |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=UCAoNS_wIsUC |title=Cult Insanity: A Memoir of Polygamy, Prophets, and Blood Atonement |author=Spencer |author-link=Irene Spencer |year=2009 |publisher=Hachette Book Group |isbn=978-1-59995-213-0}}
  • {{cite book |first=Irene |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=VK-6oQEACAAJ |title=Shattered Dreams: My Life as a Polygamist's Wife |author=Spencer |author-link=Irene Spencer |year=2008 |publisher=Center Street |isbn= 978-1-5999-5719-7}}
  • {{cite book |first=Ruth |url=http://www.ruthwariner.com/ |title=The Sound of Gravel: A Memoir |author=Wariner |publisher=Flatiron Books (Macmillan Publishers |year=2016 |isbn=978-1-250-07769-1}}
  • {{cite book |first=Anna |url=http://annalebaron.com/ |title=The Polygamist's Daughter |author=LeBaron |publisher=Tyndale House Publishers, Inc. |year=2017 |isbn=978-1-4964-1755-8}}
  • {{Cite book |last=Denton |first=Sally |title=The Colony: Faith and Blood in a Promised Land |publisher=Liveright |year=2022 |isbn=978-1-63149-807-7 |location=New York, NY |language=en-US |lccn=2021062619}}

See also

Notes

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References

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  • {{cite book | last = Anderson | first = Scott | title = The 4 O'Clock Murders | publisher = Dell | location = New York | year = 1994 | isbn = 0-440-21629-X }}
  • Bradlee, Jr., Ben, and Dale Van Atta (1981) Prophet of Blood: The Untold Story of Ervil Lebaron and the Lambs of God. Putnam, {{ISBN|978-0-399-12371-9}}
  • Krakauer, Jon (2003) Under the Banner of Heaven : A Story of Violent Faith, pp. 266–277.
  • {{cite book|url=http://annalebaron.com/|title=The Polygamist's Daughter|author=Anna LeBaron|publisher=Tyndale House Publishers, Inc. |year=2017|isbn=978-1-4964-1755-8}}
  • {{cite web | author=Scheeres, Julia | title=Ervil LeBaron | work=Renegade Mormon fundamentalist wooed child brides and used them as the instruments of his murderous designs | url=http://www.crimelibrary.com/notorious_murders/classics/ervil_lebaron_cult/index.html | access-date=October 1, 2005 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140803231034/http://www.crimelibrary.com/notorious_murders/classics/ervil_lebaron_cult/index.html | archive-date=August 3, 2014 }}
  • {{cite book | last=Schmidt | first = Susan Ray | title = His Favorite Wife: Trapped in Polygamy | year = 2006 | publisher = Kassidy Lane Publishing LLC | isbn = 978-0-9779730-0-2 | url=https://archive.org/details/hisfavoritewifet00schm | url-access=registration }}
  • Spencer, Irene (2009) Cult Insanity: A Memoir of Polygamy, Prophets, and Blood Atonement.
  • [https://web.archive.org/web/20071001004327/http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,915334-1,00.html "A Deadly 'Messenger of God'"], Time, Aug. 29, 1977.
  • Utah Attorney General's Office and Arizona Attorney General's Office, [https://web.archive.org/web/20130127133628/http://attorneygeneral.utah.gov/cmsdocuments/The_Primer.pdf The Primer: A Guidebook for Law Enforcement and Human Services Agencies Who Offer Assistance to Fundamentalist Mormon Families], updated Aug. 2009.

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External links

  • {{IMDb title|0107890|Prophet of Evil: The Ervil LeBaron Story (1993) (TV)}}
  • {{YouTube|LpIyaIHsJbc|The Mexican Mormon War (Drug Cartels vs. Mormons)}}, featuring a section on Ervil LeBaron.

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