Quick Info
| Profession | Cult leader, FLDS Church president |
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| Nationality | American |
| Date of Birth | 03/12/1955 |
| Age | 70 years |
| Birthplace | Sacramento, California |
| Zodiac Sign | Sagittarius |
Latest News about Warren Jeffs
11/07/2025
A Cook County, Minnesota jury awarded $834,000 in a civil case involving a fraudulent land transaction connected to the FLDS network. The verdict favored former FLDS member Elissa Wall, and the case involved Warren Jeffs and his brother Seth Jeffs as part of the dispute over transferred assets.
02/07/2025
Colorado City and Hildale were released from court supervision nearly two years earlier than expected. The oversight had been imposed because of the towns' former control by the FLDS under Warren Jeffs, and the court found the communities had made substantial progress.
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Bio/Wiki
| Description | Warren Steed Jeffs is an American cult leader and convicted child sex offender serving a life sentence plus twenty years. He is the former president of the Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints (FLDS), a polygamous cult based in Arizona and Utah. He continues to exert control over the sect from prison. |
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| Current Status | Incarcerated at Louis C. Powledge Unit of the Texas Department of Criminal Justice near Palestine, Texas |
Educational Qualification(s)
| Teaching | Taught in FLDS schools |
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| Administrative | Principal of Alta Academy |
Personal Life
| Marriages | At least 77-78 wives |
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| Children | More than 50 children |
| Religious Doctrine | Taught that faithful men must have at least three wives to attain exaltation in the afterlife |
Family
| Father | Rulon Jeffs (FLDS prophet) |
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| Mother | Marilyn Steed (fourth wife of Rulon Jeffs) |
| Birth | Born premature |
Career
| Rise to Power | Became FLDS leader in 2002 after father Rulon's death |
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| Key Actions | Established Yearning for Zion (YFZ) Ranch in West Texas; excommunicated 21 men in 2004 for disobedience; controlled nearly every aspect of followers' lives including clothing, marriages, and media access |
| FBI Status | Placed on FBI's Ten Most Wanted List in 2006 for arranging illegal child marriages |
Some Lesser Known Facts
| 1. Took over as his father's spokesperson after Rulon suffered a serious stroke | |
| 2. Married some of his father's wives early in his tenure as leader | |
| 3. Ordered followers to remove children from public schools in 2000, causing two-thirds of students to disappear from Colorado City Unified School District | |
| 4. Insisted on no television and no internet for FLDS members | |
| 5. Still controls the FLDS sect with approximately 10,000-15,000 followers from prison |
