| AG May Seek DNA From Converse Girl In Polygamist Case | |
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Reported by: Demond Fernandez WOAI News 4 - San Antonio, Texas | |
A new twist in the investigation of a West Texas polygamist sect is now focused in the city of Converse. News 4 has learned the state may be trying to get DNA samples from a 12-year-old girl living there. According to News 4's sister-station in Austin, KXAN, a spokesman from the polygamist sect said the attorney general's office has a search warrant to get the child's DNA. KXAN-TV's staff alerted News 4 about the child after they got a call from the polygamist group's spokesman Willie Jessup. They said Jessup warned them investigators were going to the house in Converse with a search warrant. When News 4's Demond Fernandez knocked on the front door of the home Friday, no one answered. But an investigator's business card was on the door with an urgent message to call the attorney general's office. Members of the polygamist group have been the target of a major investigation since April, when the state raided the group's West Texas compound. More than 400 children were removed from the compound due to reports of sexual and physical abuse. News 4 called the attorney general's office Friday. A spokesman would only say they are "working with local and state investigators into possible criminal activity at the polygamist compound." The spokesman would not comment on specifics of the case. KXAN's staff told News 4 Willie Jessup said this will be the third time the attorney general's office has tried to get DNA samples from the child. Jessup told them investigators would be back in Converse this weekend. Email: DemondFernandez@woaitv.com | |
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WOAI.com Originally broadcast July 11, 2008 | |
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