Find out ‘Merrianne Jessop And Veda Keate Update’ After his father’s passing in 2002, Warren Jeffs assumed the position of prophet in the Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints.
He then went on to do horrific things including marrying young females, raping family members, and abusing kids sexually. In “Preaching Evil: A Wife on the Run With Warren Jeffs,” Peacock describes how Jeffs was ultimately apprehended and found guilty of molesting two adolescent girls.
The females were Merrianne Jessop and Veda Keate, according to the program. Here is what we know in case you’re wondering where they could be right now.
Merrianne Jessop And Veda Keate Update
In 2003, Warren started relocating numerous FLDS members to a property in Texas. But a few years later, he was detained and imprisoned for rape as an accomplice (the conviction was overturned later).
Then, in 2008, on a report about the sex abuse of a young girl, law enforcement invaded the ranch and conducted a thorough search of the surrounding area. Even though the tip turned out to be a scam, the authorities discovered proof that young women were being married off to much older men.
So, the authorities took control of more than 400 kids and took them away from the ranch. The authorities then discovered that Warren had entered into a “celestial marriage” with two minors. One was Merrianne Jessop, who married Warren in July 2006 when she was 12 years old. She was also Warren’s wife and writer Naomie Fells’ sister, according to the program. Veda Keate, who was 14 when Warren married her, was the other adolescent.
The episode claimed that a DNA test proved Warren was the kid’s father and that Veda already had a child at the time the authorities stormed the complex. Merrianne subsequently explained to caseworkers that it was legal for her to wed Warren, saying, “Heavenly Father is the one who notifies Warren when a lady is ready to get married… He is merely abiding by what Heavenly Father has spoken. When Merrianne was informed that it was a felony, she emphasized how chaste these unions were.
The investigators also discovered a 14-minute audiotape of Warren sexually abusing Merrianne and having a group sex session with a few minor females in the temple vault at the property. The youngster allegedly admitted to the police that Warren did engage in sexual activity with her during the marriage ceremony as other women observed, on a ceremonial bed.
Where Are Merrianne Jessop And Veda Keate?
Warren was found guilty in 2011 of two charges of sexually abusing a child in connection with Merrianne and Veda, and he was given a life sentence. Merrianne eventually spent some time in foster care until her guardianship was granted to her cousin, who was no longer a FLDS member. She was last seen returning to the Texas ranch in August 2009, according to reports, and that remains her last known whereabouts. Veda, meantime, has naturally avoided the spotlight ever after the court issue was resolved. She was located in Converse, Texas, according to a 2008 report.
