1 00:00:06,006 --> 00:00:08,008 [melancholy music playing] 2 00:00:12,554 --> 00:00:15,890 [Julia] It's very difficult to explain to people 3 00:00:15,974 --> 00:00:17,851 how all of this happened. 4 00:00:19,644 --> 00:00:22,147 A slide of snow coming down the mountain, 5 00:00:22,230 --> 00:00:24,566 and it begins to roll like a snowball. 6 00:00:25,525 --> 00:00:27,444 Compromise by compromise, 7 00:00:27,527 --> 00:00:30,488 how does something so small as a snowflake 8 00:00:31,531 --> 00:00:35,076 build up till an avalanche was over our heads? 9 00:00:37,996 --> 00:00:41,332 I grew up knowing that you have a conscience. 10 00:00:41,958 --> 00:00:44,627 There's a certain fear that comes over you. 11 00:00:44,711 --> 00:00:47,130 The fear that you know you're doing wrong. 12 00:00:47,213 --> 00:00:48,423 The fear of God. 13 00:00:50,133 --> 00:00:53,928 One of the subtle things this wicked man did 14 00:00:54,012 --> 00:00:56,598 was to destroy conscience. 15 00:01:00,060 --> 00:01:02,604 I was groveling in sin. 16 00:01:04,189 --> 00:01:06,066 I didn't want to live like this. 17 00:01:06,691 --> 00:01:08,401 I envied the corpse. 18 00:01:10,528 --> 00:01:12,405 I envied the corpse a lot. 19 00:01:16,034 --> 00:01:18,578 We weren't living very far from the police station. 20 00:01:19,162 --> 00:01:21,414 I could have simply walked over there. 21 00:01:21,956 --> 00:01:24,667 But I just kept thinking, 22 00:01:24,751 --> 00:01:26,711 will they hear one woman's cry? 23 00:01:29,214 --> 00:01:32,967 Once I knew that Christine was the one I could go to 24 00:01:33,051 --> 00:01:34,677 and ask for this help, 25 00:01:35,261 --> 00:01:38,807 I thought, "Okay, now we've got two women, not just one." 26 00:01:40,100 --> 00:01:41,267 Will they hear it? 27 00:01:44,604 --> 00:01:46,106 [music fades] 28 00:02:32,944 --> 00:02:34,487 [crickets chirping] 29 00:02:34,571 --> 00:02:36,573 [pensive music playing] 30 00:02:40,368 --> 00:02:43,746 [Christine on recording] Thursday, July 28th, with Julia. 31 00:02:46,499 --> 00:02:50,503 [Christine] When Julia began disclosing to me, I began recording. 32 00:02:51,588 --> 00:02:54,716 -[Julia] I just want to do right. -[Christine] Yeah. Yeah. 33 00:02:54,799 --> 00:02:55,842 [dog barking] 34 00:02:55,925 --> 00:02:58,261 [Christine] Following Samuel to Hell is not doing right. 35 00:02:58,344 --> 00:02:59,262 [Julia] It isn't. 36 00:02:59,345 --> 00:03:02,682 And a woman does not have to follow a man to Hell. 37 00:03:02,765 --> 00:03:04,601 -[Christine] Right. -[Julia] She doesn't. 38 00:03:06,060 --> 00:03:08,521 [Christine] It was hard for her at first. 39 00:03:08,605 --> 00:03:10,398 She started by telling me 40 00:03:10,481 --> 00:03:12,859 how Sam was getting more and more cruel. 41 00:03:14,819 --> 00:03:17,530 [Julia] It was tough for me to tell Christine 42 00:03:17,614 --> 00:03:21,993 how much of a fake front is being put on in her presence. 43 00:03:22,076 --> 00:03:23,828 -Bye-bye. -Bye. 44 00:03:23,912 --> 00:03:26,080 -[Christine] I'm gonna go. -[Tolga] Bye. 45 00:03:26,164 --> 00:03:27,707 Thank you, bye. 46 00:03:27,790 --> 00:03:29,500 -[Sam's wife] Thank you. -[baby cooing] 47 00:03:29,584 --> 00:03:31,211 [Julia] The minute that she would leave, 48 00:03:31,294 --> 00:03:34,881 he would attack 'em with the most vulgar language, 49 00:03:34,964 --> 00:03:39,385 and effing 'em and all sorts of stuff that was just disgusting. 50 00:03:39,469 --> 00:03:40,803 [indistinct chatter] 51 00:03:40,887 --> 00:03:45,391 [Julia] I just watched as he began to feed himself off everybody. 52 00:03:46,351 --> 00:03:49,020 He's home on the computer twiddling around, 53 00:03:49,103 --> 00:03:50,104 and they were out 54 00:03:51,105 --> 00:03:55,109 cleaning motel rooms and Airbnbs and working hard. 55 00:03:57,195 --> 00:04:00,490 Even when they were expecting babies, 56 00:04:00,573 --> 00:04:03,826 sick or not sick, they would go to work 57 00:04:03,910 --> 00:04:05,161 to earn the money for him. 58 00:04:06,704 --> 00:04:08,790 It's one of the girls' notebooks, and… 59 00:04:09,290 --> 00:04:12,543 and we knew they'd been doing affirmations 60 00:04:12,627 --> 00:04:14,420 to increase their inner self. 61 00:04:15,129 --> 00:04:19,384 And then when they were home, he would make 'em do hours of writing. 62 00:04:19,968 --> 00:04:22,762 Everything has to do with Samuel. 63 00:04:22,845 --> 00:04:24,555 [Christine] Everything is Samuel! 64 00:04:24,639 --> 00:04:26,975 [Julia] "And thus saith the Lord unto my servant, Samuel." 65 00:04:27,642 --> 00:04:31,854 I wanted to show Christine what he was doing to manipulate their minds. 66 00:04:31,938 --> 00:04:34,649 "Samuel, I am in holy fucking love with you." 67 00:04:34,732 --> 00:04:37,527 "Samuel, I am in holy fucking love with you." 68 00:04:37,610 --> 00:04:40,530 [brooding music playing] 69 00:04:40,613 --> 00:04:43,074 It just became an absolute drill. 70 00:04:44,075 --> 00:04:44,909 It's like… 71 00:04:45,410 --> 00:04:47,328 -[Christine] A mind-control technique. -Yeah. 72 00:04:48,997 --> 00:04:51,040 [crickets chirping] 73 00:04:51,124 --> 00:04:52,875 [Dawn] In a week's period of time, 74 00:04:52,959 --> 00:04:56,170 Julia went to Christine, I think, three or four times 75 00:04:56,671 --> 00:05:00,425 just crying and sobbing and talking for hours. 76 00:05:02,802 --> 00:05:06,556 Julia never agreed with giving her daughters, 77 00:05:06,639 --> 00:05:09,684 especially her minor children, to Sam Bateman. 78 00:05:09,767 --> 00:05:11,644 [Norma] You can grab those Kleenexes. 79 00:05:13,563 --> 00:05:15,189 She knew it was wrong, 80 00:05:16,357 --> 00:05:20,528 but she had to obey what the prophet said and what her husband said. 81 00:05:20,611 --> 00:05:22,613 [chuckling] 82 00:05:23,656 --> 00:05:26,367 [Dawn] Bateman also threatened Julia 83 00:05:26,451 --> 00:05:30,288 that he was going to take her one-year-old son away from her 84 00:05:30,371 --> 00:05:33,166 if she did not obey him. 85 00:05:33,249 --> 00:05:35,501 [keyboard clacking] 86 00:05:38,379 --> 00:05:41,758 Eventually, Christine asked Julia 87 00:05:41,841 --> 00:05:45,762 if she wanted to talk to somebody about it 88 00:05:45,845 --> 00:05:47,764 and told her about me. 89 00:05:49,891 --> 00:05:53,227 [Christine] Julia was terrified of law enforcement, 90 00:05:53,311 --> 00:05:57,398 but she knew something had to be done and didn't know what else to do. 91 00:05:58,066 --> 00:06:00,568 [voice breaking] I just want to get back to my God. 92 00:06:01,277 --> 00:06:02,987 [toddler babbling] 93 00:06:03,071 --> 00:06:05,740 [inhales deeply] And my true religion. 94 00:06:08,701 --> 00:06:10,787 And soon thereafter, 95 00:06:11,287 --> 00:06:15,166 Dawn was in town, and Julia agreed to meet with her. 96 00:06:17,919 --> 00:06:20,421 [Julia] I thought, you know, this man 97 00:06:20,922 --> 00:06:23,174 cannot go on and keep hurting people. 98 00:06:24,967 --> 00:06:28,137 And so I went and started 99 00:06:29,180 --> 00:06:30,264 telling it all. 100 00:06:30,765 --> 00:06:32,767 It was very emotional, and it was… 101 00:06:32,850 --> 00:06:33,893 [inhales shakily] 102 00:06:34,477 --> 00:06:36,104 …it was the hardest thing to do. 103 00:06:36,187 --> 00:06:38,189 [intriguing music playing] 104 00:06:40,942 --> 00:06:46,239 [Dawn] Julia had information on certain sex acts that occurred 105 00:06:47,240 --> 00:06:48,783 and where they occurred, 106 00:06:48,866 --> 00:06:49,951 what occurred, 107 00:06:50,034 --> 00:06:52,537 what happened during those sex acts. 108 00:06:52,620 --> 00:06:54,330 This is gonna get gross. 109 00:06:54,414 --> 00:06:55,498 Um… 110 00:06:57,125 --> 00:07:00,211 Sam Bateman chose the people he wanted to be there, 111 00:07:00,294 --> 00:07:03,965 which would include adults and minor girls. 112 00:07:06,050 --> 00:07:08,594 To not get caught by law enforcement, 113 00:07:08,678 --> 00:07:13,391 Sam was taking precautions not to get any of the minor girls pregnant, 114 00:07:14,308 --> 00:07:16,644 but having sexual relations with them. 115 00:07:21,315 --> 00:07:25,695 He wanted to have people watching him have sex. 116 00:07:26,571 --> 00:07:30,199 He wanted other people to be having sex while he was having sex. 117 00:07:30,283 --> 00:07:32,577 He would have, uh, 118 00:07:33,661 --> 00:07:37,623 the fathers having sex with other women, 119 00:07:39,333 --> 00:07:40,918 with their daughters in the room. 120 00:07:42,879 --> 00:07:46,340 Sometimes he would have people watching by video. 121 00:07:47,300 --> 00:07:49,552 [Julia on recording] I don't know who was all on video. 122 00:07:50,303 --> 00:07:51,304 Watching it. 123 00:07:52,889 --> 00:07:55,933 But you could see Sam on the other bed. 124 00:07:59,020 --> 00:08:02,440 The goal was to try to teach the young girls 125 00:08:02,523 --> 00:08:04,567 how to please Sam Bateman. 126 00:08:04,650 --> 00:08:06,777 [intriguing music continues] 127 00:08:11,157 --> 00:08:12,366 [Christine] It was clear 128 00:08:12,450 --> 00:08:14,619 that what I knew 129 00:08:14,702 --> 00:08:17,788 before meeting Julia was the tip of the iceberg, 130 00:08:17,872 --> 00:08:22,418 and it just kept getting worse and worse and worse. 131 00:08:24,086 --> 00:08:26,756 Julia knew something had to be done, 132 00:08:27,798 --> 00:08:31,469 and she was going to help me nail this motherfucker. 133 00:08:32,512 --> 00:08:34,514 [suspenseful music playing] 134 00:08:38,267 --> 00:08:41,604 Julia and I were now working with the FBI. 135 00:08:41,687 --> 00:08:42,772 [footsteps treading] 136 00:08:42,855 --> 00:08:44,565 Julia, bless her heart, 137 00:08:44,649 --> 00:08:47,276 she was so good about documenting things. 138 00:08:48,069 --> 00:08:51,405 She had access to all the identifying information 139 00:08:51,489 --> 00:08:54,200 for the wives and for the girls. 140 00:08:55,117 --> 00:08:57,995 [Julia on phone] I've got those birth certificate records. 141 00:08:58,079 --> 00:09:01,040 Any of them that they want, I'll give them to them. 142 00:09:01,582 --> 00:09:02,833 Yeah, that's great. 143 00:09:03,918 --> 00:09:08,047 [Dawn] She was able to provide a lot of the group communications on Signal. 144 00:09:08,130 --> 00:09:09,257 [message tone chiming] 145 00:09:12,677 --> 00:09:15,429 [Julia] I just gave 'em anything that they asked for. 146 00:09:16,305 --> 00:09:18,224 Notes I'd made on my phone, 147 00:09:18,307 --> 00:09:19,976 pictures on my phone, 148 00:09:20,059 --> 00:09:22,937 pictures of people I love so much. 149 00:09:23,020 --> 00:09:25,815 My sisters, my daughters. 150 00:09:27,984 --> 00:09:31,237 It was very grievous, but I had to do it. 151 00:09:33,072 --> 00:09:36,033 [Julia on phone] My emotions are just right at my eyelids. 152 00:09:36,909 --> 00:09:40,413 'Cause I'm just at the beginnings of what's gonna happen. 153 00:09:40,496 --> 00:09:42,081 -You know? -[Christine] Yeah. 154 00:09:42,164 --> 00:09:44,875 [Julia] It's gonna be big, like for Moroni. 155 00:09:46,210 --> 00:09:47,712 [pensive music playing] 156 00:09:47,795 --> 00:09:52,091 [Christine] Julia's husband Moroni was still a very strong believer. 157 00:09:52,925 --> 00:09:55,761 She had to hide, even from him, 158 00:09:55,845 --> 00:09:57,930 that she was meeting with me. 159 00:09:58,598 --> 00:10:01,517 [Julia] I tried to delete as much of the trail. 160 00:10:02,184 --> 00:10:04,437 You know, I double-checked my phone. 161 00:10:04,520 --> 00:10:07,732 Made sure everything was deleted out of cut-and-paste. 162 00:10:07,815 --> 00:10:08,816 Everything. 163 00:10:09,358 --> 00:10:11,110 If Sam sensed anything, 164 00:10:12,361 --> 00:10:16,574 or if anybody saw me going to Christine's a lot 165 00:10:16,657 --> 00:10:18,951 or conversating with her, 166 00:10:19,535 --> 00:10:22,413 he would question Moroni about it. 167 00:10:23,623 --> 00:10:25,625 We mostly did it inside. 168 00:10:26,375 --> 00:10:30,171 I'd even park in such a way that you couldn't see that my vehicle was here, 169 00:10:30,254 --> 00:10:31,297 inside the gate. 170 00:10:31,380 --> 00:10:33,382 [perilous music playing] 171 00:10:39,930 --> 00:10:42,683 [Tolga] We were taking evidence in the middle of the night. 172 00:10:42,767 --> 00:10:45,144 2:30, 3:00 in the morning, we'd go to a secret location. 173 00:10:45,227 --> 00:10:48,147 Christine would get out of the car, enter into another car. 174 00:10:48,230 --> 00:10:50,107 That's just to exchange evidence. 175 00:10:52,526 --> 00:10:56,614 [Christine] Julia and I would come up with ways to keep it hidden. 176 00:10:57,907 --> 00:11:00,743 We met at Kahuna Burger. 177 00:11:02,244 --> 00:11:04,080 We met at Tropical Smoothie. 178 00:11:04,664 --> 00:11:06,499 We drove around a lot. 179 00:11:07,416 --> 00:11:08,501 [Julia] I didn't take this 180 00:11:08,584 --> 00:11:10,836 and, you know, have a conversation with Moroni or anything, 181 00:11:10,920 --> 00:11:14,924 because if there's any questioning, the pressure gets on him, you know? 182 00:11:15,007 --> 00:11:16,008 [Christine] Yeah. 183 00:11:16,092 --> 00:11:20,012 [Julia] And Moroni is very obedient to him, okay? 184 00:11:20,096 --> 00:11:23,307 -[Christine] He reports every minute? -[Julia] He reports everything. 185 00:11:24,975 --> 00:11:26,769 [Sam's wife chuckling] 186 00:11:26,852 --> 00:11:28,562 [Sam speaking] 187 00:11:28,646 --> 00:11:30,940 [Christine] Sam sensed 188 00:11:31,023 --> 00:11:33,526 that Julia was not going with the program. 189 00:11:34,443 --> 00:11:37,446 Hi. I love you. Hi. 190 00:11:37,530 --> 00:11:39,115 [Julia] He knew. 191 00:11:40,282 --> 00:11:42,576 I… I just wasn't believing all that. 192 00:11:42,660 --> 00:11:44,286 [ominous music playing] 193 00:11:44,370 --> 00:11:47,873 When you say, "I fear what's happening." 194 00:11:47,957 --> 00:11:50,084 "Something's wrong, and I don't feel good about it," 195 00:11:50,167 --> 00:11:53,879 and he would say, "Fear and faith cannot remain in the same person 196 00:11:53,963 --> 00:11:55,256 at the same time." 197 00:11:55,339 --> 00:11:59,051 "And you need to go and, you know, humble yourself 198 00:11:59,135 --> 00:12:01,220 because you're giving way to fears." 199 00:12:01,303 --> 00:12:02,680 [sinister music playing] 200 00:12:02,763 --> 00:12:04,557 [keyboard clacking] 201 00:12:24,160 --> 00:12:25,870 And he's been very concerned 202 00:12:27,621 --> 00:12:32,251 to the point he's turned those girls away to me… from me. 203 00:12:33,377 --> 00:12:36,589 And has them entirely convinced 204 00:12:37,089 --> 00:12:39,884 the word he calls me over and over in their minds, 205 00:12:39,967 --> 00:12:41,260 day after day, 206 00:12:41,343 --> 00:12:45,848 which was a word we never ever even used or brought into our vocabulary, 207 00:12:46,474 --> 00:12:47,641 was "a bitch." 208 00:12:47,725 --> 00:12:49,727 [sinister music continues] 209 00:12:53,022 --> 00:12:56,859 He made her stand in front of the group and confess that she was a bitch. 210 00:12:56,942 --> 00:12:58,861 She had to take on this identity 211 00:12:58,944 --> 00:13:01,864 and say terrible things about herself and how bad she was. 212 00:13:03,491 --> 00:13:04,992 Sam was constantly 213 00:13:05,075 --> 00:13:09,413 coming up with stories to make all her daughters 214 00:13:09,497 --> 00:13:11,874 believe things about her that were not true. 215 00:13:12,875 --> 00:13:14,460 [sobbing] My children hate me. 216 00:13:15,544 --> 00:13:18,214 [sobbing, sniffling] 217 00:13:18,714 --> 00:13:20,716 [indistinct chatter] 218 00:13:20,800 --> 00:13:22,092 [music fades] 219 00:13:24,345 --> 00:13:25,596 [Christine] Julia told me 220 00:13:26,096 --> 00:13:30,559 that Sam was trying to get more and more control over the girls. 221 00:13:31,101 --> 00:13:33,938 [enigmatic music playing] 222 00:13:34,021 --> 00:13:36,732 Sam and his group had two houses. 223 00:13:37,233 --> 00:13:41,111 There was a blue house that was big and full of bedrooms. 224 00:13:44,365 --> 00:13:46,742 At first, most people lived in the blue house, 225 00:13:47,535 --> 00:13:50,746 but as Sam became more sexual, 226 00:13:50,830 --> 00:13:53,582 he took all of his wives and their babies 227 00:13:53,666 --> 00:13:56,585 and moved them a couple of blocks away 228 00:13:56,669 --> 00:13:58,087 to the green house, 229 00:13:58,963 --> 00:14:01,632 which was a tiny house with only two bedrooms. 230 00:14:08,973 --> 00:14:10,683 [Julia] He took these ladies 231 00:14:10,766 --> 00:14:15,604 and crammed 22 of 'em into a teeny-tiny, rundown place. 232 00:14:21,443 --> 00:14:23,153 [Christine] Sam had a giant bed, 233 00:14:23,696 --> 00:14:28,325 and he extended it with another bed so they all slept together. 234 00:14:28,409 --> 00:14:30,411 [ominous music playing] 235 00:14:33,664 --> 00:14:35,374 [indistinct chatter] 236 00:14:35,457 --> 00:14:39,003 [Julia] He wanted to be completely in his own little corner 237 00:14:39,086 --> 00:14:41,547 and have full control over 'em. 238 00:14:43,799 --> 00:14:45,134 [Sam's wife giggles] 239 00:14:45,634 --> 00:14:48,721 Who he did not allow in the green house was 240 00:14:49,346 --> 00:14:52,308 Julia and the other male followers. 241 00:14:52,391 --> 00:14:54,560 [intriguing music playing] 242 00:14:54,643 --> 00:14:56,979 Sam was getting more and more jealous. 243 00:14:57,062 --> 00:15:00,399 [keyboard clacking] 244 00:15:01,859 --> 00:15:03,986 He was so insecure. 245 00:15:17,374 --> 00:15:22,171 And he began to find reasons to punish the men. 246 00:15:22,254 --> 00:15:25,007 There's principles in our religion 247 00:15:25,841 --> 00:15:27,593 of punishment. 248 00:15:27,676 --> 00:15:31,138 If men do wrong, they just get punished. That's all there is to it. 249 00:15:42,024 --> 00:15:44,234 [Sam] They've got to suffer a pain of mind 250 00:15:44,318 --> 00:15:45,903 because they have done wrong. 251 00:15:46,528 --> 00:15:48,656 [Tolga] They were lusting after your wives? 252 00:15:49,239 --> 00:15:51,075 They're lusting after my wives. 253 00:15:51,158 --> 00:15:53,577 That's adultery. It's the same thing as adultery. 254 00:15:53,661 --> 00:15:56,455 It's like the second-wickedest thing that we know about. 255 00:15:56,538 --> 00:15:59,083 [tense music playing] 256 00:16:01,251 --> 00:16:02,419 [music fades] 257 00:16:02,503 --> 00:16:05,130 [Christine] Sometimes Sam would have the wives 258 00:16:05,214 --> 00:16:08,717 go over to the blue house for a dinner, 259 00:16:09,343 --> 00:16:13,222 and the male followers were not allowed to interact with them. 260 00:16:13,305 --> 00:16:18,018 In fact, Moroni had a room in the basement. 261 00:16:18,102 --> 00:16:20,729 He was not allowed to eat in the dining room. 262 00:16:20,813 --> 00:16:24,441 He was to stay in his room 263 00:16:24,525 --> 00:16:26,318 unless he was working. 264 00:16:26,402 --> 00:16:27,861 They're living in the basement. 265 00:16:28,445 --> 00:16:30,864 Lud, big smart Lud, 266 00:16:31,365 --> 00:16:32,783 he can't leave his room. 267 00:16:32,866 --> 00:16:34,868 [melancholy music playing] 268 00:16:35,911 --> 00:16:37,538 [Julia] Sam just turned on them. 269 00:16:38,205 --> 00:16:39,540 For no reason. 270 00:16:39,623 --> 00:16:42,960 They've given their all. They've given literally their family, 271 00:16:43,043 --> 00:16:44,586 their monies, everything, 272 00:16:44,670 --> 00:16:48,215 and then they just get turned on. 273 00:16:49,258 --> 00:16:53,721 [Christine] Sam became this controlling monster over Moroni. 274 00:16:54,555 --> 00:16:57,725 And Moroni just kept obeying Sam. 275 00:16:58,892 --> 00:17:02,354 [Julia] You obey because there's a certain mind frame 276 00:17:02,438 --> 00:17:05,566 that even I went through, and that is, 277 00:17:06,692 --> 00:17:08,694 "Oh God, this has got to be right 278 00:17:09,194 --> 00:17:11,071 because if it's not right, 279 00:17:12,531 --> 00:17:13,574 I'm no good." 280 00:17:14,283 --> 00:17:16,869 "I'm not even worthy to be on this earth." 281 00:17:19,038 --> 00:17:21,749 But it's a mind frame that you have to get past 282 00:17:21,832 --> 00:17:24,043 and say, "Something's wrong." 283 00:17:27,129 --> 00:17:29,757 [Tolga] Get the girls back, and you're gonna be fine. 284 00:17:31,091 --> 00:17:34,511 They need to come home, and they need to get out of that green house. 285 00:17:35,220 --> 00:17:36,221 Yeah. 286 00:17:36,305 --> 00:17:38,307 [music continues] 287 00:17:43,062 --> 00:17:44,563 [crickets chirping] 288 00:17:48,025 --> 00:17:49,443 [music fades] 289 00:17:50,110 --> 00:17:52,362 [Dawn] Julia was able to provide a lot of information 290 00:17:52,446 --> 00:17:54,198 that helped solidify the case. 291 00:17:55,240 --> 00:17:59,161 We were pushing to get warrants to search Sam's home. 292 00:17:59,995 --> 00:18:02,539 We were hoping we would have something to indict Sam on 293 00:18:02,623 --> 00:18:06,293 so that we could arrest him when we conducted the search warrants, 294 00:18:06,794 --> 00:18:10,506 but without a disclosure from an underage victim, 295 00:18:10,589 --> 00:18:13,467 the United States Attorney for the District of Arizona 296 00:18:13,550 --> 00:18:16,845 would not approve child sexual abuse charges 297 00:18:16,929 --> 00:18:19,098 in order to be able to arrest him. 298 00:18:19,181 --> 00:18:21,183 [indistinct chatter] 299 00:18:22,267 --> 00:18:24,770 [Dawn] We still needed more evidence against Sam, 300 00:18:25,270 --> 00:18:27,773 so we needed Christine to keep playing her part 301 00:18:27,856 --> 00:18:29,817 and stay close to Sam. 302 00:18:31,068 --> 00:18:33,237 You know, give him a rope and let him hang himself. 303 00:18:33,320 --> 00:18:35,322 [intriguing music playing] 304 00:18:35,405 --> 00:18:37,282 Pretty! That's pretty! 305 00:18:37,366 --> 00:18:40,410 -I told her to show Christine, so she is. -Come over here. 306 00:18:40,494 --> 00:18:43,372 It's not comfortable 307 00:18:44,081 --> 00:18:46,750 living a life that is not real to you. 308 00:18:47,334 --> 00:18:49,128 I was so trusted. 309 00:18:49,211 --> 00:18:50,921 -Love you, guys. -[Sam's wife] We love you. 310 00:18:51,004 --> 00:18:52,089 [Tolga] You're better off. 311 00:18:52,172 --> 00:18:54,299 [Christine] I mean, they named a baby after me. 312 00:18:54,383 --> 00:18:57,094 Bye, Christine Marie. One little kiss for you. 313 00:18:57,177 --> 00:18:58,220 [chuckles] 314 00:18:58,303 --> 00:19:01,306 [Christine] I knew that in order to help them, 315 00:19:01,390 --> 00:19:02,766 I had to betray them. 316 00:19:02,850 --> 00:19:04,601 -You were the first wife. -[giggles] 317 00:19:04,685 --> 00:19:07,938 [Sam's wife] I don't look at myself that way because we're all equal. 318 00:19:08,021 --> 00:19:10,440 I know. I know. But you were the first wife. 319 00:19:10,524 --> 00:19:12,901 You were the courageous one that started this whole thing. 320 00:19:12,985 --> 00:19:15,404 [chuckling] It was Heavenly Father. 321 00:19:15,487 --> 00:19:16,488 [Christine] Yeah. 322 00:19:18,574 --> 00:19:22,578 At times, the things Christine had to do truly became ridiculous. 323 00:19:22,661 --> 00:19:24,746 I have some new pieces of information. 324 00:19:24,830 --> 00:19:25,914 [Dawn on phone] Okay. 325 00:19:25,998 --> 00:19:28,125 [Christine] Remember how I told you that… that he thinks 326 00:19:28,208 --> 00:19:30,669 that the Queen of England belongs to him? 327 00:19:30,752 --> 00:19:31,587 [Dawn] Right. 328 00:19:31,670 --> 00:19:33,630 [inhales deeply] Well, um, 329 00:19:33,714 --> 00:19:37,968 he's been having impressions that he needs to do a music video. 330 00:19:38,051 --> 00:19:39,928 It's not for self-aggrandizement. 331 00:19:40,012 --> 00:19:43,223 It is for the sole purpose to get the Queen to come over here 332 00:19:43,307 --> 00:19:45,893 because that's the next step in… in my mission. 333 00:19:45,976 --> 00:19:47,769 I don't know why. I don't care why. 334 00:19:48,270 --> 00:19:50,355 But that's the next thing that needs to happen. 335 00:19:50,439 --> 00:19:52,608 And he wants to put it on YouTube 336 00:19:52,691 --> 00:19:55,986 and so somehow it will get to the Queen, 337 00:19:56,069 --> 00:19:59,281 and the Queen will come here and become his wife. 338 00:20:00,699 --> 00:20:02,659 So we are going along with everything. 339 00:20:02,743 --> 00:20:05,996 See how this is like… This is so, uh… 340 00:20:06,079 --> 00:20:07,331 -[Sam's wife] Flowy? -Yeah. 341 00:20:07,414 --> 00:20:09,875 This would make, like, for the background or something. 342 00:20:09,958 --> 00:20:12,127 [intriguing music continues] 343 00:20:12,211 --> 00:20:15,130 The music video gave us all this time to interact 344 00:20:15,714 --> 00:20:17,883 as we kept gathering evidence. 345 00:20:17,966 --> 00:20:19,343 It's called behind the scenes. 346 00:20:19,426 --> 00:20:22,721 When you make a music video, it's very common to get behind the scenes. 347 00:20:22,804 --> 00:20:24,348 [sewing machine whirring] 348 00:20:26,433 --> 00:20:28,644 We'll start doing it at two o'clock or something. 349 00:20:28,727 --> 00:20:31,146 -Okay. -Go, like, two to nine should be good. 350 00:20:31,230 --> 00:20:33,690 Tolga, obviously, was the director. 351 00:20:33,774 --> 00:20:38,153 I guess you would say that I was the art director. 352 00:20:38,237 --> 00:20:40,197 -Were you thinking this would go behind? -Yeah. 353 00:20:40,280 --> 00:20:42,824 Wondered if we should drape it with like a sheet or something? 354 00:20:42,908 --> 00:20:43,742 We could do that. 355 00:20:43,825 --> 00:20:45,160 I was working with the girls. 356 00:20:45,244 --> 00:20:46,703 "We need a better background." 357 00:20:47,496 --> 00:20:49,915 "Let's make an arch with flowers." 358 00:20:49,998 --> 00:20:51,583 Oh, you used paperweights. 359 00:20:51,667 --> 00:20:54,294 -[Sam's wife] Yeah. -That's amazing. I never thought of that. 360 00:20:54,378 --> 00:20:55,837 You know, "What are you gonna wear?" 361 00:20:55,921 --> 00:20:57,589 And really make it seem real. 362 00:20:57,673 --> 00:20:59,341 [music continues] 363 00:21:07,140 --> 00:21:08,642 [Sam's wife] Yeah, probably. 364 00:21:09,518 --> 00:21:12,521 [Christine] Oh, that's so beautiful. Everything turned out so beautiful. 365 00:21:13,897 --> 00:21:14,856 Pretty straight. 366 00:21:14,940 --> 00:21:15,774 That one. 367 00:21:17,484 --> 00:21:20,153 Yeah, let's just have them line up and just see the first shot. 368 00:21:20,237 --> 00:21:22,030 [Christine] Can we-- Can you guys line up? 369 00:21:26,159 --> 00:21:27,369 Who's gonna lead us? 370 00:21:31,873 --> 00:21:35,836 [Christine] We wanted to show how little the littlest ones were. 371 00:21:37,796 --> 00:21:40,173 And one of 'em was so small, 372 00:21:41,300 --> 00:21:43,677 she didn't even fit in the lineup. 373 00:21:43,760 --> 00:21:45,512 -Wait a minute. -[Tolga] I'm just gonna wait. 374 00:21:46,221 --> 00:21:48,849 [Christine] I just want to make it a little more uniform. 375 00:21:48,932 --> 00:21:51,518 [Tolga] No, you're fine on the wide shot. You're fine. 376 00:21:51,601 --> 00:21:54,271 -You're gonna make her taller now. -I know. 377 00:21:54,354 --> 00:21:57,316 It's better. It shows that she's… Yeah. 378 00:22:00,068 --> 00:22:01,945 [Christine] Sing it with feeling, okay? 379 00:22:02,029 --> 00:22:04,781 Do you know what I mean by "sell it with your face"? 380 00:22:04,865 --> 00:22:07,492 Like, if we want to believe what you're saying, 381 00:22:07,576 --> 00:22:09,328 let us see it in your facial expressions. 382 00:22:09,411 --> 00:22:10,370 -Okay. -[Christine] Okay. 383 00:22:10,454 --> 00:22:12,039 [Tolga] And music. 384 00:22:12,122 --> 00:22:14,124 [piano music playing] 385 00:22:16,460 --> 00:22:19,338 ♪ So much lies in store ♪ 386 00:22:19,421 --> 00:22:25,927 ♪ For the little girl Who enters at the gate ♪ 387 00:22:27,262 --> 00:22:32,100 ♪ If you continue on this path ♪ 388 00:22:32,184 --> 00:22:37,939 ♪ Every promise God has given Will come true ♪ 389 00:22:39,232 --> 00:22:42,903 [vocalizing] 390 00:22:43,653 --> 00:22:46,239 [Christine] You guys really sold it on that one. It was really good. 391 00:22:46,323 --> 00:22:47,991 [excited chatter] 392 00:22:48,075 --> 00:22:50,660 [Christine] So, why… why is this song important? 393 00:22:50,744 --> 00:22:55,957 It just tells the story of a girl's life in our religion. 394 00:22:56,041 --> 00:22:57,334 [piano music playing] 395 00:22:57,417 --> 00:23:00,337 She's born, and she's given a name and a blessing. 396 00:23:01,463 --> 00:23:03,382 When she's eight years old, she's baptized. 397 00:23:05,675 --> 00:23:08,720 Then, when she's married, she pretty much has a rebirth and… 398 00:23:09,638 --> 00:23:11,848 [chuckles] …and goes into her life. 399 00:23:11,932 --> 00:23:13,934 [piano music continues] 400 00:23:22,025 --> 00:23:23,318 [music ends] 401 00:23:23,402 --> 00:23:25,779 [Christine] It really is like an orchestra, 402 00:23:25,862 --> 00:23:27,322 the way you work together. 403 00:23:27,823 --> 00:23:29,449 I'm very impressed. 404 00:23:29,533 --> 00:23:31,868 -Heavenly Father gets the credit. -[wives agreeing] 405 00:23:31,952 --> 00:23:34,162 -Anybody want to take any credit? -[wives] No. 406 00:23:34,246 --> 00:23:35,622 [giggling] 407 00:23:35,705 --> 00:23:38,250 Thank you, Heavenly Father, for this good experience. 408 00:23:40,168 --> 00:23:42,421 [pensive music playing] 409 00:23:43,755 --> 00:23:45,173 [Christine] After the video, 410 00:23:46,299 --> 00:23:50,846 we offered to take photos of each woman with Sam. 411 00:23:55,267 --> 00:23:56,101 Our goal was 412 00:23:56,685 --> 00:23:58,353 to get 413 00:23:58,937 --> 00:24:02,274 Sam with each of his underage wives. 414 00:24:04,484 --> 00:24:06,570 But when it came to the underage girls, 415 00:24:06,653 --> 00:24:07,737 Sam said, 416 00:24:09,239 --> 00:24:13,452 "We better not do that because that's how they took Warren Jeffs down." 417 00:24:14,035 --> 00:24:15,996 "Because they had that photo evidence." 418 00:24:17,497 --> 00:24:20,125 And I said, "Of course. What was I thinking?" 419 00:24:22,586 --> 00:24:23,795 Wait, one more. 420 00:24:25,005 --> 00:24:26,047 Got it. 421 00:24:26,131 --> 00:24:28,133 [pensive music continues] 422 00:24:31,845 --> 00:24:37,017 I'm waiting and waiting for the FBI to conduct the search warrant. 423 00:24:38,143 --> 00:24:41,480 We'd been filming Sam for almost a year. 424 00:24:43,523 --> 00:24:45,484 We were on pins and needles. 425 00:24:45,567 --> 00:24:47,611 When is the arrest gonna happen? 426 00:24:47,694 --> 00:24:48,904 [crickets chirping] 427 00:24:53,408 --> 00:24:55,827 And Julia was panicking. 428 00:24:56,369 --> 00:24:58,997 She was living in a swirl of suspicion. 429 00:25:00,916 --> 00:25:03,418 [child] Is you comin' with us? 430 00:25:04,169 --> 00:25:06,129 [Julia] Sam wore a high paranoia, 431 00:25:07,464 --> 00:25:08,548 and he… 432 00:25:09,925 --> 00:25:11,134 he was watching. 433 00:25:11,968 --> 00:25:14,387 [Julia on phone] I had a conversation with Moroni. 434 00:25:14,471 --> 00:25:15,555 [Christine] Was it just you? 435 00:25:15,639 --> 00:25:17,265 [Julia] Yeah, it was just me and him. 436 00:25:17,766 --> 00:25:19,935 He turned to me and he said, 437 00:25:20,810 --> 00:25:23,939 "Are you having temptations to report Samuel to the law?" 438 00:25:24,022 --> 00:25:25,732 -[Christine gasps] -[Tolga] What? 439 00:25:25,815 --> 00:25:27,067 [Julia] He asked me that. 440 00:25:27,150 --> 00:25:29,236 [tense music playing] 441 00:25:29,319 --> 00:25:33,573 [Dawn] Julia was distraught with the situation that she was living in, 442 00:25:33,657 --> 00:25:36,201 and we were concerned about the threats 443 00:25:36,284 --> 00:25:39,496 that Sam Bateman would make to her 444 00:25:39,579 --> 00:25:42,207 and to her daughters. 445 00:25:43,875 --> 00:25:47,796 [Julia] If Sam found out what I was doing with Christine, 446 00:25:47,879 --> 00:25:50,507 he will… take my children, 447 00:25:50,590 --> 00:25:53,552 and he will take those people, and he will flee. 448 00:25:53,635 --> 00:25:55,470 Did you end up coming over to my house? 449 00:25:55,554 --> 00:25:57,264 [Julia on phone] I didn't go to your place. 450 00:25:57,347 --> 00:26:01,476 Moroni called me and said, "Come go for a ride with me." 451 00:26:01,560 --> 00:26:02,686 How'd that go? 452 00:26:02,769 --> 00:26:06,022 -[Julia] He drove us up to the cabin. -Uh-huh. 453 00:26:06,106 --> 00:26:08,316 [Julia] As we got up onto the freeway, 454 00:26:08,400 --> 00:26:11,152 he said, "You need to sign some papers…" 455 00:26:11,236 --> 00:26:12,445 -[Christine] What? -Who said it? 456 00:26:12,529 --> 00:26:16,449 "…over guardianship of [bleep] and [bleep]." 457 00:26:16,533 --> 00:26:17,617 [gasps] 458 00:26:17,701 --> 00:26:19,327 [Julia] Yeah. He said we need to do that 459 00:26:19,411 --> 00:26:22,664 so that Samuel can do with them as he wants. 460 00:26:22,747 --> 00:26:24,040 -[Christine] Oh. -Wow. 461 00:26:24,791 --> 00:26:26,793 [indistinct speech] 462 00:26:28,169 --> 00:26:30,964 [Dawn] Sam had been trying to get all of his 463 00:26:31,548 --> 00:26:33,633 wives and children to get passports. 464 00:26:34,467 --> 00:26:36,636 [Tolga] There is stuff going on. There's movements. 465 00:26:37,387 --> 00:26:39,514 They're buying a plane for a quarter million bucks. 466 00:26:39,598 --> 00:26:41,016 [Christine] Oh my goodness. 467 00:26:41,516 --> 00:26:44,102 [Tolga] He's gonna leave any second. He's ready. 468 00:26:44,185 --> 00:26:47,355 I mean, he's gonna go out of town. He's gonna take the girls and go. 469 00:26:47,939 --> 00:26:50,358 I mean, he's getting a plane. Hello. 470 00:26:50,442 --> 00:26:52,569 [tense music continues] 471 00:26:52,652 --> 00:26:56,531 [Dawn] Even though we did not have enough evidence to arrest Sam 472 00:26:56,615 --> 00:26:59,409 on the child sexual assault charges, 473 00:26:59,993 --> 00:27:01,953 there was concern as to what he might do 474 00:27:02,037 --> 00:27:05,165 if we did not… act quickly, 475 00:27:05,248 --> 00:27:06,708 act decisively 476 00:27:06,791 --> 00:27:08,668 to alleviate the situation. 477 00:27:08,752 --> 00:27:10,295 [line ringing] 478 00:27:10,378 --> 00:27:13,840 So we finally made a plan to serve the search warrant the next week. 479 00:27:15,050 --> 00:27:16,384 [line ringing] 480 00:27:16,468 --> 00:27:18,970 -[Tolga] We have been aced out. -[Christine] Maybe go over here. 481 00:27:19,054 --> 00:27:21,681 -Maybe the other end there. -[Tolga] Oh, they're not here. 482 00:27:21,765 --> 00:27:23,308 [line continues ringing] 483 00:27:24,017 --> 00:27:25,810 [on voicemail] Hi. This is Samuel Bateman. 484 00:27:28,021 --> 00:27:29,481 [automated voice] The mailbox is full 485 00:27:29,564 --> 00:27:32,567 and cannot accept any messages at this time. Goodbye. 486 00:27:32,651 --> 00:27:34,653 [Tolga] I'm supposed to meet Sam and the girls, 487 00:27:34,736 --> 00:27:36,696 but I went to the building, they're not there. 488 00:27:36,780 --> 00:27:38,615 And I went to the blue house, they're not there, 489 00:27:38,698 --> 00:27:40,617 and I called, and his mailbox is full. 490 00:27:45,288 --> 00:27:47,791 [music intensifies] 491 00:27:50,835 --> 00:27:52,128 [music fades] 492 00:28:00,053 --> 00:28:02,138 [pensive music playing] 493 00:28:10,814 --> 00:28:11,898 [beeping] 494 00:28:12,399 --> 00:28:16,861 [dispatcher] District Two units. Copy attempt to locate southbound 89. 495 00:28:16,945 --> 00:28:18,488 Suspicious vehicle. 496 00:28:18,571 --> 00:28:23,326 Unknown box trailer full of people, including children inside the vehicle. 497 00:28:23,910 --> 00:28:25,161 [officer 1] Service 292. 498 00:28:25,245 --> 00:28:28,498 And there's fingers sticking out the top of the door on the trailer. 499 00:28:28,581 --> 00:28:31,459 [dispatcher] 10-4, fingers sticking out the top of the door of the trailer. 500 00:28:34,796 --> 00:28:36,589 [officer 2] 232 on 97. 501 00:28:37,882 --> 00:28:38,967 [dispatcher] 232… 502 00:28:42,053 --> 00:28:45,223 There's little fingers coming out of the right door 503 00:28:45,306 --> 00:28:46,349 in the trailer. 504 00:28:48,184 --> 00:28:49,561 [speaking indistinctly] 505 00:28:50,645 --> 00:28:52,021 [officer 3] 230, copy, 28. 506 00:28:53,857 --> 00:28:55,275 Come over here, please. 507 00:28:56,234 --> 00:28:58,945 -I'm gonna get that knife off you, sir. -[Sam] Yeah. 508 00:28:59,028 --> 00:29:00,572 -Any other weapons on you? -[Sam] No. 509 00:29:01,197 --> 00:29:03,491 [officer 3] Stop reaching in your pockets. What's your name? 510 00:29:03,575 --> 00:29:04,993 -What's that? -What's your name, sir? 511 00:29:05,076 --> 00:29:07,203 -Samuel. -Samuel? Samuel what? 512 00:29:11,124 --> 00:29:12,208 What is your name? 513 00:29:14,669 --> 00:29:15,670 Samuel. 514 00:29:16,254 --> 00:29:17,130 Samuel what? 515 00:29:17,630 --> 00:29:19,007 You have to identify yourself. 516 00:29:19,090 --> 00:29:21,676 -You understand that, right? -I don't know. Yeah, Samuel Bateman. 517 00:29:21,760 --> 00:29:23,011 [officer 3] Samuel Bateman? 518 00:29:23,720 --> 00:29:25,680 -I don't understand. What… -Hmm? 519 00:29:25,764 --> 00:29:27,474 [officer 3] What are you doing? 520 00:29:27,557 --> 00:29:30,059 Samuel, I just got here. Explain to me what's going on. 521 00:29:31,102 --> 00:29:32,771 -Stuff. -[officer 4] Stuff? 522 00:29:32,854 --> 00:29:35,648 [officer 3] We're out here because there is supposedly people back there. 523 00:29:37,066 --> 00:29:38,902 How many other people are in the truck? 524 00:29:42,447 --> 00:29:44,407 How many other people are in the truck? 525 00:29:44,491 --> 00:29:46,493 [suspicious music playing] 526 00:29:54,000 --> 00:29:55,710 [banging] 527 00:29:56,419 --> 00:29:58,713 [officer 5] Open the driver's side door. 528 00:30:02,342 --> 00:30:05,136 Hello. How many people do we have in here? 529 00:30:05,720 --> 00:30:07,347 -[Naomi] Four. -[officer 5] Okay. 530 00:30:09,641 --> 00:30:11,559 [officer 6] Want to step out of the car, ma'am? 531 00:30:11,643 --> 00:30:13,353 Ma'am. Step out of the car. 532 00:30:15,063 --> 00:30:16,689 Are there people back here? 533 00:30:17,315 --> 00:30:18,233 No. 534 00:30:18,316 --> 00:30:19,984 [officer 6] What about in the trailer? 535 00:30:20,735 --> 00:30:23,029 How many people are in the trailer? 536 00:30:26,199 --> 00:30:28,368 How many people are in your trailer? 537 00:30:28,952 --> 00:30:31,037 -Let's start heading back there. -[officer 6] Hey, hey. 538 00:30:31,120 --> 00:30:32,622 Come with me. Okay. 539 00:30:32,705 --> 00:30:34,624 Start walking 'em back. They don't need handcuffs. 540 00:30:34,707 --> 00:30:36,292 We just need to get 'em outta here. 541 00:30:39,212 --> 00:30:41,047 [officer 7] We'll go from there, so… 542 00:30:42,298 --> 00:30:43,675 This is the police! 543 00:30:43,758 --> 00:30:45,635 We're gonna be opening the door. 544 00:30:46,219 --> 00:30:49,347 I want your hands empty and above your head! 545 00:30:50,306 --> 00:30:53,351 If you do not, you will suffer the consequences. 546 00:30:55,937 --> 00:30:57,814 Where are the hands? Let's see the hands. 547 00:30:57,897 --> 00:30:59,524 [officer 8] Let's get that other door open. 548 00:30:59,607 --> 00:31:02,569 [officer 9] There were hands sticking out of the top of the trailer earlier. 549 00:31:02,652 --> 00:31:03,778 Let's see 'em! 550 00:31:03,862 --> 00:31:05,864 [suspenseful music playing] 551 00:31:07,198 --> 00:31:08,324 Let's see your hands. 552 00:31:08,408 --> 00:31:10,869 -There they are, in the front. -Behind the curtain. 553 00:31:11,369 --> 00:31:13,955 [officer 10] Okay. Keep your hands up for me. 554 00:31:14,038 --> 00:31:16,124 Is there anybody else inside the trailer? 555 00:31:16,207 --> 00:31:17,750 No? Perfect. 556 00:31:17,834 --> 00:31:19,836 [sirens wailing] 557 00:31:21,629 --> 00:31:22,589 Thank you, guys. 558 00:31:22,672 --> 00:31:25,341 Just head back there with your siblings, okay? 559 00:31:28,970 --> 00:31:31,848 We're gonna head back there with them. Thank you so much. 560 00:31:36,978 --> 00:31:38,187 [music fades] 561 00:31:40,023 --> 00:31:41,482 What about him? 562 00:31:42,191 --> 00:31:44,277 [officer 3] At this point, he's detained right now. 563 00:31:44,944 --> 00:31:46,654 [Naomi] You have to let him go. 564 00:31:46,738 --> 00:31:49,699 [officer 11] No, ma'am. You're not gonna decide the outcome of this. 565 00:31:49,782 --> 00:31:53,745 We will decide, and we'll let you know how everything's gonna happen here, okay? 566 00:31:55,204 --> 00:31:56,164 Sound okay? 567 00:31:58,499 --> 00:32:00,209 [unsettling music playing] 568 00:32:01,711 --> 00:32:04,422 The 14-year-old, she had a ring on her ring finger. 569 00:32:04,505 --> 00:32:07,884 She had a ring on her finger. They've all kind of, like, hidden those. 570 00:32:07,967 --> 00:32:09,677 And you are Naomi? 571 00:32:09,761 --> 00:32:10,595 Yes. 572 00:32:11,596 --> 00:32:13,723 [officer 6] The one in the red dress he's talking to… 573 00:32:13,806 --> 00:32:15,808 -[officer 4] Mm-hmm. -…is basically the ringleader. 574 00:32:15,892 --> 00:32:19,103 She's basically telling them all not to talk. 575 00:32:20,021 --> 00:32:23,149 We need to talk to parents, whether they come here and pick 'em up 576 00:32:23,232 --> 00:32:24,901 or we get 'em on the phone. 577 00:32:24,984 --> 00:32:29,155 So we'd like to call and actually talk to the parents for all the juveniles. 578 00:32:32,241 --> 00:32:34,827 [Julia] I got a call from one of my daughters 579 00:32:34,911 --> 00:32:36,829 saying, "Hey, we've been stopped," 580 00:32:37,664 --> 00:32:38,498 and… 581 00:32:39,415 --> 00:32:41,626 and three of the young girls were in the trailer. 582 00:32:41,709 --> 00:32:46,798 [officer 5] So I just want to, uh, make sure that you are… 583 00:32:46,881 --> 00:32:48,967 Do you know where your daughters are right now? 584 00:32:49,634 --> 00:32:51,177 -[Julia] Yes, I do. -[officer 5] Okay. 585 00:32:51,844 --> 00:32:53,888 [Julia] I knew that the FBI was coming, 586 00:32:54,931 --> 00:32:59,060 and I was under such carefulness at the time. 587 00:32:59,143 --> 00:33:01,229 I had to just play it on, 588 00:33:01,312 --> 00:33:05,984 or it would have blown apart everything we'd done so far. 589 00:33:06,067 --> 00:33:07,860 And you're aware of who they're with? 590 00:33:07,944 --> 00:33:10,071 Um, I believe his name's Samuel? 591 00:33:10,613 --> 00:33:11,948 -[Julia] Yes. -[officer 5] Okay. 592 00:33:12,031 --> 00:33:16,619 [Julia] And so it was agreed that my underage daughters could be there, 593 00:33:16,703 --> 00:33:19,497 but I also got the officer's information 594 00:33:19,580 --> 00:33:20,707 and a phone number, 595 00:33:21,249 --> 00:33:22,875 and then I contacted FBI. 596 00:33:22,959 --> 00:33:24,752 [music ends] 597 00:33:24,836 --> 00:33:28,756 [Dawn] Julia was frantic because Sam was possibly being arrested. 598 00:33:29,340 --> 00:33:32,260 My biggest thing was, "Hold on. Do you have information?" 599 00:33:32,343 --> 00:33:33,886 "Can I get a hold of this person?" 600 00:33:33,970 --> 00:33:36,597 I didn't want our case to be blown, 601 00:33:36,681 --> 00:33:40,309 and, luckily, Julia had gotten the trooper's information. 602 00:33:40,893 --> 00:33:42,395 [line ringing] 603 00:33:43,104 --> 00:33:44,063 -[Christine] Hi. -Hi. 604 00:33:44,147 --> 00:33:46,941 So the trooper charged three felonies, 605 00:33:47,025 --> 00:33:49,736 which means Sam should be held at least until tomorrow morning. 606 00:33:49,819 --> 00:33:53,072 [Tolga] So we do want to keep him there? Is that what we… what we want? 607 00:33:53,156 --> 00:33:56,826 [Dawn] The longer he stays in the better it is for me, but, um, 608 00:33:56,909 --> 00:33:59,370 we're still having a lot of discussions about that, so-- 609 00:33:59,454 --> 00:34:00,621 -[line beeping] -Hey, listen. 610 00:34:00,705 --> 00:34:03,082 One of the girls is on the other line. Do you want me to… 611 00:34:03,166 --> 00:34:04,417 Did you wanna mute your phone, 612 00:34:04,500 --> 00:34:06,794 and I'll three-way and talk to her, and you can listen? 613 00:34:06,878 --> 00:34:07,962 -[Dawn] Sure. -Okay. 614 00:34:09,672 --> 00:34:11,924 [Christine] Hi… What's going on? You know, I got the-- 615 00:34:12,008 --> 00:34:16,012 [Sam's wife] Tell me everything's going to be okay. I just had to cry on you. 616 00:34:16,095 --> 00:34:17,805 It's okay. You can cry. 617 00:34:18,681 --> 00:34:19,974 -[Sam's wife sobbing] -It's okay. 618 00:34:20,058 --> 00:34:22,435 This is a traumatizing experience. 619 00:34:23,811 --> 00:34:25,688 -[Tolga] What's happening? -What's happening? 620 00:34:25,772 --> 00:34:29,525 [Sam's wife] I feel like I'm out in a battlefield with nowhere to go. 621 00:34:29,609 --> 00:34:33,446 [Christine] Oh my goodness. This is such a scary situation. 622 00:34:33,529 --> 00:34:36,491 Remember, these people don't even know who Samuel is. 623 00:34:36,574 --> 00:34:38,159 This has nothing to do 624 00:34:38,659 --> 00:34:41,037 with your mission 625 00:34:41,120 --> 00:34:44,540 or with his calling. 626 00:34:44,624 --> 00:34:45,666 Nothing like that. 627 00:34:45,750 --> 00:34:49,462 This is really just about having the girls in the back of the truck. 628 00:34:49,545 --> 00:34:52,215 So let's remember, um, 629 00:34:52,799 --> 00:34:55,635 to not give it bigger meaning than it really has. 630 00:34:57,220 --> 00:34:58,179 And… 631 00:34:58,262 --> 00:35:00,598 -[Sam's wife] I think I was. -Yeah. 632 00:35:00,681 --> 00:35:03,976 So. Okay, so I'll call you back when I learn more. 633 00:35:04,852 --> 00:35:06,854 -[Sam's wife] Okay. Thank you so much. -Okay, thanks. 634 00:35:06,938 --> 00:35:08,272 Thank you. Love you. Bye-bye. 635 00:35:08,773 --> 00:35:10,108 [Sam's wife] Thank you. Bye-bye. 636 00:35:10,191 --> 00:35:11,943 [Dawn] Okay. Um… 637 00:35:12,026 --> 00:35:15,071 Very good. Very good. You do so well with them. 638 00:35:15,154 --> 00:35:19,700 Oh, I don't know if I had to grade myself, if I would give myself an A. 639 00:35:19,784 --> 00:35:22,120 -[Dawn laughs] -Probably not. Anyway, um… 640 00:35:22,203 --> 00:35:23,830 [Tolga] The thing is, it's gonna get media. 641 00:35:23,913 --> 00:35:25,289 It's gonna get all kinds of things. 642 00:35:25,373 --> 00:35:26,624 -You know? -[Dawn] Right. 643 00:35:27,166 --> 00:35:29,460 -And that's what we don't want. -[Tolga] Yeah. 644 00:35:29,544 --> 00:35:31,337 [contemplative music playing] 645 00:35:31,420 --> 00:35:32,421 [reporter 1] New tonight, 646 00:35:32,505 --> 00:35:35,550 the leader of a small polygamous sect in northern Arizona 647 00:35:35,633 --> 00:35:37,051 facing several charges 648 00:35:37,135 --> 00:35:40,680 after law enforcement found him transporting several young girls 649 00:35:40,763 --> 00:35:42,807 inside a trailer in Flagstaff. 650 00:35:43,391 --> 00:35:46,894 [reporter 2] That man still behind bars tonight. He pleaded not guilty. 651 00:35:48,062 --> 00:35:50,857 [Christine] The media got interested in the story. 652 00:35:50,940 --> 00:35:53,943 And the girls were afraid for their safety. 653 00:35:54,610 --> 00:35:57,238 If a lot of you show up in your FLDS dresses, 654 00:35:58,322 --> 00:36:01,284 the question would be whether that would create media 655 00:36:01,367 --> 00:36:02,785 that you don't want. 656 00:36:02,869 --> 00:36:05,705 [Sam's wife] Yeah, 'cause people just drive right up and video us. 657 00:36:05,788 --> 00:36:07,415 We can't even hide. 658 00:36:07,498 --> 00:36:09,917 [Christine] Does anybody have any gentile clothes? 659 00:36:11,210 --> 00:36:13,880 [Sam's wife] No, but we can figure out how to get 'em. 660 00:36:15,798 --> 00:36:18,426 [Christine] The question is, what kind of gentile do you want to be? 661 00:36:18,509 --> 00:36:21,804 -A modest gentile, a badass gentile? -[Sam's wife] A modest. 662 00:36:21,888 --> 00:36:24,640 -[laughing] I don't want to be a gentile. -[Christine laughs] 663 00:36:24,724 --> 00:36:28,644 Yeah, look at that. That one's perfect 'cause it's like a shirt dress. 664 00:36:28,728 --> 00:36:31,230 What about something like that, with like a tee underneath? 665 00:36:31,314 --> 00:36:32,231 [Christine] Sure. 666 00:36:32,315 --> 00:36:35,776 Something that kinda hangs down, but not like a dress. 667 00:36:37,778 --> 00:36:39,906 [Christine] Uh-oh. You talking about the girls at home? 668 00:36:39,989 --> 00:36:42,200 [laughing] You can tell us. 669 00:36:50,249 --> 00:36:54,629 [Christine] They took us to the trailer, and they explained what happened. 670 00:36:54,712 --> 00:36:57,632 It's quite a bit different than it was, but you can kinda look. 671 00:36:57,715 --> 00:36:59,800 There's two chairs, two big chairs in the back. 672 00:36:59,884 --> 00:37:01,969 -Camping stuff. Stroller. -[Christine] Oh, yeah. Okay. 673 00:37:02,053 --> 00:37:03,679 Oh, and that's your bathroom? 674 00:37:03,763 --> 00:37:07,558 It was obvious that this was a system that they had used before 675 00:37:07,642 --> 00:37:10,519 to transport… these children. 676 00:37:10,603 --> 00:37:13,940 [officer] I want your hands empty and above your head! 677 00:37:14,023 --> 00:37:15,983 [pensive music playing] 678 00:37:16,067 --> 00:37:18,027 [indistinct conversation] 679 00:37:18,110 --> 00:37:21,322 [Julia] Later finding out that the trailer doors weren't secure, 680 00:37:21,405 --> 00:37:24,158 and that's how somebody even knew they were in there. 681 00:37:24,242 --> 00:37:26,244 It's 'cause they reached to hold those doors shut 682 00:37:26,327 --> 00:37:28,120 because they started coming unlatched. 683 00:37:29,288 --> 00:37:31,165 [Anna] Yeah, that's how it was. 684 00:37:31,249 --> 00:37:33,042 The slightest thing had gone wrong, 685 00:37:33,125 --> 00:37:35,586 and those girls would've been flung onto the freeway. 686 00:37:36,087 --> 00:37:37,964 The thought is sickening. 687 00:37:39,423 --> 00:37:41,467 Tolga and I are in Flagstaff. [exhales] 688 00:37:41,968 --> 00:37:42,927 How you feeling? 689 00:37:43,928 --> 00:37:47,556 It's really nuts. I feel crazy sick to my stomach. 690 00:37:47,640 --> 00:37:50,226 Anyway, we're gonna go. 691 00:37:50,309 --> 00:37:54,981 We're gonna pick up the prophet from jail. 692 00:37:55,564 --> 00:37:58,317 Torrance is coming in from the Crick. 693 00:37:58,401 --> 00:38:00,903 With $150,000. 694 00:38:02,154 --> 00:38:03,114 No joke. 695 00:38:03,948 --> 00:38:06,617 Cash bond, whatever. Cash bail. 696 00:38:08,035 --> 00:38:10,830 -[Christine] Okay. -I'm gonna take two of the girls with us. 697 00:38:11,330 --> 00:38:12,415 [car door opens] 698 00:38:13,165 --> 00:38:14,792 [Christine] Okay. I'll be back. 699 00:38:14,875 --> 00:38:15,918 [car door closes] 700 00:38:16,002 --> 00:38:20,965 [automated voice] Call from an inmate at Coconino County Jail. 701 00:38:22,216 --> 00:38:24,593 T is over there with the bail money. 702 00:38:25,428 --> 00:38:27,430 -In about ten minutes or so. -[Sam] Okay. 703 00:38:28,222 --> 00:38:29,098 Okay. 704 00:38:29,181 --> 00:38:31,100 We'll see you in not very long. 705 00:38:31,642 --> 00:38:33,561 [Sam] Yeah, thank you. Bye. 706 00:38:33,644 --> 00:38:35,313 We need you. Bye. 707 00:38:37,815 --> 00:38:41,777 We are driving out of Flagstaff with Father today. 708 00:38:42,987 --> 00:38:45,698 [Tolga] How do you like being a gentile for 15 minutes? 709 00:38:45,781 --> 00:38:48,701 It's nice to kinda fit in every once in a while, just like-- 710 00:38:48,784 --> 00:38:51,662 [Anna] No, not the "fit in." It's just doing it for him. 711 00:38:52,246 --> 00:38:53,414 I don't want to fit in, 712 00:38:53,497 --> 00:38:57,293 so I'm actually extremely comfortable living like I am. 713 00:38:59,879 --> 00:39:03,174 Not like this, but, like, I don't care what they think. 714 00:39:03,257 --> 00:39:06,927 -[Tolga] Yeah. -Because in our minds, we're celebrities. 715 00:39:07,428 --> 00:39:09,638 -[Tolga] Right. -We're different. We're… 716 00:39:10,139 --> 00:39:10,973 [Tolga] Right. 717 00:39:13,559 --> 00:39:16,312 We've chosen to live higher standards 718 00:39:16,395 --> 00:39:19,231 so all it shows people is that we're living higher standards 719 00:39:19,315 --> 00:39:21,525 because we love God and the prophets. 720 00:39:21,609 --> 00:39:24,111 [suspenseful music playing] 721 00:39:24,195 --> 00:39:25,112 [car door closes] 722 00:39:37,917 --> 00:39:39,835 [Tolga] She's doing the paperwork to get the bond. 723 00:39:39,919 --> 00:39:42,004 Biggest bail she's ever seen 724 00:39:42,546 --> 00:39:45,007 in this county as cash. 725 00:39:45,091 --> 00:39:46,592 -[Christine] Wow. -[Torrance] Yeah. 726 00:39:46,675 --> 00:39:47,885 [Christine] What you here for? 727 00:39:47,968 --> 00:39:49,720 -Me? -[Tolga] You want a friend like this. 728 00:39:49,804 --> 00:39:52,431 I'm here to find our friend. [laughs] 729 00:39:52,515 --> 00:39:53,349 And get him. 730 00:39:53,891 --> 00:39:56,602 -[Christine] That's right. -Our dear, dear friend. 731 00:39:57,728 --> 00:40:00,356 [pensive music playing] 732 00:40:00,439 --> 00:40:01,732 [officer clearing throat] 733 00:40:04,568 --> 00:40:05,903 Get you out of here. 734 00:40:10,533 --> 00:40:12,785 We're gonna go over to that gray door. 735 00:40:14,036 --> 00:40:15,037 And… 736 00:40:16,122 --> 00:40:19,083 [Dawn] We really didn't want Sam to be released. 737 00:40:19,166 --> 00:40:21,127 It was just not something we could prevent. 738 00:40:21,210 --> 00:40:23,963 We worked with it. We worked with it. 739 00:40:24,880 --> 00:40:26,799 Looks like my phone fell out or something. 740 00:40:26,882 --> 00:40:28,551 [officer 1] No, we took your phone. 741 00:40:29,343 --> 00:40:30,761 We're putting it into evidence. 742 00:40:30,845 --> 00:40:33,180 -[officer 2] Please, what's happening? -[officer 1] One male. 743 00:40:33,264 --> 00:40:35,891 Your phone will be at the Department of Public Safety, 744 00:40:35,975 --> 00:40:38,811 here in Flagstaff at the crime lab, so. 745 00:40:38,894 --> 00:40:41,147 [door buzzing] 746 00:40:41,230 --> 00:40:42,565 -[officer 3] Hello. -[Sam] Hello. 747 00:40:43,607 --> 00:40:45,067 [Christine] Sam posted bail. 748 00:40:47,445 --> 00:40:49,905 -[Naomi] Did they give you your phone? -[Sam] No, they stole it. 749 00:40:49,989 --> 00:40:52,074 -Are you serious? -[Sam] Won't give it back either. 750 00:40:52,158 --> 00:40:54,577 [Christine] But the FBI made sure they took his phone. 751 00:40:55,161 --> 00:40:56,662 [Tolga] They won't give you your phone? 752 00:40:56,745 --> 00:40:57,621 If they're holding it, 753 00:40:57,705 --> 00:40:59,748 there's a good chance you're not gonna get it back. 754 00:40:59,832 --> 00:41:01,625 You're gonna lose it for sure. 755 00:41:02,376 --> 00:41:04,003 [Christine] Sam got in our car 756 00:41:04,086 --> 00:41:08,048 and immediately started committing crimes. 757 00:41:08,132 --> 00:41:12,178 Um, what I'm wondering is… is, uh… is there a way to factory data reset? 758 00:41:12,261 --> 00:41:13,721 I think? At home? 759 00:41:13,804 --> 00:41:16,849 [tense music playing] 760 00:41:16,932 --> 00:41:19,518 [Sam] They stole my phone with all that stuff on it. 761 00:41:19,602 --> 00:41:22,730 -There's not anything on it, really. -It has your life story on it. 762 00:41:22,813 --> 00:41:24,482 [Tolga] Well, whatever you were busted with, 763 00:41:24,565 --> 00:41:26,525 they take it and make it evidence, so. 764 00:41:26,609 --> 00:41:28,819 There might not be anything there, but just… They keep it. 765 00:41:28,903 --> 00:41:31,238 You had your life story on it, though. 766 00:41:31,322 --> 00:41:33,282 -[Tolga] What do you mean? -Then all your Signals. 767 00:41:33,365 --> 00:41:35,784 -[Tolga] Is there anything bad on it? -Not really. 768 00:41:36,785 --> 00:41:38,537 Can you shut down Signal? 769 00:41:38,621 --> 00:41:41,373 -I… I deleted it. I deleted my account. -[Tolga] Yeah. 770 00:41:41,457 --> 00:41:42,583 [Anna] Oh. 771 00:41:43,918 --> 00:41:45,920 -[Sam] Okay, so… -[knocking on door] 772 00:41:50,216 --> 00:41:51,133 [Sam] Hi. 773 00:41:51,217 --> 00:41:52,426 [wives] Hi. 774 00:41:52,510 --> 00:41:54,512 [chuckling, sobbing] 775 00:42:09,818 --> 00:42:11,028 [Sam's wife] How are you doing? 776 00:42:11,111 --> 00:42:12,613 -Good to see you. -I love you. 777 00:42:12,696 --> 00:42:14,031 [sobbing continues] 778 00:42:18,410 --> 00:42:19,870 [Christine] When Sam was arrested, 779 00:42:19,954 --> 00:42:23,249 it sort of confirms to his wives that he's a prophet 780 00:42:23,332 --> 00:42:24,833 because he's being persecuted. 781 00:42:27,419 --> 00:42:29,463 So they felt honored. 782 00:42:29,547 --> 00:42:31,590 I mean, this was like 783 00:42:32,466 --> 00:42:35,302 being part of biblical history. 784 00:42:36,971 --> 00:42:38,264 [Sam] I wanna tell you something. 785 00:42:38,347 --> 00:42:41,016 Going to prison is not a big deal. It's just like camping. 786 00:42:41,100 --> 00:42:43,852 But when Heavenly Father takes away a spirit from me? 787 00:42:43,936 --> 00:42:46,230 -[sobbing] -That's when it gets serious. 788 00:42:51,110 --> 00:42:52,861 [Tolga] Okay, we're gonna take off. 789 00:42:52,945 --> 00:42:54,196 We're glad you're out. 790 00:42:54,280 --> 00:42:57,908 Okay? Call us if you need anything. Love you, guys. Take care. 791 00:42:57,992 --> 00:42:59,326 [Sam's wife] Thank you, Christine. 792 00:42:59,868 --> 00:43:00,828 [door closes] 793 00:43:06,083 --> 00:43:08,002 I couldn't film anymore. I couldn't do it anymore. 794 00:43:08,085 --> 00:43:10,629 I couldn't see any more of their love and their… you know. 795 00:43:10,713 --> 00:43:13,048 I mean, they… they're crying. They love him. 796 00:43:13,132 --> 00:43:16,176 I'm just imagining how much they're gonna hate us. 797 00:43:16,260 --> 00:43:19,471 You know, how much they love us and trust us, and… 798 00:43:19,555 --> 00:43:21,098 The whole thing just… 799 00:43:21,181 --> 00:43:22,641 [sighs, sniffles] 800 00:43:24,727 --> 00:43:28,606 When he was talking about, um, deleting-- I mean, his phone? 801 00:43:28,689 --> 00:43:30,524 -[Tolga] Yeah. -I filmed that. 802 00:43:30,608 --> 00:43:31,483 [Tolga] Oh, good. 803 00:43:31,567 --> 00:43:33,527 I was sitting in the back, and I filmed them 804 00:43:33,611 --> 00:43:35,904 saying, "Well, maybe we can factory reset." 805 00:43:35,988 --> 00:43:38,699 -We gotta get that. You know? I sent it. -[Tolga] Yeah. 806 00:43:38,782 --> 00:43:41,285 [contemplative music playing] 807 00:43:50,085 --> 00:43:51,920 [Christine] So have you all kind of calmed down, 808 00:43:52,004 --> 00:43:54,381 and you feel okay now after all that experience? 809 00:43:54,465 --> 00:43:57,217 It feels like my heart is still trying to catch up. 810 00:43:57,301 --> 00:43:58,552 The whole thing's weird. 811 00:43:58,636 --> 00:44:02,056 It's almost like they changed it from a misdemeanor to a felony. 812 00:44:02,139 --> 00:44:03,682 I just have to wonder 813 00:44:04,933 --> 00:44:08,771 if it might have had something to do with, like, the police from here knew something 814 00:44:08,854 --> 00:44:10,606 and called them. Is there a way to do that? 815 00:44:10,689 --> 00:44:12,900 [Tolga] No, they probably… it probably showed up in the… 816 00:44:12,983 --> 00:44:14,652 it probably showed up in the police record. 817 00:44:14,735 --> 00:44:16,236 -Okay. -[Tolga] They might have called. 818 00:44:16,320 --> 00:44:17,988 And say, "Hey, what happened with you guys?" 819 00:44:18,072 --> 00:44:19,156 Yeah. I don't know. 820 00:44:19,907 --> 00:44:21,659 [Tolga] After the Flagstaff arrest, 821 00:44:22,284 --> 00:44:24,161 he just knew, like, something was up. 822 00:44:24,870 --> 00:44:27,998 So we were like, "You gotta just calm down." 823 00:44:28,082 --> 00:44:30,417 [Christine] I don't think it's gonna be a big deal. 824 00:44:30,501 --> 00:44:32,378 -If we worry about it, we will attract it. -Yeah. 825 00:44:32,461 --> 00:44:34,296 If we worry about it, it's gonna happen. 826 00:44:34,380 --> 00:44:36,423 I just, I don't trust the government at all. 827 00:44:36,507 --> 00:44:39,176 [Christine] I just don't think you have anything to worry about. 828 00:44:39,259 --> 00:44:41,261 [contemplative music continues] 829 00:44:42,221 --> 00:44:45,432 [Dawn] Sam felt like he was being targeted by law enforcement, 830 00:44:45,516 --> 00:44:46,684 but at that point, 831 00:44:46,767 --> 00:44:51,271 I think he believed that it was strictly local law enforcement after him. 832 00:44:51,355 --> 00:44:54,983 He was still unaware that there was any federal investigation against him. 833 00:44:55,734 --> 00:44:58,696 He didn't know that his phone was in federal custody at that time, 834 00:44:58,779 --> 00:45:01,573 where they were looking for additional evidence. 835 00:45:02,408 --> 00:45:06,537 The crazy thing is that Sam's phone was not the treasure trove of evidence 836 00:45:06,620 --> 00:45:08,038 that I was hoping for. 837 00:45:08,831 --> 00:45:12,418 He did not have inappropriate photos of the girls. 838 00:45:12,501 --> 00:45:13,669 He did not have 839 00:45:13,752 --> 00:45:17,673 inappropriate conversations with the girls, to… to a large extent. 840 00:45:17,756 --> 00:45:20,259 Nothing definitive for… for crimes. 841 00:45:20,342 --> 00:45:22,594 But it was when he was released from jail, 842 00:45:22,678 --> 00:45:25,305 he was trying to factory reset his entire phone. 843 00:45:25,389 --> 00:45:29,309 Christine was able to surreptitiously record that. 844 00:45:29,393 --> 00:45:32,020 [Sam] Is there a way to factory reset? 845 00:45:32,104 --> 00:45:34,314 [Dawn] And that evidence allowed us to bring 846 00:45:34,398 --> 00:45:37,192 federal obstruction of justice charges against Sam. 847 00:45:39,737 --> 00:45:40,904 [music fades] 848 00:45:40,988 --> 00:45:44,742 We finally had what we needed for the arrest of Sam Bateman. 849 00:45:45,617 --> 00:45:47,494 Hey, anything else you need to talk about? 850 00:45:47,578 --> 00:45:50,080 [Tolga] Can I film the prayer room, get a tour of the prayer room? 851 00:45:50,164 --> 00:45:51,123 [Sam] Yeah, of course. 852 00:45:51,707 --> 00:45:52,708 [Tolga] Oops, sorry. 853 00:45:53,500 --> 00:45:56,920 [Christine] The FBI was planning a big raid 854 00:45:57,004 --> 00:46:00,841 that involved 50 FBI agents from around different states. 855 00:46:02,092 --> 00:46:03,218 [Tolga] See here. 856 00:46:04,678 --> 00:46:06,346 The FBI said, "Film everything." 857 00:46:06,430 --> 00:46:09,016 This is coming from this. 858 00:46:09,099 --> 00:46:11,643 They want to see the entrance from inside the house. 859 00:46:13,187 --> 00:46:14,897 You know, where the cars are. 860 00:46:17,691 --> 00:46:21,153 We had to go in prepared for the worst. 861 00:46:22,029 --> 00:46:24,490 [Dawn on phone] Do they keep their doors locked or unlocked? 862 00:46:24,573 --> 00:46:26,283 -[Christine] Locked. -[Dawn] Okay. 863 00:46:27,826 --> 00:46:29,453 They're under strict orders 864 00:46:29,953 --> 00:46:32,790 never to open the door to law enforcement. 865 00:46:33,499 --> 00:46:37,503 [Dawn] We won't stand out there for probably even five minutes. 866 00:46:38,045 --> 00:46:41,715 It usually doesn't take us long to open the door ourselves. 867 00:46:41,799 --> 00:46:44,384 I… was shaky 868 00:46:44,468 --> 00:46:46,970 'cause I didn't know if there would be violence. 869 00:46:47,054 --> 00:46:50,432 Julia had concerns about guns. 870 00:46:50,516 --> 00:46:53,227 Did you guys take the gun from Moroni's closet? 871 00:46:53,811 --> 00:46:55,354 [Julia] That's still there. 872 00:46:55,437 --> 00:46:58,315 I believe that they had access to some rifles for hunting. 873 00:46:58,398 --> 00:46:59,858 [Christine] Do you guys have guns? 874 00:46:59,942 --> 00:47:01,944 [Sam's wives laughing] 875 00:47:02,528 --> 00:47:06,323 [Christine] Huh? It must be yes! It must be yes! 876 00:47:07,366 --> 00:47:10,494 There had been reports that Sam had taken some of the girls 877 00:47:10,577 --> 00:47:13,455 out to practice shooting with handguns. 878 00:47:13,539 --> 00:47:16,708 So the reports were there that it was a potential. 879 00:47:17,751 --> 00:47:18,836 [Tolga] They told me. 880 00:47:18,919 --> 00:47:22,840 They looked me in the eye, and they said if anything happens to Father Samuel, 881 00:47:23,340 --> 00:47:27,344 that they will kill, and they will level the state with violence. 882 00:47:28,303 --> 00:47:31,849 [Julia] The paranoia is going to tighten them up. 883 00:47:31,932 --> 00:47:34,768 I think Nomz is going to be very, very, very aggressive. 884 00:47:34,852 --> 00:47:39,106 -[Tolga] Yeah. -She's the one that'll do any dirty work. 885 00:47:39,189 --> 00:47:40,941 Absolutely anything. 886 00:47:41,024 --> 00:47:42,442 [Christine] Oh, I know. 887 00:47:42,526 --> 00:47:46,613 He has essentially complete control over her mind. 888 00:47:48,323 --> 00:47:51,660 [Sam's wives singing indistinctly] 889 00:47:54,580 --> 00:47:58,292 [Naomi] Uh, proposing a toast for the most luckiest girls on Earth. 890 00:47:58,375 --> 00:47:59,626 [Christine] Aw. 891 00:47:59,710 --> 00:48:01,295 Why do you feel lucky? 892 00:48:01,378 --> 00:48:03,380 Because we are married to the best man. 893 00:48:05,632 --> 00:48:07,217 When I married Samuel, 894 00:48:08,093 --> 00:48:11,263 it was one of the most beautiful things I had ever witnessed. 895 00:48:11,889 --> 00:48:14,099 And we could feel Heavenly Father's spirit. 896 00:48:15,976 --> 00:48:17,769 He wants our whole heart. 897 00:48:18,478 --> 00:48:21,023 And we cannot tie it to anything on this earth 898 00:48:21,106 --> 00:48:22,566 more than God. 899 00:48:23,984 --> 00:48:25,652 I do this cheerfully. 900 00:48:26,153 --> 00:48:28,155 And there is zero resistance. 901 00:48:29,156 --> 00:48:31,116 Because I will obey. 902 00:48:31,199 --> 00:48:33,285 [melancholy music playing] 903 00:48:42,294 --> 00:48:44,296 [music fades] 904 00:48:46,131 --> 00:48:48,008 [Naomi] I believed he was my only way 905 00:48:49,509 --> 00:48:50,719 to Heaven. 906 00:48:51,511 --> 00:48:52,679 Back to God. 907 00:48:53,305 --> 00:48:56,224 If he held the keys to my salvation, 908 00:48:57,434 --> 00:49:02,230 anything I did would damn me if… if he didn't approve of it. 909 00:49:02,731 --> 00:49:04,900 [pensive music playing] 910 00:49:04,983 --> 00:49:09,112 This world's gonna change. The Lord is gonna use me to change this world. 911 00:49:09,613 --> 00:49:13,033 [Naomi] So I was going to be submissive and obedient. 912 00:49:14,159 --> 00:49:16,036 Becoming the perfect wife. 913 00:49:16,119 --> 00:49:18,872 I mean, why did our Savior hang on the cross and spill blood? 914 00:49:18,956 --> 00:49:21,416 Because blood is an atoning principle. 915 00:49:22,042 --> 00:49:23,251 I became a master 916 00:49:23,919 --> 00:49:27,673 at gauging how he wanted me to respond. 917 00:49:27,756 --> 00:49:29,675 And that was how I'd respond. 918 00:49:30,425 --> 00:49:33,261 I promise there will be men who beg 919 00:49:34,221 --> 00:49:35,597 to have their blood spilled. 920 00:49:35,681 --> 00:49:37,224 [Naomi] And then, eventually, 921 00:49:37,307 --> 00:49:38,433 I would do 922 00:49:39,434 --> 00:49:40,602 whatever he wanted. 923 00:49:41,186 --> 00:49:42,646 [music intensifies] 924 00:49:42,729 --> 00:49:44,648 [music fades] 925 00:49:44,731 --> 00:49:46,733 [enigmatic music playing] 926 00:50:40,037 --> 00:50:42,956 [music fades]