She added: "They had four-wheelers that would drive around the perimeter of the property with the men that were assigned to keep the security."īriell was able to escape from the older compound and made it into the outside world, where she was adopted by a woman from an organisation that helps people escaping FLDS. "The newer compounds have a guard tower, they have a gate around them. She spoke of being moved around for around three years, eventually managing to work her way to an older compound where security wasn't as tight. Unlike so many others Briell was able to escape the FLDS - but it was no sure thing and involved a lot of failed attempts. Image: Briell Decker walks into the compound where Warren Jeffs used to live in Hildale, Utah. "I've not seen specifically that he saw himself as being 'One Mighty and Strong', but he certainly fitted in that position and it seems to me that his followers saw him in that context."
He described Chad Daybell as a "fringe Mormon character" and remarked on his authorship of fiction books about the end of the world. Since the prophecy was made in 1832 a string of extremist individuals have claimed to be "One Mighty and Strong" and some have extracted dangerous behaviours from their followers, including murder.įringe Mormon groups involving apocalyptic beliefs have popped up over the years, often led by men who see themselves as "One Mighty and Strong", Prof Kent said. It is believed he will restore ideal Mormonism after the apocalypse, Professor Kent says, and the surviving Mormons will be the chosen ones. Within that there is a belief among fundamentalist movements that a Mormon leader will reveal himself, known as "One Mighty and Strong".
Image: Chad Daybell, Lori Vallow's fifth husband, appears during a court hearing in August 2020. Vallow's longtime best friend, Melanie Gibb, told investigators that Vallow and Daybell believed they were part of the "Church of the Firstborn" and that their mission in that church was to lead the "144,000" mentioned in the Book of Revelation. The pair met at a conference in Utah in 2018 and felt an "instant connection", claiming they had been married to each other in a past life, according to police records.
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They eventually began teaching friends that once those evil spirits were strong enough, the person became a "zombie" and the only way to free that person's soul was by killing them. Vallow's defence team say her religious beliefs began to change after she met Daybell, a fiction author whose books focus on the apocalypse and are loosely based on Mormon teachings.īut prosecutors say those beliefs veered toward the extreme, with the couple saying people were "dark" or "light", telling friends and acquaintances that "dark" people had been taken over by evil spirits. Image: Investigators search for human remains at Chad Daybell's residence in Salem, Idaho in June 2020.
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