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Ervil Morrell LeBaron (February 22, 1925 – August 15, 1981) was the leader of a polygamous Mormon fundamentalist group who ordered the killings of many of his opponents, both within his own sect and in rival polygamous groups, using the religious doctrine of blood atonement to justify the murders. He was sentenced to life in prison for ...
In 2006, Susan Ray Schmidt, sixth wife of Verlan LeBaron, published His Favorite Wife [52] (updated in 2009 [53] [54]), in 2007 Irene Spencer, wife of Verlan LeBaron, published Shattered Dreams [55] and in 2009, Cult Insanity, [56] – rebutted in 2011 by Thomas J. Liddiard in Shedding Light: Some Observations of a Book Entitled 'Cult Insanity ...
Ervil was arrested for masterminding the raid, but was released due to lack of evidence. [3] Increasingly upset by the violence, Noemi Zarate, a wife of Bud Chynoweth (father of two of Ervil's wives), threatened to leave Ervil's church and go to the police. On Ervil's orders, his tenth wife Vonda White drove Zarate into the desert and killed her.
Explores the life of Ervil LeBaron, the leader of Church of the First Born Lamb of God, who ordered the murders of his opponents, practicing blood atonement, including Rulon C. Allred, [2] and a hit-list carried out by followers of LeBaron, years after his death, told through the eyes of his children, Anna and Celia LeBaron.
Photo Illustration by The Daily Beast/Getty/APHe’s been called the “Mormon Manson,” but polygamist Ervil LeBaron and his Mexican-based family managed to make Charlie and his gang look almost ...
In 1953, at only 16, Spencer became the second wife of Verlan LeBaron. His first wife was her older half-sister Charlotte. [ 2 ] LeBaron was the youngest son of Alma Dayer LeBaron , who had organized a polygamous community, Colonia LeBaron, in the foothills of the Sierra Nevada in Mexico after being excommunicated by the mainstream LDS Church ...
] The Chynoweths moved to Colonia LeBaron to join the rest of the polygamist sect, which was at the time led by Joel LeBaron. Joel's leadership was soon challenged by his younger brother, Ervil, who believed that he was the "One Mighty and Strong" chosen by God to lead the Latter-day Saints. The Chynoweths followed Ervil when he eventually ...
Self described as "naive and uneducated", Schmidt eventually graduated high school and then college. During her marriage to LeBaron, Schmidt was sister-wife of fellow author Irene Spencer [6] [7] and sister-in-law to Ervil LeBaron, Rena Chynoweth and Joel LeBaron. [1] [2] [3] [4]