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This FBI file concerns Ervil LeBaron, leader of the Church of the Lamb of God, who was sought in connection with the 1977 murder of rival polygamist leader Dr. Rulon C. Allred in Murray, Utah. The released material consists chiefly of FBI-maintained newspaper clippings from 1977 and 1979 documenting the investigation, arrests of alleged followers, and public warnings that LeBaron was armed and dangerous. The clippings describe the FBI's role in locating LeBaron, his transfer from Mexican authorities to the FBI at Laredo, Texas, and his return to Utah to face murder and conspiracy charges. They also report related allegations involving the killing of Dean Grover Vest and violence connected to rival polygamist groups in the western United States and Mexico.

FBI file number: 88-6976 | Documents span: 1977-1979 | Released in 1 part
Names in this file: Ervil LeBaron, Rulon C. Allred, Nancy Chynoweth, Victor Lee Chynoweth, Mark Earl Chynoweth, Donald Eugene Sullivan, Ramona Marston, Daniel Ben Jordan, Dean Grover Vest, Vonda Evelyn White, Joel LeBaron
Subjects: polygamist sects, Rulon Allred murder, Ervil LeBaron, fugitive search, extradition, FBI newspaper clippings