We now have some of the documents DPS collected while on the Yearning for Zion ranch. When I called DPS for a response, they told me they didn’t know why the court released these documents since they had barely been reviewed.

Well, I reviewed them and here are some quick stats.

• Wendell Nielsen has the most: 21 wives ( he is 67 years old and wives range from 21-79 years old)

• 12 have just one wife…many of them are young (in their 20’s). In some cases, the wives are 16—which is the legal age to marry in Texas with parental consent

In addition, the church’s lawyer tells me many women are looking for apartments close to the shelters so they have their visitation rights with the children. Preliminary hearings will start May 16th and last until June 5th. We still do not have the results from the DNA tests.