From Deseret News archives:
Unsealed court documents say Jeffs tried to kill himself
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A few days later, the mental competency evaluation said, Jeffs was observed "throwing himself against the walls," which led jail officials to give him a tranquilizer.
Jeffs was diagnosed with a depressive disorder and ultimately declared competent to stand trial. The FLDS leader was later convicted of rape as an accomplice, a first-degree felony, for performing a marriage between a 14-year-old girl and her 19-year-old cousin.
This afternoon, a judge in St. George's 5th District Court ordered the sealed documents to be released after requests from news media outlets, including the Deseret Morning News, and a private investigator who has been looking into Jeffs and the FLDS Church for lawyers suing the polygamous sect.
Other papers released include transcripts of Jeffs' jailhouse conversations in which he renounced his role as "prophet" of the FLDS Church.
In a visit that was videotaped Jan. 25 at the Purgatory Jail, Jeffs met with his brother Nephi. In a transcript, Jeffs dictates a message of hope to his followers, saying that the Lord is testing them. Then later, he picks up the phone and tells his brother: "Write this down."
"OK," Nephi says.
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