In March, the affidavit said, police questioned Pierce again, who said she continued to get calls from "Dana" at a new telephone number, claiming to be locked in a basement and drugged.

"Dana" once told Pierce that she was in a domestic violence shelter, and that "it was actually her other personality that went to the safe house, 'Rozita,"' the affidavit said. "Ms. Pierce advised 'Dana Anderson' stated 'Rozita and Dana' are in the same body, just different personalities."

Arrest

Colorado Springs police arrested Rozita Swinton last week for investigation of false reporting to authorities, a misdemeanor. When they served the search warrant on her home, Texas Rangers were there. The Texas Department of Public Safety confirms it seized items from her home that indicated a connection between Swinton and calls about the FLDS compounds in Colorado City, Ariz., and Eldorado, Texas.

Texas DPS spokeswoman Tela Mange said Wednesday the investigation was ongoing and Swinton remains just a "person of interest." She has not been arrested or charged in connection with the Texas case.

"We are still examining evidence that was seized from her residence and do not expect that investigation to be completed for a while," Mange said in an e-mail to the Deseret News. "Because there is an ongoing criminal investigation, we will be limiting our comments."

The affidavit, however, said that one phone number linked to Swinton by Colorado Springs police "was possibly related to the reporting party for the YFZ Ranch incident in Eldorado, Texas." Shortly after bailing out of jail, Jessop said, Swinton called her again claiming to still be "Sarah."

Swinton was convicted in connection with a 2005 case stemming from a false report in Castle Rock, Colo., where she claimed to be a 16-year-old girl named "Jessica" who wanted to abandon her baby and kill herself.

Numerous attempts to reach Swinton for comment have been unsuccessful. Colorado Springs authorities said she is scheduled to make her first appearance to the misdemeanor false reporting charge in May.

The Utah Attorney General's Office confirmed to the Deseret News it is investigating a similar call of abuse and whether it is connected to the calls that sparked the raid on the YFZ Ranch. A call was placed to child welfare workers in St. George, alleging child abuse and neglect. A Division of Child and Family Services spokeswoman said the information gleaned from the call "may or may not be related to an existing criminal matter."

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