From Deseret News archives:
Timeline of raid on FLDS-owned YFZ Ranch
April 5: 167 children taken into custody by Child Protective Services workers. Law enforcement officials with search and arrest warrants look for Dale Barlow, the man named in the young woman's phone call. A SWAT team breaks into the FLDS temple located on the ranch despite protests.
April 6: Sixty FLDS mothers voluntarily leave the ranch to be with their children at a makeshift shelter in San Angelo. State officials continue to search the compound for children. Child welfare workers say 18 children showed evidence of possible abuse.
April 7: A judge orders children, now numbered at 401, into temporary protective custody based on determination of significant risk of harm. A total of 133 women have now left the compound. Men on the ranch are not allowed to leave while investigation continues. Twelve attorneys hired to defend church members.
April 8: Affidavit released by the court outlines claims of physical and sexual abuse made by the teenage caller. A groundswell of opinion, pro and con, begins to grow.
April 11: Authorities release 88 pages detailing items seized from the ranch.The search continues for the girl now identified as "Sarah" alleged to have made the initial call. The Texas Bar seeks volunteer lawyers for each of the now 416 children in custody
April 12: Barlow meets with Texas Rangers in St. George, leaves a free man. Rangers refuse to say if he's still a suspect. Deseret News reporters and photographers become first media ever allowed inside ranch. Women from shelters speak with Deseret News on cell phones complaining of crowded conditions and uncertainty.
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