Official: Polygamist leader's son was OK at ranch (AP)

Courtesy Ytop stories  Mon, 05/19/2008 - 10:55am

This Tuesday, April 8, 2008 file photo shows the temple at the Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints Yearning For Zion Ranch, near Eldorado, Texas.<br /><br />In five years, the West Texas polygamist sect transformed 1,700 acres of scrub land purchased for $700,000 into a bustling ranch with a blazing-white limestone temple, sprawling three-story log cabins, woodworking shops and a dairy.<br /><br />(AP Photo/Tony Gutierrez, File)AP - A 6-year-old son of polygamist sect leader Warren Jeffs did not suffer physical or sexual abuse while living with his mother at the group's Texas ranch, a child welfare case worker testified Monday.



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