Alongside Roy, Rachel, Issac, and Becky Jeffs, Raymond (above) was another child of Jeffs to leave the FLDS church and tell the outside world about his experience. Prior to Becky and Roy appearing on CNN, law enforcement officials were aware of the FLDS compound, which they raided on several occasions. Some of these raids happened while Raymond was still a child. Raymond and his brother Issac were removed in one of those raids. They both later left the church.
Of that experience, Raymond Jeffs later said (via USA Today), “It was scary. It was uncertain … We were told the world wanted to kill us, that people wanted to destroy us and our moral values.” For his part, Issac Jeffs became an actor and appeared in an episode of the Lifetime series “Escaping Polygamy” (also on YouTube) in 2014. In the show, Issac Jeffs tried to reunite with his mother, who was also expelled from the FLDS compound (via IMDb).
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