The FBI is offering a $50,000 reward for information on Lyle Steed Jeffs, the leader of a polygamous church on the Utah-Arizona border.
Lyle Jeffs, is the younger brother of the churches’ leader, Warren Jeffs. Lyle Jeffs runs the day-to-day operations of the Fundamentalist Church of Latter-day Saints, and was on house arrest in Salt Lake City. He was awaiting trial on charges involving an alleged multimillion-dollar food stamp fraud scheme.
Jeffs went missing in June, and investigators said he slipped out of a court-ordered GPS tracking device by using olive oil. The FLDS church is the most influential sect in the community of Short Creek, which includes Colorado City, Ariz., and Hildale, Utah.
Lyle Jeffs’ brother, Warren, is serving a life sentence in Texas after being convicted of sexually assaulting girls he considered brides.