[Ann Archy]

A 14 yr. old Mormon girl ran away a couple of years ago because she was going to be married off to a much older guy that she didn't like. Wonder if this is close.

The parents don't seem too concerned.....sorry....I wuldn't be able to talk and I SURE wouldn't be going on EVERY TV show out there.

The SLC Police must be REALLYYY slow since there were many neighbors at the house BEFORE the police got there.

[GovernmentShrinker]

Your ignorance about Mormons is showing. The adolescents being married off to older men (often close relatives) are in little isolated polygamist sects that keep to themselves, and have no connection whatsoever to either the main LDS Church or the legitimate breakaway group, which was known as the RLDS Church until changing its name to "Community of Christ" last year. As has been widely publicized, the Smart family are active members of the LDS Church. If they, or any of their relatives or neighbors, had any connections to any of these polygamist groups, the police and Utah media would have been all over that angle by now.

[Utah Girl]

It wasn't a Mormon girl who ran away, if LDS members are found to be in a polygamist group, we would be excommunicated immediately. The girl in question belonged to a fundamentalist group, had been 'married' to her uncle, and ran away. they found her once, took her home, and beat her, she ran away again, this time Utah Social Services found out and took custody. I do believe the uncle is in prison for sexual abuse of a minor.