A terrified caller identifying herself as 15-year-old Sarah Jessop Barlow said she was being sexually abused her much older husband, launching a massive raid on The Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints' ranch in Texas, but she didn't actually exist.
Investigators discovered more than 700 pieces of evidence during a 2008 raid on the polygamist property, including marriage records, a daily account of leader Warren Jeffs' activities and a disturbing audio tape prosecutors said captured the sexual assault of a 12-year-old child bride.
Naomie Jeffs, who was ultimately exiled from the Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints (FLDS) community, says she has “no hard feelings” toward her ex-husband and polygamist leader Warren Jeffs.
"Based on a True Story" will explore "America's obsession with true-crime and serial killers," says Lisa Katz, president of scripted content at NBCUniversal Television and Streaming.
"Monster In the Shadows," a Peacock docuseries that explores the disappearance of 19-year-old Brittney Wood and reveals a tangled web of family secrets including an alleged sex-trafficking ring, is coming to Oxygen, as well as Peacock special "The Murder of Gabby Petito: Truth, Lies and Social Media."
