[Lemon:] All right. Just when you thought the story could not get any worse, it does. Disturbing new revelations are emerging after a weeklong police search of a polygamist compound in West Texas. Among other things, beds were found in the group's temple. Authorities believed male members of the group were using the beds to have sex with their underage wives immediately after their marriage ceremonies. Right now, 416 children removed from the compound in last week's raid are still in protective custody. One hundred and thirty-nine women who left the compound voluntarily are being housed with the children. And just a short time ago, authorities updated us on their investigation and on the 16-year-old girl who tipped them off, leading to the raid.
[Sheriff David Doran, Schleicher County, Texas:] When you're dealing with a culture like this, they're taught from very young that they do not answer questions to the point, when you ask them like a dialogue between you and I. And we may very well have her, you know, at child protective services. All of that is certainly being sorted out right now. And the rangers, child protective services and everybody is diligently working on that to identify that person.
[Lemon:] All right. So whatever you're doing now, look up at the screen. Take a good look at this picture. Police are still looking for Dale Evans Barlow. He's a 50-year-old registered sex offender. And Barlow is alleged to be the husband of the 16-year-old girl whose phone call tipped off authorities.
[Whitfield:] Our Ed Lavandera has been covering the story since it was all uncovered. This time he's in San Angelo. He joins us now on the phone. So Ed, these are really grimacing [SIC] kind of details that we're hearing. What's the latest that you have?
[Ed Lavandera, Cnn Correspondent:] Well, Fredricka, you know, in these latest documents that officials here in West Texas have released, they lay out the details of what the sheriff here in Eldorado says that he had learned upon the beginning of this search, were that these beds that were inside the temple, on the top floor of the temple, and were allegedly being used by the adult members of the church to have sex with their underage brides. He said that they had learned those details as the raid was initially beginning. So that is in the last week. That raid started a week ago today. And authorities are still saying that they're still searching for Dale Barlow, that if he had if he were in Texas at this point, he would have already been arrested. It was really the first time we've actually had a chance to hear from the two main law enforcement authorities, officials that were spear-heading this search warrant. And also not only that, but these are the two men, the Texas Ranger and the sheriff here in Eldorado, that have really established this communication with the elder members of this polygamist sect here in Eldorado. And they described the scene over the last four years, essentially, as they've been the diplomats to this group. Every time they've been on the compound, every time they had to announce their visit. They would come out and talk. And because of that, the members of the group would tell everybody inside the compound, which we now know is a number close to 700 people would hide. And so essentially, they only saw a handful of the members. That's why they say they really had no idea until now of any kind of true evidence, even though they had inclinations that this kind of activity might be happening. But it wasn't until now that they had, they feel, the evidence that proves that this kind of sexual abuse was taking place. The Texas Ranger who was part of the spearheading effort in this search also described when they initially went in, what some of the members of this group were doing with the children.
[Capt. Barry Caver, Texas Ranger:] They were shuffled around houses as we were searching the houses. They were playing the kind of like the eggshell game. And we were trying to and we had issues with that.
[Lavandera:] And, you know, Fredricka, another interesting thing is
[Whitfield:] Well, it's interesting you said that, Ed. And it's just so hard to believe that this many people in this size compound could be carrying on in such secrecy for this long until being uncovered this weekend. So, Ed, thanks so much for bringing us up to date. We'll be checking back with you throughout the afternoon here in the
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