Focus of a Raid in Texas Was Living Out of State
ELDORADO, Tex. — A 50-year-old man sought for arrest on a sexual abuse complaint that
Texas authorities said had led them to raid a
polygamist compound here is not in hiding but living in Arizona with three women and their 22 children and disavows any role in the case, his probation officer said Monday.
The officer, Bill Loader of the Mojave County Probation Department in Arizona, is in daily contact with the man, Dale Barlow, a plumber and carpenter who lives in Colorado City, Ariz., he said. Mr. Loader said he found Mr. Barlow’s denials credible and knew of no efforts by Texas authorities to seek his extradition.
A spokeswoman for the Texas Department of Public Safety, Tela Mange, said Monday at a briefing in San Angelo that the department had received reports that Mr. Barlow “may be outside of the state of Texas, but we have not been able to independently confirm that.”
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