Colorado City , Arizona
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building in hildale industrial area, Saturday March 17, 2018. Yeah, I know what it was used for.
A photo of FLDS leader Warren Jeffs hangs on the front window of an FLDS family’s Hildale home, which is scheduled for eviction by the UEP Trust, Thursday May 11, 2017.
An FLDS family’s belongings are boxed up in preparation for a move after the Hildale home was posted for eviction by the UEP Trust, Thursday May 11, 2017.
Norma Richter, right, embraces a fellow FLDS member, Liz, who was evicted from her home in Colorado City, Ariz., Wednesday May 10, 2017.
FLDS member Shannon Darger confronts UEP Trust agent Ted Barlow and Mohave County Constable Mike Hoggard as they change the locks on her Colorado City, AZ, home, Wednesday May 10, 2017. Like other FLDS members, Darger considers working with the UEP Trust to be against her religious beliefs and has chosen to move her family out of state rather than sign an occupancy agreement with the trust. At right, one of Darger’s children takes video of the confrontation.
FLDS children take videos as a locksmith Kelvin Holdaway and Mohave County Constable Mike Hoggard change the locks on a Colorado City, AZ, home that FLDS members had been living in, Wednesday May 10, 2017.
UEP eviction of property at 555 N Lauritzen Ave, Colorado City, AZ, Wednesday May 10, 2017. Marshal Sam Johnson tells FLDS children to leave the property.
UEP eviction of property at 555 N Lauritzen Ave, Colorado City, AZ, Wednesday May 10, 2017. Marshal Sam Johnson tells residents they can retrieve their belongings from the yard.
UEP eviction of property at 555 N Lauritzen Ave, Colorado City, AZ, Wednesday May 10, 2017. Four FLDS boys.
Colorado City Town Marshal Sam Johnson orders young FLDS children to leave the property of a home being taken overy by the UEP Trust in Colorado City, AZ, Wednesday May 10, 2017.
UEP eviction of property at 555 N Lauritzen Ave, Colorado City, AZ, Wednesday May 10, 2017. Marshal Sam Johnson tells FLDS children to leave the property.
UEP eviction of property at 555 N Lauritzen Ave, Colorado City, AZ, Wednesday May 10, 2017. Marshal Sam Johnson tells FLDS children to leave the property.
Colorado City Town Marshal Sam Johnson tells an FLDS woman who had been evicted from her Colorado City, AZ, home, that she will be allowed to retrieve her belongings from the yard, Wednesday May 10, 2017.
UEP eviction of property at 555 N Lauritzen Ave, Colorado City, AZ, Wednesday May 10, 2017. Marshal Sam Johnson tells residents they can retrieve their belongings from the yard.
FLDS children carry belongings as they are evicted from their Colorado City, AZ, home by the UEP Trust after refusing to sign an occupancy agreement, Wednesday May 10, 2017.
FLDS children look on after being evicted from their Colorado City, AZ, home by the UEP Trust after refusing to sign an occupancy agreement, Wednesday May 10, 2017.
UEP eviction of property at 345 N Richard St, Colorado City, AZ, Wednesday May 10, 2017. FLDS mother Lydia Bateman with some of her children and grandchildren after being evicted from her home.
An FLDS woman named Liz ponders her next steps as she is evicted from her Colorado City, AZ, home, Wednesday May 10, 2017. Already living on a tight budget, the cost of an apartment outside of the community seems out of reach. The UEP Trust took control of many Colorado City homes this week as FLDS families continued to refuse to sign occupancy agreements with the trust on religious grounds.
A small sign reading Zion, a common sight at FLDS homes, sits among a variety of belongings left behind as eviction of the Colorado City, AZ, home looms, Wednesday May 10, 2017. belongings outside
The locks are changed on an empty home in Colorado City, AZ, Tuesday May 9, 2017, as part of the UEP Trust evictions.
Two FLDS girls peer out of a window as the house across the street is evicted, in Colorado City, AZ, Tuesday May 9, 2017. The home they are standing in is also on the eviction list.
home posted with eviction notice, UEP trust, Monday May 8, 2017. swing out front.
Two FLDS women are evicted from a home in Colorado City, AZ, Tuesday May 9, 2017, and walk off in the rain.