La Dell Bistline, 45, had two daughters who were 9 and 11 when he gave them to Samuel Bateman as “brides," according to court ...

Moretta Johnson was a minor when Samuel Bateman took her as a “bride.” She pleaded guilty in connection with the kidnapping of eight girls.

Samuel Bateman also pleaded guilty on Monday in U.S. District Court ... In pleading guilty, Bateman acknowledged taking underage brides, having sex activity with them and arranging group sex, ...

Their audience: me. The performance was orchestrated by a man named Samuel Bateman – a man unknown to me prior to the meeting in the park. During the previous week, however, Bateman had ...