1. Ervil Morrell LeBaron was the leader of a polygamous Mormon fundamentalist group who ordered the killings of many of his opponents, both within his own sect and in rival polygamous groups, using the religious doctrine of blood atonement to justify the murders.
Ervil LeBaron was sentenced to life in prison for orchestrating the murder of an opponent, and died there in 1981.
Ervil LeBaron had at least 13 wives in a plural marriage, several of whom he married while they were still underage, and several of whom were involved in the murders.
In 1972, the LeBaron sect suffered a schism when Ervil fell out with Joel and started the Church of the First Born of the Lamb of God in San Diego, California.
Leadership of the Baja California church passed to the youngest LeBaron brother, Verlan, whom Ervil tried to have killed over the next decade.
In 1974, Ervil LeBaron was tried and convicted in Mexico for Joel's murder.
Ervil LeBaron's conviction was overturned on a technicality; some have alleged this resulted from a bribe.
In 1977, LeBaron ordered the killing of Rulon C Allred, leader of the Apostolic United Brethren, another Mormon fundamentalist sect.
Ervil LeBaron described her experiences in LeBaron's group, which she characterized as using mind control and fear to control its followers.
Ervil LeBaron ordered the murders of members of his own family and those of his supporters.
Ervil LeBaron has been linked to the death of his own 17-year-old daughter Rebecca, who was pregnant with her second child and hoped to leave the group; it is alleged that his stepson Eddie Marston and brother-in-law Duane Chynoweth strangled her in April 1977.
On June 1,1979, Ervil LeBaron was apprehended by police in Mexico and extradited to the United States, where he was convicted of having ordered Allred's death.
One, Cynthia Ervil LeBaron, testified against her siblings and was granted immunity.
The final suspect, Jacqueline Ervil LeBaron, was captured by the FBI in May 2010.
On June 16,2011, Jacqueline Tarsa Ervil LeBaron pleaded guilty to conspiracy to obstruct religious beliefs and faced a 5-year maximum sentence in a future sentencing hearing.
Ervil LeBaron was released from federal custody several months earlier than her original sentence was calculated.
Since release, one 2014 report from a US Probation Officer about her supervised release states that Jacqueline Tarsa Ervil LeBaron had not made any payment toward the $134,000 restitution imposed by the Court; simultaneously, the officer's report states that she "has severe mental health issues" including mania requiring psychotropic medication and which have led her to seek Social Security Disability Insurance.
Ervil LeBaron married 13 women and fathered more than 50 children.