DNA tests begin on sect members
From Times Wire Reports
Using cotton swabs, lab technicians began taking DNA samples in San Angelo from hundreds of children and mothers in hopes of sorting out the tangled family relationships within a polygamist sect.
Authorities need to figure out which children belong to which parents before they begin custody hearings. If some of the children are determined to have been abused, they are to be permanently removed from the sect’s compound.
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