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Why won't Texas officials admit YFZ call was hoax?

The first of 463 individual child custody hearings from the Great Eldorado Polygamist Roundup (which is the appellation I've settled on for the incident on this blog), will begin in Judge Walther's court on May 19, reports the Dallas News today.Can anyone explain why authorities won't just admit the original phone call was a hoax? The same News article reports: Authorities have decided to no longer pursue an arrest warrant for a man identified by the caller as the man who beat and raped her. The caller said she was a 16-year-old girl and a member of the sect, but officials are investigating whether the call was a hoax by a woman in Colorado.Really? Are they actually STILL investigating "whether the call was a hoax"? And if so, can we please get some competent investigators on the case?There's really little question, at this point, that Rozita Swinton, a 33-year old Colorado Springs woman with a history of false allegations and making up fantastic stories, was the person who made the original phone call to a San Angelo women's shelter: The calls came from her phone number and anti-polygamist activist Flora Jessop recorded many hours of conversation with her...continue to full post

Full post as published by Grits for Breakfast on May 07, 2008 (boomark / email).

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