Samuel Bateman, a polygamous sect leader and self-described prophet, is convicted on Arizona state child abuse charges after three girls were found inside a trailer he was hauling. Multiple reports say Bateman was already serving a 50-year prison sentence in the United States related to child sexual abuse. Authorities stopped Bateman’s vehicle as he drove through Flagstaff, Arizona, after someone alerted them to concerns about a trailer being transported. The reports state that the girls, then aged 11 to 14, were found inside an unventilated trailer. One outlet describes the trailer as having improvised living items, including a makeshift toilet and furniture such as a sofa and camping chairs, and it was enclosed. The conviction is presented as a state child abuse case that follows his existing federal incarceration for orchestrating sex involving children. Sources agree on the central facts: Bateman’s prior sentence, the discovery of the girls in the trailer, the stop in Flagstaff, and the resulting conviction on child abuse charges.