Videotape reveals Jeffs' mannerisms
4-hour record provided to News may help in search for the FLDS leader
Now, law enforcement want a purported videotape of Jeffs that shows him moving about as he speaks.
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The video, which is nearly four hours long, was provided to the Deseret Morning News by a source who wished to remain anonymous because of family who remain within the FLDS Church. The source contacted a reporter hoping to publicize Jeffs' moving images and assist police in apprehending the polygamist leader who is on the FBI's Most Wanted List.
"Hearing his voice with the pictures, his mannerisms. If that'll help them (law enforcement), that's all I care about," said the source, who also was said to be providing a copy to the Utah Attorney General's Office.
Shurtleff said if his office obtained a copy of the videotape, he would forward it to the FBI.
"To have some actual motion pictures would be very helpful. We've been using a pretty old photo anyway," he said.
The video was shot in 1993 when Jeffs was principal of the Alta Academy, a now defunct FLDS school at the mouth of Little Cottonwood Canyon. The tape is old, it skips at times and the colors bleed a little. Dozens of FLDS children sit in a room, waiting to be entertained by the musical program.
Jeffs is the master of ceremonies for a children's program of skits and musical performances. He stands before the microphone, a tall man wearing a dark suit and thick glasses. His dark hair is combed back and he walks slightly hunched over.
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