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Updated: 11:37 AM- SAN ANGELO, Texas - Marriage certificates. Birth certificates. Computers. Belts. A clip-on tie -- and perhaps even a mystery document referring to cyanide.
Authorities who raided the FLDS polygamist compound near Eldorado last week seized everything from flash drives to pregnancy kits. One entry on the list described as a ''cyanide poisoning document'' referred to pages from a first aid manual, and there was no cyanide on the ranch, said Tela Mange, a spokeswoman for the Department of Public Safety.
The initial warrant was based on calls from a 16-year-old girl who contacted a family violence shelter on March 29 and 30, saying she was being physically and sexually abused by her FLDS husband. A second warrant was based on officials' observations and interviews after entering the ranch, owned by the Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints.
Several medical records contain the first name and the first of two surnames used by the 16-year-old caller. However, the documents contain different birth dates, indicating there may be more than one girl by that name.
According to documents released today by the district court for Tom Green County, law enforcement officials bearing search warrants hauled off hundreds of items, listed in 88 pages of documents.
The list suggests investigators swept the YFZ ranch in West Texas of anything and everything that could reveal who was married to whom and the identities of their offspring.
It includes medical files, photo albums, cell phones and laptop computers. The descriptions are typically general, such as: "11 photographs of men with children; photo of man and girl; father/child identifying information; two children's fingerprint cards, memory book of Vilaye Jessop."
Other seized items: "silk linens, belts, ladies slip, men's dress shoes, clip-on tie, and pregnancy test."
Attorneys for the sect have filed court papers alleging that the searches were based on flawed warrants. The court has yet to rule on their claim that authorities did not have probable cause to search the compound.
For now, the court has planned to appoint a "special master" to determine which of the items state authorities can use as evidence.
Texas authorities have taken custody of 416 children who had been living on the ranch. They have yet to locate the 16-year-old caller.