The mystery was solved when the driver who had picked him up also stopped at the home of Anthus Barlow and his 17-year-old daughter, Vivian.

"I had seen her a few times, but I didn't really know her," Musser said.

They drove to the Holiday Inn Express in Kanab, entered through a back door and made their way to a lower-level room.

Warren S. Jeffs, who became the FLDS prophet in 2002, was there. So were a handful of FLDS officials: Lyle Jeffs, his brother; William Timpson Jeffs, a bishop; and Nathan Jessop, a bishop's counselor.

The ceremony lasted just minutes.

"He asked if we felt fine about it and, you know, I did and I knew she did. So he married us," Musser said. "It was really weird."

Jeffs cautioned the couple about the need for secrecy because the law was after him.

The newlyweds spent the night in Hildale with Musser's family. The next day they met with William Timpson Jeffs, who assigned them a home.

"Of course, anything like that is going to be quite awkward," Musser said of those first weeks of married life. "We just got to know each other as time [went] on."

It proved a good match. They fell in love, Musser said.

"I know she was really, really happy. And I was, too," he said. "They call it Cloud 9 or something."

On July 30, 2005, Vivian gave birth to a son at the Hildale Health Service Center. They named him Levi.

Musser, now 22, has all-American good looks, an easy-going manner and a dimpled smile that surfaces quickly when he talks about Levi.

"He's got strawberry-reddish hair. Real handsome little guy. Big blue eyes," Musser said. "He is cuter than a little bug. He's an energetic little guy. Busy, real busy."