(Trent Nelson | The Salt Lake Tribune) Three girls embrace before they are removed from the home of Samuel Bateman, following his arrest in Colorado City, Ariz., on Wednesday, Sept. 14, 2022. Seven were removed from the Bateman home, as well as two others from another house as part of the investigation. Bateman admitted on Monday that he took the girls as his "wives" and had sexual contact with eight of them.