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Polygamists Clash Ends After 13 Day Standoff in Utah
In Marion Utah five clan members were jailed while leader Addam Swapp lay seriously wounded after a 13 day siege that ended in a gun battle killing a state corrections officer. FBI agents found 22 firearms and 22 dynamite sticks at the compound as the group sought national media attention and a platform for their beliefs.
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Marion
Utah
Vickie Singer
Singer
John
Harald
Addam Swapp
FBI
Swapp
Cal Clegg
University of Utah Health Sciences Center
Salt Lake City
Heidi
Charlotte
Jonathan Swapp
Timothy Singer
U.S
Brent Ward
Fred House
State Department of Corrections
Clegg
Snapp
House
Fred
Richard P. Lindsay
United States