Purported doomsday sect leader charged with child kidnapping

CEDAR CITY — The alleged leader of an Iron County doomsday sect accused of leaving two young girls in 50-gallon barrels for 24 hours was formally charged Wednesday with child kidnapping.
Samuel Warren Shaffer, 34, of Cedar City, is charged with two counts of child kidnapping, a first-degree felony, and four counts of intentional child abuse causing injury, a second-degree felony.
The case against Shaffer comes on the heels of charges filed Tuesday against one of Shaffer's purported followe