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Young Idaho teens 'taken' from home as part of terrifying PROPHECY, stricken mother claims
Two Idaho teenagers have vanished under chilling circumstances that their mother believes are linked to a radical end-times prophecy issued by imprisoned polygamist leader Warren Jeffs.
Allen Larand Fisher, 13, and Rachelle 'Shelly' Leray Fischer, 15, disappeared from their Monteview, Idaho home on Sunday, June 22, wearing the traditional clothing of the Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints.
Their devastated mother, Elizabeth Roundy, 51, fears they were taken by older siblings or loyal church members as part of a disturbing religious directive allegedly calling for the children to become 'translated beings' - through death and resurrection.
'Somebody stopped by and took them,' Roundy told ABC4. 'They [were] willing to go because they think that it's their salvation.'
Roundy, a former member of the FLDS church, left the sect over five years ago but says her children remained deeply entangled in the group's belief system.
She believes the two teens were lured or taken by their missing 18-year-old sister, Elintra Dee Fischer, who vanished on January 1, 2023 and has never been found.
Roundy alleges the church told her how to runaway. 'I am positive that FLDS are hiding Elintra,' Roundy said in 2023.
'It's just so erratic what they're being told to do. You never know what they're going to be told to do,' Roundy said, expressing growing terror over what might happen next.
Cult leader Warren Jeffs continues to influence followers of the Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (FLDS) from behind bars.
The mother believes the alleged abduction stems from a 2022 revelation by Jeffs, the FLDS 'prophet' who is serving a life sentence for child sexual assault, that instructed followers to gather their kids to prepare them for spiritual transformation.
The so-called prophecy, reportedly circulated among FLDS families, warns that followers must 'prepare themselves and their children to either be translated or Celestial[y] resurrected.'
According to Holding Out HELP, a Utah-based nonprofit aiding those fleeing polygamy, it is no metaphor.
'The last few years a new revelation came out,' said Tonia Tewell, the group's Executive Director explained to News 8.
'It encourages them to gather their followers, and they get to become translated beings, but they must die first, and then they'll be risen like Jesus Christ in two to three days and made pure.
'It's a five-year revelation. We're three years into it. And so I think she [Roundy] is worried that her kid's life may be taken at the end of the day.'
Roundy's history with the FLDS church appears to be tainted by trauma.
She says that in 2014 following a miscarriage FLDS leaders separated her from her children as part of her 'repentance.'
Authorities say the missing teens are possibly en route to Mendon, Utah, near Trenton
She was away for more than five years, eventually returning to regain custody only to discover disturbing stories about her children's care and psychological conditioning.
'I was worried sick about my children the whole time I was gone,' Roundy said. 'I didn't know whether they were being taken care of or loved. I know that they've been brainwashed to think that I'm a bad person.'
Her fears escalated after learning of Jeffs' apocalyptic 'translated beings' doctrine and reports of families being instructed to remove children from former members' homes to prepare them for death and rebirth.
'They truly believe that the only way to reach salvation is to go back to the FLDS,' Roundy said.
Authorities say the missing teens are possibly en route to Mendon, Utah, near Trenton, where they previously lived in an FLDS-affiliated community.
Roundy believes they may be with adult siblings still loyal to the church.
Jefferson County Sheriff's Office says the children may have been traveling in a gray Honda or Hyundai sedan with Utah license plates.
Authorities are unsure if the teens are still in the area or have crossed state lines.
Despite no solid evidence linking a specific vehicle, detectives have narrowed the disappearance to a two-hour window on Sunday evening.
Warren Jeffs, once the undisputed leader of the FLDS Church, was convicted in 2011 for sexually assaulting underage girls, some as young as 12, whom he claimed as 'wives.'
Despite his incarceration in a Texas prison, he is still considered the church's prophet, issuing revelations from behind bars and allegedly coordinating the movement of followers through intermediaries.
'There are some revelations out that are really concerning… that talk about becoming translated beings, but they must die first,' Tewell said.
Jeffs' influence, according to some experts, mirrors that of infamous cult leaders like Jim Jones and David Koresh - radical figures who led followers to mass death under the guise of spiritual purity.
The case of Allen and Rachelle may not be isolated. Holding Out HELP and other advocacy organizations report an uptick in missing youth linked to FLDS enclaves, often tied to disturbing new teachings that reframe death as a path to redemption.
