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SALT LAKE CITY, April 23 (UPI) -- Utah's attorney general has been asked to investigate a phone call alleging abuse in the polygamist town of Hildale, Utah.
Authorities say the call appears to be similar to ones that prompted the raid on the polygamous sect compound in Eldorado, Texas, The Deseret Morning News reported Wednesday.
"What we got was some information that this may or may not be related to an existing criminal matter," said Liz Sollis, a spokeswoman for the Utah Department of Human Services.
The newspaper said the Utah attorney general's office is working with other law enforcement agencies investigating similar calls made to anti-polygamy groups, Arizona child welfare workers and a Texas crisis shelter.
"We're working with other authorities to see if it deserves further scrutiny," Utah attorney general spokesman Paul Murphy said.
Texas authorities this month raided the polygamous sect ranch at Eldorado looking for a16-year-old girl named "Sarah," who called a family crisis center hotline, claiming that she had been beaten, was pregnant and married to a 50-year-old man in Colorado City, Ariz.
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