Tucson, USA - The FBI has added $50,000 to a reward fund for information leading to the arrest and conviction of a Utah and Arizona religious leader wanted on charges of child molestation and unlawful flight.
Authorities are now offering a total of $60,000 for help tracking down Warren Jeffs, leader of the Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints. The attorneys general of Utah and Arizona previously had offered a $10,000 reward.
"We hope the $50,000 will motivate individuals who have information to come forward," FBI Agent Deb McCarley said Tuesday.
Jeffs, 50, is described as 6 feet 4 inches tall and 150 pounds, with brown hair and brown eyes. He has been on the run for seven months.
Jeffs oversees the largest polygamous religious group in the nation, with outposts in Arizona, Utah, Texas, British Columbia and Colorado.
The sect is not affiliated with the mainstream Mormon Church.