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1961 — Robert Crossfield, aka Prophet Onias, begins having revelations and moves to Bountiful. He preaches that it is sinful for a man to coerce a woman to marry him or even to ask a woman to marry him. He believed women must choose for the marriage to be legitimate. He is eventually kicked out of the community and ex-communicated by both the mainstream Mormon church and the group that became known as the Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints.

October 1991 — RCMP conclude a 13-month investigation and recommend polygamy charges be laid against Dalmon Oler and Ray Blackmore’s son, Winston, who was the bishop. Eight months later, Attorney General Colin Gabelman decides not to lay charges after getting a legal opinion that suggests that the polygamy section of the Criminal Code is unconstitutional.

1993 — The B.C. Women’s ministry releases a report called Life In Bountiful that outlines abuses, including child brides and the practice of girls being traded back and forth across the border.

2002 — Ray Blackmore’s son, Winston, is ex-communicated and Dalmon Oler’s son, James Oler, becomes the FLDS bishop of Bountiful. The community splits between FLDS loyalists and those who follow Blackmore. Among those who choose the FLDS are Winston’s older brother, Brandon Blackmore, along with his wives, including Emily Crossfield (aka Gail Blackmore).

June 2004 — B.C. Attorney General Geoff Plant launches an investigation into allegations of sex exploitation and abuse in Bountiful, but it is more than a year before the RCMP appoint two senior investigators.