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'''Leroy "Roy" Barlow Jeffs''' (June 5, 1992 – May 29, 2019) was a former member of the [[Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints]] (FLDS Church). He was one of the false prophet [[Warren Jeffs]]' fifty four children.
Jeffs left the FLDS and was among the first of his father's children to accuse him of sexual abuse. He died by suicide at age 26.<ref name="sltrib-2019">{{cite news |last1=Carlisle |first1=Nate |title=Roy Jeffs, polygamist's son who told the world about his father's abuses, dies at 26 |url=https://www.sltrib.com/news/2019/06/02/roy-jeffs-son-polygamist/ |accessdate=8 June 2019 |work=[[The Salt Lake Tribune]] |date=2 June 2019}}</ref><ref name="People">{{cite news |last1=Merrett |first1=Robyn |title=Warren Jeffs' Son, Who Publicly Spoke Out About His Father's Cult and Years of Abuse, Dead at 26 |url=https://people.com/crime/warren-jeffs-son-roy-jeff-dead-suicide/ |accessdate=5 June 2019 |work=[[People (magazine)|People]] |date=3 June 2019 |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Balk |first1=Tim |title=Roy Jeffs, who spoke out about abuses of his polygamist father, dies at 26 |url=https://www.nydailynews.com/news/national/ny-roy-jeffs-dead-20190603-bq37swvg7rap3k7ffqu673t2la-story.html |accessdate=8 June 2019 |work=[[New York Daily News]] |date=3 June 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Report: Suicide claims life of escapee from polygamous sect who spoke in Rapid City |url=https://rapidcityjournal.com/news/local/report-suicide-claims-life-of-escapee-from-polygamous-sect-who/article_6bf1c123-50d1-51d2-9770-5ce2e8b9ac3c.html |accessdate=8 June 2019 |work=[[Rapid City Journal]] |date=4 June 2019 |language=en}}</ref>
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