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ELDORADO, Texas — Authorities who removed 219 women and children from a polygamist compound were struggling Sunday to determine whether they had the 16- year-old girl whose report of an underage marriage led them to raid the rural property.

Many people at the compound, built by followers of jailed polygamist leader Warren Jeffs, are related to one another and share similar names; investigators said in some cases they were giving different names at different times.

Officers entered the temple on the grounds late Saturday. On Sunday, law enforcement agents searched for more children and evidence at the 1,700-acre compound.

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