. >> reporter: in the years since sabrina kesner left the church she has remarried and had another childd have visitation rights with her other kids she was only recently awarded full custody. however, when she showed up this past friday here this this remote desert community along the utah/arizona border the children's aunt who had been caring for the kids, refused to hand them over. a crowd formed and the standoff began. we're not in america anymore, basically? >> oh, no. you basically drove off the map. >> reporter: i recently spent time here with sam brower who's been investigating the flds for years and was on scene when the situation with sabrina played out. what is life like for flds kids? >> very mundane. they don't have toys. they have tools to play with. you don't see any bicycles. you don't see any toys. >> reporter: brower who wrote a best-selling book about his experiences with the fldss says little girls here are groomed to be brides to older men, and the boys are trained to be workers. >> the boys are slaves basically. their hope in life is that to be assigned some girl th