>> so at sherilyn's insistence, they pull off the freeway and drive into this parking lot. >> sherilyn's sitting in the vehicle. she didn't want to get out. so, i walked around to her side of the car, and at that very minute, the truck pulls up. she jumps out of the -- they grab her, she's in the truck and they're gone. i mean, it happened like >> reporter: the rohbocks say they have no doubt that sherilyn somehow tipped off the flds and helped set up this brazen snatch-back. so, where is your daughter now? >> i have no idea. >> my personal belief is that she's right over here in lyle's complex. i helped build that property. you know how many secret hiding places there are in that place? they've got caverns within caverns in there. >> reporter: the resistance and resources of the remaining flds hardcore membership raises some disturbing questions. could they resort to violence as the leadership of this outlaw church loses its grip? >> the people who are left following him are following a madman who, i don't believe, has any hesitation at all, in leading these people out in a blaze of glo

>> exactly. >> reporter: the fbi has taken sherilyn into custody. >> just know that they're thinking about you. >> reporter: now ron, and his new wife, geri, decide to bring his daughter into their home. >> she was a little distant, but it was a very short period of time before she had both arms through my arms. >> reporter: on the advice of a lawyer, the rohbocks and sherilyn leave the creek and go into hiding, a secret seven-day road trip to california, to buy the rohbocks legal custody. >> we got down to santa monica. and we got a room. and we walked over to bubba gump's. you can see in the picture, she was smiling. >> she lit up. >> she was having fun. >> reporter: she had been taught since birth that the outside world was evil. >> oh, yeah. >> reporter: and here you were demonstrating -- >> it wasn't. it was fun. >> reporter: for the rohbocks, these first baby steps toward a new family life for sherilyn seemed to be going well. and for charlene jeffs, a surprise phone call of her own. >> my husband called me and said, "hey, let's settle this out of court." >> reporter: her husba

these first baby steps toward a new family life for sherilyn seemed to be going well. and for charlene jeffs, a surprise phone call of her own. >> my husband called me and said, "hey, let's settle this out of court." >> reporter: her husband, lyle jeffs, agreed to a secret meeting, and reluctantly gives up custody. >> we're here to file custody paper, so that i can get my two underage children. >> reporter: the judge orders the handoff that day. charlene invites us to document the transfer from a distance with a sheriff, a marshal and church security right there to make sure it all goes smoothly. the kids refuse to get out of the white car they're in, but they do agree to follow their mom to their new home outside of the creek. >> it was a hope. it was a risk in losing them altogether. i had to just rely on faith and prayers. >> reporter: so, here we are. charlene jeffs, flds royalty sabrina broadbent, through sheer determination. and ron rohbock, all now reunited with their children. but will it last? >> the truck door opened up and they grabbed her and pulled her in

but ron and geri notice something odd in sherilyn's behavior. >> she was writing in shorthand. journal. and as they approach the nevada border town of mesquite -- >> she said to me,oh, we're not stopping in mesquite?" why was she so concerned about not stopping in mesquite? >> reporter: so, at her insistence, they pull off the freeway and drive into this parking lot. >> sherilyn's sitting in the vehicle, okay. she didn't want to get out.t. so, i walked around to her side of the car, and at that very minute, the truck pulls up. she jumps out of the car. they grab her, she's in the truck and they're gone. i mean, it happened like clockwork. >> reporter: the rohbocks say they have no doubt that she somehow tipped off the flds and helped set up this brazen snatch-back. >> i have no idea. she's right over here in lyle's complex. i helped build that property. you know how many secret hiding places there are in that place? they've got caverns within >> reporter: the resistance and hardcore membership raises some disturbing questions. could they resort to violence as the leadership of

lawyer, the rohbocks a and sherilyn leave the creek and go into hiding, a secret seven-day road trip to california, t buy some time for the judge to grant the rohbocks legal custody. >> we got down to santa monica. and we got a room. and we walked over to bubba gump's. yoyou can see in the picture, she was smiling. >> she lit up. >> she was having fun. >> reporter: she had been taught since birth that the outside world was evil. >> oh, yeah. >> r reporter:nd here you were demonstrating -- >> it wasn't. it was fun. >> reporter: for the rohbocks, these first baby steps toward a new family life for sherilyn seemed to be going well. anfor charlene jeffs, a surprise phone call of her own. >> my husband called me and said, "hey, let's settle this out of court." >> reporter: her husband, lyle jeffs, agreed to a secret meeting, and reluctantly gives up custody. >> we're here to file custody paper, so that i can get my two underage children. the handoff that day. charlene invites us to document the transfer from a distance with a sheriff, marshal and church security right there t make sure it