Source: kfsm.com

Custody hearings are starting for the six girls who were seized during a raid on the Tony Alamo Christian Ministries compound in Fouke.

The girls, ages 10 to 17, were taken by the state for their protection during a September raid at the compound. 2 of the girls are to be the subject of hearings Monday before Circuit Judge Jim Hudson in Texarkana, and hearings for the other girls are to follow this week.

The hearings will be closed because they are juvenile proceedings. The girls could be returned to their parents, placed with other relatives or remain in foster care.

Alamo was arrested in September in Arizona on federal charges of transporting minors across state lines to engage in sexual activity. He is being held in Texarkana, where he awaits a February trial.

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