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’Doomsday prepper’ who is member of 'Knights of the Crystal Blade' charged with kidnapping the morning after an Amber Alert results in his two daughters being recovered

Related Topics: Kidnapping, Sanpete County, Utah

A Sanpete County man has been charged with kidnapping in connection with the disappearance of his two children.

On Tuesday, Coltharp was charged in 6th District Court with first-degree felony kidnapping and obstruction of justice, a class A misdemeanor.

Coltharp was located Friday outside of his Spring City home and was booked into the Sanpete County jail on a custodial interference hold.

On Monday, Iron County Sheriff’s Office deputies raided a compound in Iron County and recovered Coltharp’s two young boys. However, Shaffer — the leader of Knights of the Crystal Blade — and Coltharp’s two young daughters were missing.