- Ruby Franke, the disgraced family vlogger creator and co-creater of 8Passengers and ConneXions appeared in court on Friday facing 6 counts of Felony Child Abuse. Her Partner, Jodie Hildebrandt faces the same charges although they appeared in separate hearings. According to People Magazine She appeared from, virtually, from the Washington County, Utah Jail in front of Judge Eric Gentry who ruled that she would remain behind bars without bail until her next hearing slated for September 21st. Her case was also transferred to the Docket of Judge John Walton who is overseeing Hildebrandt's case. Upon announcing the arrest of Franke, her eldest Daughter, Shari, 20, released a statement on her Instagram account stating "Finally. Me and my family is so glad justice is being served. We've been trying to tell the police and CPS for years about this, and so glad they finally decided to step up. According to Fox News charges included "causing or permitting serious physical injury to [the two juvenile] victims in three different ways: (1) a combination of multiple physical injuries or torture; (2) starvation or malnutrition that jeopardizes life; and (3) causing severe emotional harm."
- Jodi Hildebrandt previously had her license to practice therapy suspended following a 2008 incident where she broke a patient's confidentiality. Adam Steed, Hildebrandt's former patient, spoke to People Magazine about the incident when she was his therapist and marriage counselor. According to Steed, Hildebrandt disclosed personal and confidential information to the Mormon Church as well as the honor code office of Brigham Young University. He says that, as a result, he was removed from the school and banned from church services. According to this article, documents confirmed that Hildebrandt "admitted to disclosing the confidential information with clergy members and with administrators." Steed said "these super sophisticated forms of manipulation that Jodi did just destroyed my life in incredible ways and she has a huge body count of exacerbating people's problems. She completely controls the relationships [during counseling]. Her doctrine is that she believes that relationships need to die before they are reborn"
- If you suspect child abuse, call the Childhelp National Child Abuse Hotline at 1-800-4-A-Child or 1-800-422-4453, or go to www.childhelp.org. All calls are toll-free and confidential. The hotline is available 24/7 in more than 170 languages.
- Cody Allen Wade, the Indiana man convicted of the stabbing death of his mother's boyfriend, Carl Haviland on August 3rd, was sentenced to 85 years in prison on Wednesday. According to People Magazine prior to the murder, Wade had left a cookout and then walked to his mother's home. he stopped at another home briefly and told the resident inside he was about to kill someone. Judge Pell wrote "the defendant repeatedly stabbed Carl Haviland not only in front of the defendant's own mother but did so in spite of her efforts to physically prevent him from committing the crime. After stabbing him, Wade also kicked and taunted the victim. In addition, the entire act was recorded in a voicemail left for Cody Wade's mother. he had called her prior to the murder and never hung up the phone. He was sentenced to 60 years for the murder plus 15 years after being found to be a habitual offender he received 10 years for two separate counts of felony battery on a public safety official with injury and then five years. 3 charges were concurrent, the felony battery, and misdemeanor resisting law enforcement. He will receive credit for two years he has already served since his arrest in 2020.
- Crystal Rogers was last seen alive on July 3, 2015. According to her boyfriend Brooks Houck, he last saw her the evening of July 3 when they went to bed, but when he woke up the next day, she was nowhere to be found. According to People Magazine, he was identified as a suspect months later, but no charges were ever filed. His brother was also fired from the police department following accusations of interfering with a police investigation. Human remains were found nearby where she was last seen but the FBI stated in November that they didn't believe these remains were that of Crystal Rogers. She has been presumed dead since October of 2015. This week, a man was reportedly arrested in connection with her disappearance. Joseph Lawson, 32, is facing charges of murder and tampering with physical evidence and is being held at the Grayson County Detention Center in a $500,000 bond. The Indictment does not specifically name Crystal, allegedly, but it states that he is "charged with a crime committed on July 3 and/or July 4, 2015 in Nelson County when he agreed to aid one or more persons in the planning or commission of the crime or an attempt or solicitation to commit the crime when he, and/or, a co-conspirator intentionally caused the death of another."
- Joseph Shymanski, a prominent Washington, D.C. photographer was reported missing on Labor Day weekend from Huntingtown, Maryland. Remains believed to be his were located on Thursday. In a Facebook post the Calvert County Sheriff's office stated "while we have yet to formally identify the remains discovered, we do believe they are associated with our ongoing investigation. In wake of this tragic case, our condolences go out to the family of Mr. Joseph Shymanski, especially his children. Our thoughts remain with them at this very difficult time." The same fay these remains were found, Calvert county officials announced they had made an arrest, that of Brandon Holbrook of Reedsville, Pennsylvania. After searching the home of Shymanski, police suspected foul play and identified Holbrook as a suspect. Detectives with the Criminal Investigation Bureau executed multiple search warrants at the home of Holbrook, eventually taking him into custody on charges go first-degree murder, second-degree murder and first-degree assault. He is currently awaiting extradition to Maryland.
- In November of 2008, 34 year old Krista Lueth, a horticulture student at Michigan State University, left food on her stove and her pet in her apartment, before walking out the door, presumably planning on being right back. she never came home. she was reported missing after failing to show up for class, and she has yet to be found. At the time, according to her father Roy, she was dating a man named Brad Cournaya. According to Fox News, evidence tied to her disappearance pointed to Cournaya as her murderer. On Wednesday, he was sentenced to life without the possibility of parole for her murder. Roy said, "Overall, in my opinion, he was a very unstable person. That day I told her that the defendant was not someone she should be associated with, and she needed to get away from him now." At sentencing Judge Joyce Draganchuk said "I did … contemplate trying to appeal to some sense of decency to say something to motivate you to reveal where Krista’s remains are, but I realize you have no empathy or decency. So I crossed that off the list," the judge said Wednesday. "I also considered playing on your conscience in telling you that I hope every single time you close your eyes, you see Krista’s face. But then I reminded myself that you have no conscience.Furthermore, you do not deserve to see Krista’s face. You don’t deserve to have any part of Krista with you. In the end, I decided that there really is nothing I can say to you. I only have words for those who love Krista, and they are ‘I’m sorry for your loss, your loss of a daughter, a friend, a student. She’s always with you, regardless. You don’t need physical remains. The most important part is she’s with you always." Previously Cournaya had been convicted for human trafficking of a minor for commercial sexual activity, child abuse, and failure to register as a sex offender.
- A math teacher at a private Christian school was arrested after being accused of raping two of her teenage students. Chrystal Frost a 35 year old married mother, resigned last month from Crenshaw Christian Academy following accusations, that were proven true, of sending sexually explicit photo's to her minor students. The schools administrators had received information that a 15 year old student had a topless photo of Frost on his phone. When confronted, She "admitted to a different photo she sent to the cheerleaders where she pulled her Nike shorts up high allowing her butt cheeks to show, took the picture and sent it as a joke." this incident was reported to the Luverne Police Department who, subsequently launched an investigation. Following an interview with police, the minor admitted Frost sent the inappropriate pictures, asked him for pictures 'from the abs down' and then offered sex. The Minor and Frost met up on land owned by the teenagers parents at least for times where she committed rape. Another incident involving oral rape occurred when he went to do chores where frost met up with him. A second minor was also tracked down and he confirmed the same tactics were used soon him. Following the encounter, she sent the minor two more photos via SnapChat, and then blocked the minor. she has been arrested and charged with veling to meet a child for an unlawful sex act, electronic solicitation of a child, two counts of a school employee engaging in a sex act, and two counts of a school employee distributing obscene material to a student.
Sept. 10, 2023
True Crime Case Updates 9/3-9/10 * trigger warning for CSA*
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