KY CRYSTAL ROGERS: Missing from Bardstown, KY - 3 July 2015 - Age 35 *GUILTY* (1 Viewer)

Parents of Missing Kentucky Woman Crystal Rogers Suspect Foul Play

The parents of a Kentucky woman last seen 10 days ago suspect foul play in her disappearance.

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The parents of a Kentucky woman last seen 10 days ago suspect foul play in her disappearance.

Crystal Rogers, 35, a mother of five, was last seen by her live-in boyfriend, Brooks Houck, on July 3, according to the Nelson County Sheriff’s Office.

Houck has said he had nothing to with Rogers’ disappearance. He has been extremely cooperative with investigators, police said, and he took a polygraph test.

Officer fired after 'tampering with brother's missing girlfriend case'

Mother-of-five Crystal Rogers, 35, was last seen on July 3. Her boyfriend Brooks Houck is the only suspect. His brother Nick was fired from the Bardstown Police Department.

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A Kentucky police officer has been fired for allegedly tampering with an investigation regarding the missing girlfriend of his brother, who has just been named the only suspect in her disappearance.

Crystal Rogers, 35, has been missing since July 3. Her boyfriend, Brooks Houck, has claimed the last time he saw the mother of five was the night before, playing games on her phone.

The only clue in Rogers disappearance was her maroon Chevy Impala, which was found unlocked and with a flat tire on Bluegrass Parkway on Saturday.

Inside were her keys, purse and uncharged phone.

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CRYSTAL ROGERS has been #missing from Bardstown, #KENTUCKY since 3 July 2015 - Age 35

Crystal, a mother of five, was last seen by her live-in boyfriend, Brooks Houck, on July 3, according to the Nelson County Sheriff’s Office. Houck has said he had nothing to with Rogers’ disappearance. He has been extremely cooperative with...

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Defense for Brooks Houck appeals murder conviction to Kentucky Supreme Court​

Attorneys for Brooks Houck filed an appeal with the Kentucky Supreme Court, asking that Houck’s conviction in the murder of Crystal Rogers be thrown out.

On Jan. 22, Louisville’s FOX affiliate, WDRB, reported that Houck’s defense claimed the state never proved Rogers, his girlfriend at the time of her 2015 disappearance, was ever even murdered.

The 69-page appeal relitigates much of the 10-day trial, attempting to poke holes in testimony from numerous witnesses and even sowing doubt in the impartiality of the jury.

“In the absence of any actual evidence of Crystal Rogers’s death, the jury was left to speculate as to whether Crystal Rogers is actually dead,” the appeal reads. “The jury’s speculation that Crystal Rogers is dead is not a substitute for evidence of her death. Accordingly, Brooks’s conviction for murder cannot stand.”

 

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Kentucky's 'Crystal Rogers Act' heads to House for a vote

The legislation was sparked by the Crystal Rogers case after Brooks Houck and his family secretly recorded a grand jury.

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Kentucky's 'Crystal Rogers Act' heads to House for a vote​

A bill filed to crack down on illegal recordings of grand jury testimony in Kentucky advanced Wednesday.

The legislation was sparked by the Crystal Rogers case after Brooks Houck and his family secretly recorded a grand jury. But because the statute of limitations had run out, no one was charged.

Sherry Ballard, Crystal Rogers' mother, is fighting to change that. She reached out to her local representative, Rep. Candy Massaroni, R-Bardstown, hoping to change state law.

"This bill is to protect the integrity of the grand jury and to extend the statute of limitations for anybody secretly recording grand jury testimony," Massaroni said Wednesday.

House Bill 305, called the Crystal Rogers Act, would extend the statute of limitations from one year to 10 years. It would also extend the statute of limitations for unlawfully sharing grand jury testimony from one year to five.

In the Rogers murder investigation, the recordings weren't found until years later during an FBI search. They were found by investigators in pants pockets and a bag full of bingo stamps. But the Houck family was not charged the statute of limitations had already passed.

 

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Joseph Lawson files appeal to have conviction thrown out in Crystal Rogers murder case

One of the men found guilty in connection with the murder of Crystal Rogers wants to clear his name.

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Joseph Lawson files appeal to have conviction thrown out in Crystal Rogers murder case​

One of the men found guilty in connection with the murder of Crystal Rogers wants to clear his name.

Joseph Lawson filed an appeal on Wednesday, April 15, seeking to have his conviction thrown out.

Lawson was sentenced to 25 years in prison after a jury found him guilty of conspiracy to commit murder and tampering with physical evidence. He’s now asking the Kentucky Supreme Court to throw out that ruling. His request for a new trial has already been denied.