Kentucky mom Crystal Rogers disappeared in 2015 Credit: Federal Bureau of Investigation. Maybe it would look highly suspicious if they didnt call in the FBI, and if this as big as it seems, Brooks days might be numbered because he might know too much. The motive and person behind his murder remain a mystery to this day. The Nelson County Sheriff's Office, Jefferson County Sheriff's Office, FBI and Louisville Metro Police Department searched 300 acres with at least 14 cadaver dogs. number: 3, All Rights Reserved. By KATELYN NORRIS knorris@kystandard.com. Three properties owned by Houck, believed to be the last person to see Rogers alive, were searched last week, WDRB reported. Crystal Rogers disappeared on July 3, 2015. I just watched the Disappearance of Crystal Rogers and a lot of this was theorized in the show. A message seeking comment from an FBI spokesperson in Louisville was not immediately returned. !, And @WHAS11Hasch is at Nick Houcks home where federal search warrants are also being served this morning. I've been very quiet for a reason, so Im very satisfied.. You have permission to edit this article. During an early afternoon news conference, Sherry Ballard, Crystal's mother, said she was informed Monday morning by the FBI that a search of the 245 acre Houck farm was underway. that detectives planned to interview him and advised him not to speak with them. submission: { HLN Investigations is a news team that produces breaking news specials and HLN Original Series within the crime and justice genre. "I just want to see my grandson. However, he described his business as thriving and reportedly planned to replace his older property with new properties. widget: true, . Sheriff Ed Mattingly said at that time that Houck was fully cooperating with the investigation. Crystal Maria Rogers is an American woman from Bardstown, Kentucky who went . A memorial service for Crystal will be held Wednesday outside St. Thomas Catholic Church in Bardstown at 7:30 p.m. Beshear says 3 killed in Kentucky during severe storms Friday, Lawsuit claims Louisville pool company spent customer money on Vegas vacations and plastic surgery, Gov. We know that there are individuals out there who have specific information about Crystals disappearance and want to do the right thing, FBI Louisville tweeted Saturday. I'm going to put out everything I know about this case and others related to it. from Lowes. Her estranged husband, Edsel Eddie Barnes, and another man, George Weir, were eventually convicted and. In 2019, ahome being builtby Brooks Houckwas burned down inwhat city officials said was anarson case. The 35-year-old went missing on July 3, 2015. How 5 people could be murderer in a SMALL area with no arrests is unbelievable- simply unbelievable. Kentucky State Police is in charge of this case and classified it as a death investigation. The FBI and law enforcement will remain focused on bringing to justice the individual(s) responsible for Crystals disappearance. The Rogers and Ballard cases are unfortunately not the only unsolved cases to afflict the tightknit community of Bardstown, Kentucky. I moved out of Bardstown over a year ago when I realized I was in the crosshairs of Nick Houck, unbeknownst to him or me. "We are a very close family, and Im not doing anything different that any mother would do for their daughter at all," Ballard added. The mayor of Bardstown said Nick Houck phoned his brotherwhen he knew Brooks was being interviewed by detectives, warning that his brother "should protect himself," and that investigators "might be trying to trip him up," theKentucky Standard reported in 2015. "I'm 100 percent, completely innocent in this, he said. Like she's just right over my shoulder talking back and reading what I'm writing.. We appreciate the communitys support, particularly the residents of the Woodlawn Springs subdivision.. Witnesses also said they heard loud noises at Brooks Houcks residents and watched agents leaving with manila envelopes, the Kentucky Standard reported. We celebrate community and we tell your stories. In May, KSP Commissioner Rick Sanders hired two retired troopers to investigate a handful of unsolved and high-profile cases in Bardstown, including that of Rogers and Tommy Ballard, the ambush killing of Officer Jason Ellis and the brutal murders of Kathy and Samantha Netherland. Early on, friend and employee of Brooks Houck, Danny Singleton, faced 38 counts of perjury for lying to detectives during the investigation, but pleaded guilty to lesser charges of false. In 2017, Kentucky State Police hired former troopers to investigate the cases of both Rogers andJason Ellis, aBardstown police officerwho wasambushed in 2013and killedby at least two people. The motive and person behind his murder remain a mystery to this day. JUSTICE FOR CRYSTAL. "prerollTemplate":"https://pubads.g.doubleclick.net/gampad/ads?sz=640x480&iu=/132916964,1079947/wtvq.com/featured&ciu_szs=300x250&impl=s&gdfp_req=1&env=vp&output=vast&vpos=preroll&unviewed_position_start=1&correlator=1677885517&cust_params=category=Featured%2CLocal%20News%2CNews%2CState%20News&video_position=1&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.wtvq.com%2Ffbi-searching-bardstown-neighborhood-for-evidence-in-the-disappearance-of-crystal-rogers%2F&post=757748" For the first time, one of Crystals five children sits down with WDRB and talks about what life has been like without their mom. But his own investigation was cut short when he was shot and killed in November of 2016. Until the body is found, Nick and Brooks Houck will likely never be charged with her murder, or any others they've committed. An FBI Louisville spokesman previously said all three locations hadalready been searched "to various degrees" over the years. What did the sheriff at the time of the murders know about this investigation into Nick Houck? It's those millions of little things she has missed out on for five years now. The boyfriend of a missing Kentucky woman owns multiple rental properties at a subdivision that is the site of an FBI search Tuesday. Brooks was Crystal's boyfriend and was named as the prime suspect in her disappearance back in 2015. Someone, perched on top of the stone cliff above him, fired a shotgun. Crystal was last seen on the afternoon of July 3rd, 2015 playing games on her phone at her home. Nick Houck was also questioned by investigators in Rogers' disappearance. "That's what I've done, and it's worked out great this far.". " I'm just praying this will bring us some kind of closure. So I have to prepare myself. Features. that he only contacted his brother to tell him that "they might be trying to trip him up" and "he should protect himself.". . Crystal Rogers, a mother of five went missing over the July 4 weekend in 2015, authorities found her empty car with a flat tire on the shoulder of the Bluegrass Parkway. You just don't go to bed one night and not know she's gone and then not worry when she left the baby," Rogers sister Brooke Ballard told ABC News. Nelson County Sheriff Chief Deputy Joedy Gilleland was then named the new lead detective the following month. Then in August, Tommy and Sherry Ballard started on the path of trying to get custody of the 2-year-old son Rogers had with Brooks Houck. "If he truly loved my daughter, he would do anything to find her because we're doing anything," Sherry Ballard said. I'm not worried about nobody but my grandson and my daughter.". The couple, who have one child together, had been living together in Bardstown, a small town in the heart of Kentucky bourbon country, when Rogers vanished. Houck has been in the rental and real estate development business in Nelson County since the mid-2000s, and his business Houck Rentals was formed in May 2007. It is suspected That his brother Nick Houck, a local police officer was. According to WDRB, he owns 129 properties and 11 houses. Warren County Jail And the Nelson County Sheriff's Office named Brooks Houck the main suspect, but he wasn't arrested or charged. GitHub export from English Wikipedia. FBI agents have conducted multiple searches in and near Bardstown since Rogers went missing. Bardstown Police Chief Kim Kraeszig told WDRB that they conducted a search warrant at Houcks house, looking for financial records related to the theft allegations. "She could have just said 'I'm sorry. Do they think people are THAT dumb?? Her boyfriend, Brooks Houck, has now been named by police as a suspect. LOUISVILLE, KY. Another search is underway relating to the 2015 disappearance of Crystal Rogers in Bardstown, Kentucky. Again, the motive and perpetrator have never been determined. Last year, the FBI tore up a driveway in a subdivision of Bardstown whileconducting "several searches" related to the disappearance ofRogers. 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It's not the family farm that is located just off the Bluegrass Parkway exit where Ellis was killed, it was the family home. Brooks' friend was arrested for lying to police. Officials said Brooks Houck, Rogers' boyfriend, was the last person to see her alive when they were at his family farm the night of July 3. Who is Brooks Houck? To watch the 2018 series, visitOxygen's site. . Email notifications are only sent once a day, and only if there are new matching items. This sign asking for prayers for Crystal Rogers was recently placed in Downtown Bardstown. The land, which sits on 30 acres, is owned by the mother of Brooks Houck, who was named a suspect in the case in. Crystal Rogers case:FBI Louisville, other federal agencies search for Crystal Rogers with new warrants. There are a few aerial videos some of the searches and I never saw any pigs in them. According to her boyfriend Brooks Houck, Crystal Rogers was last seen on the night of July 3, 2015. I was just like, there's no way Im waiting a year to find my daughter, Ballard said, holding back tears. } } Last year a new detective, Joedy Gilliland, took over Crystal's case after Detective John Snow retired. I don't need an attorney. Nick Houck told the investigator, angrily. LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WDRB) -- The disappearance of Crystal Rogers has been a mystery since 2015. Since my moms been missing, life has been really hard. We live, work and play right here in Central Kentucky. Nestled between the post office and the Shell Gas Station, Bourbon City Kitchen and Trade Company is a hidden gem of Cox's Creek and Nelson Co. } Houck has denied involvement with Rogers'disappearance and has never been charged. According to WDRB, Rogers' family dont know who is responsible for the signs.. "I've been advised, you know, to ride the wave and keep on keeping on," he said. I agree with all of this I always knew the disappearance and the murder of Jason Ellis were connected.any connection to the women and her daughter who were murdered in their home before Jason Ellis was killed. Brooks Houck is the former boyfriend and main suspect in the disappearance of Crystal Rogers. Police say he was the last person to see her. It's very hard. Brooks Houck was named as a suspect in the 2015 disappearance of his ex-girlfriend Crystal Rogers, who is presumed dead. The 35-year-old was last seen alive on the Fourth of July weekend in 2015 and her loved ones have been searching ever since. When the Houck brothers' grandmother Anna Whitesides was subpoenaed to appear before a grand jury in June of 2016, the then-82-year-old invoked her Fifth Amendment rights, refusing to testify for the fear she might incriminate herself. That August, Whitesides home was searched, as were the homes of Nick Houck and his mother Rosemary Houck, where several pieces of farm equipment were seized, according to WLKY. And I just think to myself your day is coming.. Police subsequently released footage from the Houck brothers' separate police interviews. Investigators had wanted to ask her about a white car of hers they believed was connected to Rogers disappearance. Her kids need closure, but to physically hear it, its going to be so hard on us.". It would take three. Danny L. Singleton, reportedly a close friend and longtime employee of Crystal's boyfriend Brooks Houck, is charged with 38 counts of perjury for lying to investigators under oath. Her red Chevrolet Impala was found abandoned on July 5 with a flat tire along the Bluegrass Parkway with her keys, phone and purse still inside, FBI officials have said. The mother and daughter were found dead in their home on Springfield Road near Bardstown. Also, the farm isnt located right off the exit Ellis was shot from. Among the other past shows on the missing mother is"The Disappearance of Crystal Rogers," which premiered in 2018 onOxygen. Ballard's grandson, who was with him during the trip,was not responsible for Ballard's death, Kentucky State Police detectives later said. Halfway around the ramp, someone had dragged a pile of branches into the roadway. Everybody keep praying and don't lose the hope, Fenwick said. In one of WDRB last interviews with him, we asked if Rogers' body would ever be found. That same month, a three-judge panel ruled that Sherry Ballard could no longer see her grandson, the child of Rogers and Brooks Houck. Rogers' family was suspicious of her boyfriend. Houcks grandmother, Anna Whitesides, was also implicated when she invoked her Fifth Amendment right when called to testify in court; the station reported that whoever was responsible for her disappearance used Whitesides car to move Rogers body. Crime News is your destination for true crime stories from around the world, breaking crime news, and information about Oxygen's original true crime shows and documentaries. Two years later, Nick and his brother Brooks, who was also in on the drug smuggling, killed Brooks's then girlfriend, Crystal Rogers, who had uncovered information on the drugs and the murder of Officer Jason Ellis. I hope they hold Brooks responsible and arrest him some day because clearly he is guilty as all get out. More than a year after their last search, FBI agents descended on a Kentucky farm before sunrise Monday as part of their long-running investigation into the mysterious disappearance of Crystal. Houck is the last person known to have seen her, stating "she was on her phone playing games" at their . Whitesides' lawyer said, There are lots of things, particularly in a high-profile case, where there is as frenzied an investigation as there is here that could ensnare an 82-year-old woman.. Like, this is our story now. He was the last one to see her alive, and is also the only person ever named as a suspect. Investigators received a flood of tips after announcing several searches at the subdivision last week. Nearly a year later, in April 2014, 48-year-old teacher Kathy Netherland and her 16-year-old daughter, Samantha, were found dead inside their home. While Sherry Ballard has been hoping yet dreading the day her daughter is found, she told WDRB News in a recent interview that it won't be an easy day. Nearly every day since Rogers went missing, her father, Tommy Ballard, searched for her and even started his own investigation. There was a problem saving your notification. Sherry Ballard, the mother of Crystal Rogers, speaks with WDRB News in June 2020. He later confessed to lying in the case and spent seven months in jail. In late-July, Brooks Houck's new girlfriend, Crystal Maupin, was arrested. In July of 2017, Brooks Houck's current girlfriend, Crystal Maupin, was arrested after she was allegedly caught on camera ripping up signs connected to the investigation. Just a short time after that interview, Brooks Houck was arrested for stealing more than 200 bundles of shingles from Lowe's during four separate visits during an 11-day period. Detectives believe she was murdered. I can tell you if I was not happy with where my daughter's case was going, I would not be quiet like I am now. Houck is quite well-known in Bardstown, Kentucky. Brooks Houck, Rogers' [] He said that Rogers was on her phone when he went to sleep and gone when he woke up. The Rogers and Ballard cases are unfortunately not the only unsolved cases to afflict the tightknit community of Bardstown, Kentucky. In May 2013, Officer Jason Ellis was ambushed on his way home from work, and shot multiple times. 5 years later, nobody knows, The FBI has been offering a reward of up to $50,000, FBI said it is "offering up to a$25,000 reward, Your California Privacy Rights / Privacy Policy. In June, Whitesides was served with a subpoena to testify before a Nelson County Grand Jury, but she invoked her Fifth Amendment right not to talk. As a result, a three-judge panel said that there was a detrimental aspect to the boys visits with his grandmother. Create an account to follow your favorite communities and start taking part in conversations. "I'm looking forward to that day, but then again, I don't know if it'll all flood back into me at one time. The bureau has not identified what the item of interest is at this time. Ballard told WDRB that she believes that Houck is guilty of something and that her daughter got mixed up with the wrong person when she started dating him. READ NEXT: Crystal Rogers: FBI Takes Over Investigation Into Missing Louisville Woman, Brooks Houck: 5 Fast Facts You Need to Know, Copyright 2023 Heavy, Inc. All rights reserved. He told Snow that when he woke up on the morning of July 4, Rogers wasn't there. Anyone with information can submit a tip anonymously. Tommy was killed by Nick Houck, in retaliation for trespassing onto a property that was most likely used to hide Crystal's body, or evidence of her murder, before it could be destroyed. Brooks Houck was named as a suspect in the 2015 disappearance of his ex-girlfriend Crystal Rogers, who is presumed dead. Rogers' mother, Sherry. In 1979, Crystal Rogers Aunt, Freda Sharene Sherry Ballard, went missing from Bardstown, . Just a few days before the fifth anniversary of Rogers' disappearance, one of her daughters spoke publicly for the first time with WDRB News. 2023 NYP Holdings, Inc. All Rights Reserved, Pennsylvania woman missing since 1992 found alive in Puerto Rico, Missing San Francisco DJs wife posts heartbreaking update, Father of 5 vanishes after leaving Louisiana bar during work trip, San Francisco radio DJ had mysterious brain issues before disappearing, missing Kentucky mother last seen six years ago. An item of interest was discovered while investigators scoured for clues about the disappearance of Crystal Rogers. Days earlier, FBI Louisville announced that investigators were led to the subdivision based on information gathered in the past year. When the Houck brothers' grandmother Anna Whitesides was subpoenaed to appear before a grand jury in June of 2016, the then-82-year-old. That's the type of person she was. Her keys, cellphone and purse were still inside. With the case garnering national attention, so many in Bardstown and across the country have been left wondering what happened to the mother of five. Numerous podcasts have focused on the Crystal Rogers case. The trial was held a couple months later, and in April, a jury found Brooks Houck not guilty. Snow alerted Houck of gaps in his story, but Houck said he had nothing to do with Rogers' disappearance. Now is the time to come forward.. I hope the FBI truly is investigating this. "And now my whole family's name is trashed for something that's not even tied to me," he said. On the one-year anniversary of Tommy Ballards death, signs showed up around Bardstown speculating about Brooks involvement in Rogers disappearance. Whitesides has never been charged or arrested in connection with Rogers' disappearance. A $25,000 reward is being offered for information leading to an arrest and conviction in the missing moms case. The mother of five went missing on July 3, 2015, and she hasn't been found to this day. This case stinks to high heaven. pic.twitter.com/fg7nhk25jc, Fallon Glick (@FallonGlick) August 2, 2018. After a day like that, and almost every day, Kyleigh writes to her mom in a journal. These residents are not considered suspects.. We are the most trusted source for local news. He is the only suspect who has been named in the disappearance of Crystal Rogers, his ex-girlfriend and a mother of five. The envelope has never been found. She even let a friend stay with her because (the friend) didn't have a place to go. He escaped on foot, which is why the roadblocks didn't stop him. Several weeks after Crystal's disappearance, the Nelson County Sheriff's Office announced Crystal was presumed dead and named Brooks Houck the main suspect. In October, three months after Rogers disappeared, she was presumed dead by law enforcement. On November 19, 2016, Crystal Rogers' 54-year-old father Tommy Ballard was fatally shot in the chest by an unknown person while waiting in a field for his grandson to go hunting. Nelson County Jail Three properties owned by Houck, believed to be the last. Officers were authorized to search Brooks' home at 113 Glenview Drive, Nick's home at 730 Pulliam Ave., and a farm owned by the Houck family at 345 Paschal Ballard Lane, Beam said. The home of Nick Houck Brooks' brother, who was fired by Bardstown police in 2015 for allegedly interfering with the investigation into Rogers' disappearance was also searched, FBI. Crystal Rogers, 35, has been missing since July 3. Houck and Rogers had previously dated and had a child together. According to her boyfriend Brooks Houck, Crystal Rogers was last seen on the night of July 3, 2015. , he said she stayed up late playing games on her phone and was gone the next morning from the house where they lived with their 2-year-old son, Eli, and other children. The FBI was/is investigating the Bardstown and Nelson County police departments for corruption. FBI spokeswoman Katie Anderson told The Courier Journal in October 2021 the agency had "nothing new to share on the Crystal Rogers investigation.". Sherry believes Tommy was getting close to finding out what happened to Rogers before he was killed. 25 Feb/23. The FBI in Louisville said Friday that investigators scouring for clues about the disappearance of Crystal Marie Rogers, 35, recovered the unspecified item at the Woodlawn Springs subdivision in Bardstown, where the mother of five was reported missing in July 2015. The ex-troopers were also looking into Tommy Ballard's death and theslaying of teacher Kathy Netherland and her teenage daughter Samanthain 2014. Sherry Ballard believes he was targeted and even said he thought he was being followed in the days leading up to his death. Ballard has maintained that she will always believe Houck did something to hurt her daughter. A few months after Crystal Rogers disappeared, Brooks Houck took up with Crystal Dawn Maupin (above), a 41-year-old mother of three, and on July 8, 2016, Maupin announced on her Facebook page that the two were an item. Copyright 2020 WDRB Media. "That's my scary day," she said. Her estranged husband, Edsel Eddie Barnes, and another man, George Weir, were eventually convicted and sentenced to life in prison for her murder. They said it wasn't like Rogers to not respond, especially to her children. Despite this, authorities have not confirmed whether the remains belong to missing mom. As the years have come and gone, there's been a yearning for justice. Brooks Houck was named as a suspect in the 2015 disappearance of his ex-girlfriend Crystal Rogers, who is presumed dead. text: "Promote your event", Not at all!!!! "Crystal was a very good girl. You dont know what kind of monsters live there.. . It never gets easier, she said. The maroon Chevy Impala had a flat tire with her keys, purse and cellphone still inside. Ballard initially had visitation with her grandson, but after several custody hearings, a trial court began to have concerns. A few reports revealed that a suspicious man had been watching Molly. Several people around Houck, including two relatives and one employee, have also been implicated in the case. According to WDRB, Houck said that when his son would return from visiting the Ballards, his son would be sullen and uncooperative, extremely accusatory and demanding to know, what did you do to my mommy.'. The bones were reportedly located four miles from a Bardstown farm owned by Crystal Rogers' ex-boyfriend's family where the 35-year-old is believed to have last been seen alive. However, one person was always missing from the searches: Houck. #26. Link your TV provider to stream full episodes and live TV. element: "#evvnt-calendar-widget", However, family members of the still-missing Rogers were there to see the man unofficially considered a suspect i, Crystal Rogers: FBI Takes Over Investigation Into Missing Louisville Woman. Crystal Maupin pleaded guilty to theft charges in court Tuesday. Whitesides home was again searched in July 2017, following the death of Rogers father, Tommy Ballard. Beshear preemptively declares State of Emergency ahead of Kentucky storms, No one injured after historic building in Forest Hills neighborhood catches on fire, WDRB FCC Applications & Related Materials. WELLSVILLE - William F. Davis, 83, passed away on Wednesday (February 22, 2023) at Maple City Rehabilitation and Nursing Center following a lengthy illness. The HLN cable channel is a spinoff of CNN. More on Jason Ellis:Who killed Bardstown Officer? went missing over Fourth of July weekend in 2015. State and local investigators have executed search warrants at homes belonging to Rogers then-boyfriend, Brooks Houck an initial suspect who has denied involvement in her disappearance, the Louisville Courier-Journal reported. I dont think so. In December 2015, Louisvilles WDRB reported the arrest of Danny Singleton on 38 counts of false swearing after he allegedly lied under oath to a grand jury in relation to the investigation of Crystal Rogers disappearance. Talk to ABC 36 News anchors, reporters and meteorologists. It's been a long road, and it may be even longer, but I think we're getting close.". In July, the lead detective in Rogers' case, Snow, retired. She confided in a friend that if she were to ever go missing, or turn up dead, that she had a manilla envelope with evidence against Brooks. Several Ballard family members have even publicly accused Houck of being responsible for Thomas's death in 2016. We've received your submission. His family believes the same person is responsible for both Tommys death and Rogers' disappearance.
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