What happened to Crystal Rogers?
Crystal Rogers disappeared from her home in Bardstown, Kentucky on the 3rd of July 2015. Her boyfriend Brooks Houck claimed she went missing from their home in the night and her car was found deserted on a nearby highway 2 days later. The keys were still in the ignition and her purse and phone were also found inside the car.
Rogers’ family thinks Houck killed her, and he was considered a suspect at the time of her disappearance. Police think the case could be linked to the unsolved shooting death of Rogers’ father while hunting in 2016.
Rogers was 35 when she went missing and was living with Houck with whom she had a 2-year-old son, along with her other children. Houck was the last person to see her alive.
What happened during the investigation?
The case went cold with nobody found despite a $100,000 reward being offered for any information on the case. Police said they had a pretty good idea of what happened to Rogers, but they didn’t have the evidence to back up their theories.
Tragedy struck again for the Rogers family on the 19th of November 2016, when Crystal’s father Tommy Ballard was shot to death. He was hunting on his property with his 12-year-old grandson and was shot once in the chest. Police didn’t point the blame at the grandson and they also ruled out suicide, as Tommy’s gun wasn’t the one that was fired. So what happened to him?
Where is Brooks Houck now?
In September 2023, a local man, Joseph Lawson, was indicted on charges of conspiracy to commit murder and tampering with evidence.
On the 5th of October 2023, Crystal Rogers’ boyfriend Brooks Houck, was arraigned on a charge of murder. Prosecutors revealed police had found a gun sold by Houck’s brother under an assumed name that could be matched to the murder weapon in the killing of Tommy Ballard.
In December 2023, Steven Lawson was also arrested and indicted on charges of conspiracy to commit murder.
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