She would later tell WDRBthat in the weeks before his death, Tommy believed he was being followed. Brooks' friend was arrested for lying to police. Crystal lived with her boyfriend Brooks Houck, their two-year-old son, and her other kid. Here she appears with two of her five children. Kentucky mom Crystal Rogers disappeared in 2015 Credit: Federal Bureau of Investigation. Rogers, 35, of Bardstown, Ky., was reported missing by her mother July 5, 2015, two days after . As another anniversary of her husband's death nears, Sherry Ballard said tearfully of her partner of more than three decades, "I had the best husband in the world. As a result, a three-judge panel said that there was a detrimental aspect to the boys visits with his grandmother. My mom is a very special women, the daughter said. [1], Her family began to worry after multiple attempts to contact her that day failed. Did confirm federal warrants being served at both locations. Brooks' handyman Danny Singleton was arrested in December 2015 after an attorney said he lied to a grand jury about his whereabouts on the night Rogers vanished. Bio provided 11-22-2015 by member 46991706 bio: after the death of her husband in 1877 and shortly after the marriage of her daughter in 1880, she traveled with her daughter, Addie Eula and son-in-law, Charles Walter Archer, to Crystal, Tama Co., Iowa where she lived until her death. You dont know what kind of monsters live there.. It's still getting investigated like if it were a murder investigation or homicide investigation., In the absence of any arrests or new information, conspiracy theories have spread in an attempt to connect the Bardstown Murders. There are multiple people around Houck who have been implicated in her disappearance and Houck has also been accused of theft, for which he was acquitted. Not unlike the mythic feud between the Hatfields and McCoys, which happened nearby, the search to find out what happened to Rogers soon led to acrimony between her family and the family of her boyfriend at the time. [1] Ramon Pineiroa, the new Nelson County Sheriff appointed in 2019, has stated his commitment to solving the case. In 2015, Crystal Rogers was last seen at her then boyfriend, Brooks Houck . TOMMY BALLARD HAD BEEN OUT WITH SHI SON AND TWO GRANDSO TNSHAT MORNING. Former Chief Rick McCubbin said that Nick told his brother, Brooks, to leave the interrogation room, and Brooks did. He had been hunting on his private property with his 12-year-old grandson, Rogers' eldest son. Lucille Dsire Ball (August 6, 1911 - April 26, 1989) was an American actress, comedian, and producer. He continued to deny his connection to the disappearance, saying, "My whole family's name is trashed for something completely not even tied to me. Two days after his death, she textedLouisvilles WAVE 3 News, "I do not feel like this was an accident.". document.getElementById( "ak_js_1" ).setAttribute( "value", ( new Date() ).getTime() ); Thanks for contacting us. Sherry Ballard, Crystal's mother, said she and her late husband targeted that area early on. Her body was returned to Illinois. In an interview with Desert Sun, the performer claimed that her secret was to sleep outdoors. The FBI took over Crystal's case nearly a year ago and still no conclusion about what happened to Crystal, a mother of five. >> A PART OF ME WILL ALWAYS BE GONE. He kept going. Investigators had wanted to ask her about a white car of hers they believed was connected to Rogers disappearance. Disappearance. Years later, Ballard . He had been standing on family property, next to Bluegrass Parkway in Bardstown, when someone fired a single shot into his chest. "Jacques and I sleep on the patio or on the lawn by the pool," she said. According to radio station WBKR, Brooks did not report her missing for two days, and . Oxygen Insider is your all-access pass to never-before-seen content, free digital evidence kits, and much more! Crystal Rogers' mother feeling encouraged as FBI search continues, FBI offering up to $25,000 reward for any information in Crystal Rogers case. Published: 22:13 GMT, 25 August 2021 | Updated: 14:06 GMT, 26 August 2021. 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. REPORTER: AND NOW, FIVE YEARS LATER, BALLARD IS GROWING IMPATIENT FOR ANSWERS. The FBI took over the missing persons investigation last August, with 150 federal agents executing search warrants on nine properties, including a family farm and Houcks home, where IRS agents were seen removing files, documents and computer hard drives. Obituary. A $25,000 reward is being offered for information leading to an arrest and conviction in the missing moms case. The boy, who was 2 years old when Rogers disappeared, has been spending alternating weekends with Ballard since she and her late husband filed a petition for grandparent visitation just weeks after Rogers went missing. It's reported that 15 of 290 homes in the Woodlaw Springs subdivision built by Houck Rentals, Rogers' ex, could be search by the FBI, the Lexington Herald Leader reports. Her other four children, who have no relation to Houck, live with Sherry Ballard. I think someone wanted my husband out of the way because we were getting close to Crystal, and they knew he was the driving force behind her, Sherry said. 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. , refusing to testify for the fear she might incriminate herself. On July 15, Kentucky State Police detectives interviewed Nick, who initially refused to comply. Based on information collected over the last year by the federal investigation into the disappearance of Crystal Rogers, FBI Louisville is now conducting several searches in the Woodlawn Springs subdivision, the agency said Tuesday on Twitter. 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. 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To learn more about the "Bardstown Murders," watch The Disappearance of: Crystal Rogers on Oxygen. We are no longer accepting comments on this article. WAVE reported Kathy had been shot multiple times, while Samantha had been bludgeoned about the head, both women showing knife wounds to their necks. Sharp said of KSP's progress, "Really it's going to come down to old-fashioned police work, with the assistance of technology, but it's going to come down to beating the path, talking to people, that's how this case is going to be solved. That day, her dad, Tommy Ballard, found Rogers' keys, purse, uncharged cell phone, and a diaper bag inside her maroon Chevy sedan which had a flat tire on the side of the Bluegrass Parkway. "I think its safe to say that she's dead.". Survived by her husband Loren; children Margaret (Spencer) Gryz, Jim (Barb), Tom (Mary Fleischaker), Bob Fridgen, & Kathy (Kit) Olsen; grandchildren Nick, Alex, & Abby; sister Bernadette (John) Staum. [7] A judge later ruled to keep all future proceedings involving Whitesides confidential. Scattered storms (a few could be severe), mainly in Kentucky. INVESTIGATORS NOW BELIEVE THE SHOOTER PARKED HEER ALONG THE BLUEGRASS PARKWAY AND WAITEIND THE TREE LINE TO TAKE THAT FATAL SHOT. No arrests have been made in either case. In an interview with Nancy Grace, 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. Brooks Houck main suspect in Crystal Rogers case | BARDSTOWN, Four years after Crystal Rogerss disappearance, the investigation still focuses on one person: Brooks Houck. His father, Till Ballard,told the same stationthat Tommy was planning a large-scale, out-of-town search for his daughter the week after he was killed. In May 2013, Officer Jason Ellis was ambushed on his way home from work, and shot multiple times. Its been a very hard week, Rogers mother, Sherry Ballard, told the paper Thursday. On Nov. 19, 2016, he was shot and killed on the . Houck is the last person known to have seen her, stating "she was on . Houck told police that the last time they talked, he and Rogers got into an argument over how he treated her children, but he said that she was still at home when he went to bed, according to WHAS-11. "My husband and daughter did not deserve what . Check out never-before-seen content, free digital evidence kits, and much more! A 35 year old woman named Crystal Rogers went missing from Bardstown, Kentucky back in 2015. Crystal Rogers was 35 when she was last seen on July 3, 2015 at the home she shared with her boyfriend. On February 26, 2021, Gloria Lorraine Rogers, a resident of Severn for 49 years, passed away peacefully at home. Rogers' boyfriend Brooks Houck is the only named suspect in the case, An agent on the scene Tuesday told The Courier-Journal, a local newspaper, that investigators would search for as long as it takes.. Some of those properties Houck sold represented properties he had owned for many years, some as far back as 2005. pic.twitter.com/fg7nhk25jc, Fallon Glick (@FallonGlick) August 2, 2018. Nick Houck, whose brother is the chief suspect in the case, was fired from the police force for tipping his sibling off when investigators planned to interview him. "When I told him to rest a minute he didn't. On August 6, the same day that the FBI announced its was taking over Rogers case, Brooks and his brother Nicks homes were raided. No arrests have been announced in the case as of midday Monday. You have permission to edit this article. This arraignment has to do with felony theft charges. He tracked her whereabouts, recruited friends and family members toscour a 20-mile radiusaround Bardstown andacted as an intermediarybetween the investigation and the press. Nick finally took a polygraph test on July 20, after being contacted by the FBI. Known as the Bourbon Capital of the World, Bardstown, Kentucky, is a small town with a population of just below 14,000, but it also has an unsettling number of high-profile, unsolved murders and disappearances. Speaking in the wake of the Ballard shooting, longtime Bardstown resident Betty Greenwell told WDRB, "All these killings and murders and things going on here it makes you nervous. In August 2017, Tommys brothers, Mike and Roger Ballard, posted a $20,000 reward for information leading to the arrest and conviction of the person responsible for his death. Tommy Ballard spent the 16 months leading up to his death searching for answers in the disappearance of the couple's daughter, Crystal Rogers. The mother of five went missing on July 3, 2015, and she hasn't been found to this day. REPOER:RT SHERRY BALLARD TELLS ME SHE KNEW THE MINUTE HER PHONE RING THAT MORNING THAT WHAT HAPPENED WAS NO ACCIDENT. However, Rogers mother, Sherry Ballard doesnt believe him. We've received your submission. Her purse, keys, and uncharged phone remained inside the unlocked vehicle. "Every day somebody is looking at this case. Houck testified that "after returning from visits with the Ballards, (the boy) is sullen and uncooperative. Ever since her disappearance, Rogers' family has plastered signs around Bardstown and its neighboring communities asking for any information on Rogers. The FBI's Louisville office announced just before 9 a.m. that agents were conducting "judicially authorized activity" at 345 Paschal . Very nervous.". Kentucky State Police says not a day passes without someone looking at the case. We're gonna enjoy ourselves,' the detective said while reading aloud the text in footage obtained by WDRB. Brooks Houck is a businessman who is also the former boyfriend and main suspect in the disappearance of Crystal Rogers, a 35-year-old mother of five who went missing under suspicious circumstances . McCubbin said that Houcks conduct was unbecoming and showed poor ethics and integrity, WHAS-11 reported. Brooks Houck. Edsel "Eddie" Barnes, her estranged husband, and another man, George Weir, were later convicted and sentenced to life in prison for her murder. 2023, Hearst Television Inc. on behalf of WLKY-TV. Crystal Rogers is a woman about 34-35 years old who disappeared for nearly seven years. Other members of the Houck family were caught up in the investigation. While both crimes remain cold cases, Sherry says she believes they are related. Rogers family, however, was immediately concerned. To date, no one has been arrested for the disappearance of Crystal Rogers and the shooting death of Tommy Ballard. Cloudflare Ray ID: 7a162139496eef10 His family believes the same person is responsible for both Tommys death and Rogers' disappearance. Two days later, on July 5, Crystals 2007 Chevrolet was found parked with a flat tire by mile marker 14 of the Bluegrass Parkway. Mattingly said: "There's certain things that people do when they're on this earth and she has vanished from Earth. None of these claims, however, have ever been substantiated. AGE: 32 . 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