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"I Was Speechless": Tri-State Women React to Conviction of Brooks Houck
WARREN COUNTY, KENTUCKY, JUL 8 – Brooks Houck and Joseph Lawson were found guilty on all charges after a 10-day trial using circumstantial evidence, with jurors recommending life sentences, officials said.
- On Tuesday, Warren County jury convicted ex-boyfriend Brooks Houck and co-defendant Joseph Lawson of all charges in the Crystal Rogers case after an eight-day trial.
- In July 2015, Crystal Rogers vanished after last being seen at Houck’s farm; prosecutors later charged him and Joseph Lawson with complicity and evidence tampering.
- Girdley, a former Houck employee, testified June 30 that Steve Lawson heard Houck wanted to “get rid” of Rogers and Joseph Lawson said he’d “bury her with a skid steer.”
- Jurors recommended life plus five years for Houck and 25 for Lawson, both serving 85% before parole, after a three-and-a-half-hour deliberation.
- Final sentencing scheduled for August 21, just after the 10th anniversary of Rogers’ disappearance, as her body remains unfound a decade later.
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"I was speechless": Tri-state women react to conviction of Brooks Houck
HENDERSON, Ky. (WEHT) — Two Tri-State women are reacting to the outcome in a high-profile murder case in Kentucky. They both knew Bardstown mother, Crystal Rogers, who went missing ten years ago and was never found. Brooks Houck was found guilty for the murder of Rogers in 2015. Emotions were high once the verdict was announced, especially for Bardstown natives now living in Tell City, that were close with Rogers and her family. Jordan Parrot an…
Community gathers in support of Crystal Rogers' family after Houck, Lawson guilty verdict
A jury found Brooks Houck and Joseph Lawson guilty on all charges Tuesday in connection to the disappearance of Crystal Rogers, bringing some closure to a case that has haunted Bardstown, Kentucky for a decade.After two weeks of testimony, jurors deliberated for just four hours before delivering the verdict that many in the community had been waiting years to hear."Yes. Finally. Finally yes. God did justice today," said community member Lisa Bla…
The Paducah Sun
Tribune CourierHouck, Lawson found guilty in Crystal Rogers murder
After deliberating for about four hours, a Warren County jury returned a unanimous verdict early Tuesday afternoon, convicting Brooks Houck and Joseph Lawson on murder charges in the 2015 disappearance and presumed death of Crystal Rogers.
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