That fake phone call with his brother in the interview room. Ridiculous! He’s a grown man, yet proceeds to say loudly “ if you are telling me to get out, I will” the detectives blood most have been boiling!

Update if anyone’s binge watching like me in 2023 lol : he’s been charged with her murder as of October 2023 8 years later! His bail is set at 10 million. Trial is currently ongoing.

Super late, but I just wanna comment that the Chief of Police choosing to not stand behind a dirty cop, is the kind of energy we need in every jurisdiction.

Brooks was arrested for Crystal’s Murder! I hope justice comes to her and her family 🙏✨

My blood boils everytime he's asked a question and he says "that is a great question...." and then proceeds to clearly LIE 😠

Ppl like to talk about big cities, but never trust ppl in small towns. The corruption runs DEEP.

Update: Brooks has been charged with crystals murder and was arraigned early this month of October 2023

I'm not even 4 minutes into the video, and my heart is broken at how he treats his "nonbiological " kids. My mom and step dad were married for 31 years, and he NEVER treated us any different than his biological daughters. He passed away 10/12/21. And my heart is just as broken as if it had been my biological dad passing away. 💔💔

if my son ever touched a woman i would be the first one to turn him into the cops. it’s disgusting how whole families cover for abusers.

Imagine being Sherri. Your sister and daughter go missing, and your husband gets shot and killed. I feel so bad for her and her family❤️

At 24:45 when the chief was speaking, that’s respectable as heck because usually the boys back the boys. So that’s really cool that he noticed off behavior and shut it down.

I am terrified at the thought of ever being asked what I did on a day to prove my innocence. I can't remember what I ate for dinner two days ago.

If a cop can't remember something from the recent past, he doesn't need to be a cop.

Every time Brooks responded with "that is a great question..." you can totally feel his involvement. He thinks he's so slick

Hey Kendall, I live an hour away from Bardstown and the FBI has been down here since Tuesday with cadaver dogs and digging up driveways and lawns. Just today they released a statement saying that they "found an item of interest in the Crystal Rogers case".

If I ever die I want her to cover my case. She covers each case with such sweetness and sympathy towards every single victim in every case.

“Some people have accused you of not helping enough in the searches. What is your response” “That is definitely a great question... uuhhh...” As if the guy wasn’t already suspicious enough...

when tommy’s father started talking about his son i started crying, they seem like a very sweet family and the fact that they’ve had to go through this 3 times just isn’t fair

For anyone watching this as June 14th 2022, there is NO new updates on this case other than they FBI coming out and stating they are 99% sure this case will be solved at some point. That is it, so again NO NEW UPDATES, the remains found in 2020 have NOT been confirmed to be that of Crystal's. For what it's worth and in my humble unexprienced opinion it was definitely Brooks and the brother Nick 100% is complicit in the cover up. R.I.P Crystal and Tommy I truly truly hope that the family ESPECIALLY Sherry find the truth, get the justice they so dearly deserve and sooner rather than later, somehow are able to bring Crystal home and lay her to rest properly alongside her beloved Dad.

Brook's behaviour in the interrogation room was such a tell-tale sign of some kind of involvement.. I mean come on. I've watched my students behave that way whenever they're caught in a lie and even my students know to immediately straighten up and tell the truth.

Interviewer: why did you kill your wife? Brooks: “that is a great question and I really appreciate you asking”

Lying to anyone is scary, but lying to Nancy grace on live television sounds like my worst nightmare.

The first time Brooks responded to a question with ‘that is a great question and I appreciate you asking it’, I knew his ass was guilty! I would be in shambles and and not so worried about niceties.

I live about 15 mins from Bardstown and this case is still super talked about. Recently the FBI began digging up Brookes driveway so hopefully some evidence will be found. It’s all woods and trees in Bardstown I get chills driving through it. It sucks that so many people died in this one case

" A really nice town, no crimes ever happen there" Also the town: Crystal disappears, her aunt is also missing, her dad gets shot, police officer ambushed and murdered, another family brutally murdered, drug cartels. Yes seems like a lovely place

Can we talk about how the Aunt is also missing.... And then the father gets shot!!! What kind of town is this!?!?

This case really got me in the feels. I am also a single mamma! Ladies always remember to put your kids first!

Lol that polygraph interview with Nick was hilarious. Angrily: "I don't give a damn what your fucking computer says." Brightly: "I think you do!"

The fact that they had another family member years ago go missing also... That blew my mind, what are the odds

Seems like there’s a lot of crime in that town, for a town that has no crime

Her father definitely was very close to finding out what happened to his daughter 🥺 rest in peace to the both of them. This is so sad..

he did it. I'm like 7 minutes in and I already know he did it.

Ladies if a man has the audacity, the bravery, THE COURAGE to not buy food for your children whilst he buys food for his own YA BETTER RUN

“That’s a great question...” “I’m happy you asked that question..” those are stalling statements. People say these things when they’re trying to come up with what to say.

This entire case has me sobbing. I realize this was about 11-12 months ago, but I still can't get over everything that happened to this family.

There has been an update on this case!! They are digging up the driveway on 1 of the properties the boyfriend owned .

“She stays at her cousin’s sometimes.. you know like her father’s brother’s daughter” over explaining is a reedddd flaaag

If my boyfriend doesn’t like my kids just because it’s not his, he’s gone. Please put your children first.

UPDATE: Sept 27, 2023 Brooks Houck has been arrested and charged with murder!!! Hopefully the evidence proves him guilty if he is. Crystal will get justice and her family closure ❤️

Brooks murdered Crystal and Nick helped get rid of her body. Rosemary knows and protects her sons.

the guy running nick’s polygraph test KNEW that he had gotten into his head lmao when nick was like “i dont give a damn what your computer says” and the guy says “i think you do” you can just hear the satisfaction in his voice

Damn all those murderers suffering from memory loss, such a tragedy

UPDATE: The FBI has conducted two searches in Bardstown; the first search occurred during August of 2020 and the second was in August of 2021. The second search took place in the Woodlawn Springs subdivision, where Brooks Houck's construction company built several houses shortly after the disappearance of Crystal Rogers. The FBI has not disclosed any details of their findings at this location, but on August 27, 2021, they did announce that an "item of interest" had been recovered from the concrete at one of the homes. During this most recent search, the FBI also stated that they know there are people in Bardstown who have information on this case, and added that it was time for those people to come forward. TLDR - Something of interest was found where Brooke's construction company built houses. FBI know people know what happened and aren't saying!

Watching that old man cry is just so heart wrenching. When old people cry, it seems so much more heavy since they came from an Era when crying wasn't ask acceptable as today

he’s SUCH a horrible actor but you can tell he believes he’s so convincing and intelligent with his answers

The start to every true crime story; *in quiet a small town* "crimes never happen here!"

There are MAJOR updates. The FBI is digging up around a house that her boyfriend was building at the time she died. They have found many 'items of interest', but have stopped digging because of Ida.

Hi Kendall, don't know if you know the latest update on this case, but about a month ago a Jason Lawson was arrested on conspiracy to comment murder and tampering with physical evidence, then 2 weeks later Brooks Houck was arrested for conspiracy and the murder of Crystal Roger's., possibly a 3rd will be arrested soon, at Brooks arraignment the prosecuting attorney said they have the gun and testing this gun it is believed to be used in the shooting death of Tommy Ballard, the attorney also said they purchased the gun from Nick Houck and Nick used another name in this transaction, another big thing the prosecuting attorney said is they have proof that members of Brooks Houcks family including his mother taped Brooks Grand Jury hearing he is setting in jail on a 10 million dollar bond and the Judge has refused to lower his bond. I have a feeling Brooks brother will be joining him behind bars soon. Thanks for your coverage. I hope justice can be done for Chrystal and her father Tommy Ballard, SHERRY Ballard deserves to see justice done as the other family members and the Bardstown Community. Thank you for covering Crystal's story. 1:20 2:28

‼️UPDATE:‼️ Just to let everyone know... sadly, the female remains found came back to NOT be that of Crystal Rogers. .. PLEASE continue to pray that this family eventually finds her & gets some sort of closure.🖤

That phone call from his brother is the equivalent to when you're on a bad date and text your friend to help out and when they call you with some excuse to get you out of there you loudly reply to everything they are saying with such extreme detail and emphasis that the other person knows the entire story without even asking. Like I literally cannot even think of a more staged call in my life.

if nick is actually involved in all of these cases, as a cop, it would’ve been so easy for him to destroy or tamper with evidence which could explain why kathy’s case is so cold

Waiting and praying for justice. You’re great at this Kendall! Stay well!

This is right near my hometown. My husband went to high school with her and my sister in law was one of her best friends. So glad you are finally doing it.

Never trust someone who doesn't treat your kids like their own if you're in a committed relationship.

Wait what… they can only use 10 pieces of evidence per case?!? That’s weird asf! I would assume that every case especially severe cases like this, I’d assume they would want as much evidence as possible… even if that means that they have 100 pieces of evidence… that’s weird that they have a limit, especially as small of an amount of evidence, that’s tragic to me!

i just wanna thank kendall so much. every morning when im getting ready or when im cleaning. i listen to your channel. you have a very special gift of story telling. i have listened to several true crime podcasts and documentary’s. and i gotta say your the best!! thanks! 💕

“It’s a quiet town” **Aunt went missing years earlier **Two years prior a police officer shot **Crystal went missing **her dad gets shot and killed Sounds pretty sketch....

Tommy's dad crying during his interview really hit me hard. This family deserves so much better.

Well my cousin Crystal sure is getting a lot closer to justice today FINALLY!!!

I can't believe it! I have ANOTHER addiction! I found your channel late yesterday. Today, no chores done, nothing cooked. Binge watched all day. U are a great presenter, always compassionate but passionate about your subject and as for your adorable fur-babies.....First I press the like button, then I look to see which fur-baby is honouring us, then I start to listen! I am not on Facebook (too old for that stuff!), so would really appreciate it if u could post any follow-up on you tube (the full extent of my technology expertise!) Many thanks for your hard work 😊😊

It broke my heart seeing Crystal's poor grandfather sobbing over the loss of his son. His old age should have been full of family, love and joy, not tragedy and loss. His grief was palpable. I wish I could have reached into the screen and given him a big hug...

That video of him receiving a call from his brother while being interrogated is so cringe. He’s obviously lying .

The chief really seems sincere in saying that nicks behavior was unacceptable to him, rather than just trying to cover his own but and make his department look good.

No offense to Stephanie Harlow but I literally was on her video of this case and my ADD kicked in so I started scrolling down to see recommended videos and saw Kendall did coverage on this case and I immediately left the video and clicked on Kendall’s video. Her coverage and video style are my favorite. Her and Christina Randall actually are my faves and who I recommend to people ❤

Her dads “hunting accident” is WAY too coincidental. He was getting too close on their tracks and Brooks and or his brother took him out. And Nick’s colleague’s death seems too coincidental as well. Maybe they have a serial killer(s) on their hands in that town. A police officer would be a good cover.

I'm from TX, so I consider myself to be pretty southern, but "date night" at the "farm" with a baby does not sound even slightly appealing to me.

So it takes several weeks to identify these remains, but 1 day to identify Brian laundrie ?! I am not an expert but that’s amazing to me.

Both brothers were huge narcissists. This whole case is so sad.. I really hope it’s eventually solved.

I heard that Michael Turney was arrested and charged with homicide in relation to Alyssa Turney's murder/disappearance. I just wanted to comment this because I'm so glad to hear it, and you've done so much for that case and for Alyssa's sister, Sarah.

I’m a retired Louisville Metro Homicide Detective. Just to clear things up, that’s not true about only being able to use 10 pieces of evidence in Ky. I’ve seen 100’s pieces of evidence presented in murder trials. I even checked with one of our retired Crime Scene Unit techs and he said this is absolutely false. I have no idea why this was said unless somehow it was taken out of context. Thanks for all your hard work and I enjoy your content!

So interesting, I can't believe that it's so hard to convict those two. Seems to happen all the time, they all know that nick and Brooke's had something to do with it, but can't go any further. So many missing murdered people and no one charged. So sad for the families.

This is close to me and it’s HEARTBREAKING how many people are involved and invested in this case. I hope they can bring her home ❤️

Can you imagine your sister going missing, then your daughter, and last your husband shot and killed in front of his young grandson to make it worse.. God bless Sherry. This is so sad! 😔

Kendall really paints a picture like no other. I watch a lot of great true crime channels on KZfaq...but kendall's are stil my favorite. So reliable and consistent. I know her research is done very well. Editing is impeccable and I know I'll be entertained as well as moved. I think she shows great respect to victims and families and just does it all with such honesty and professionalism. While still being widely relatable... all at the same time! A true queen as the kids say. 🤟 🖤

Update: there is a person arrested for the murder of Crystal Rodger's and is awaiting trial currently!

I swear Kendall's animals know they're on camera.😝😻

After googling the case to see if there was any updates, I found out that Crystal's mother, Sherry, was denied visitation rights to crystal and brooks son. Her other 4 kids live with Sherry but a judge ruled that due to the "tension" between the families, the child would be better off not seeing his grandmother. I feel so sorry for her, losing her daughter and husband, and now access to her grandson.

"Bardstown is a safe city" Also Bardstown: missing people, shooting incident, stabbing murder, drug activity..

Prayers to Crystal and her family, especially her Mother. She’s been through so much. I hope Crystal is found soon

I can’t believe this story, I am so sorry for Crystal and her babies, and family. I love how the family came together and are still close. The other things.. WOW- can’t wait to hear

People who don’t help with a search already know where the body is 🤷🏻‍♀️🤷🏻‍♀️

he keeps saying that he wasn’t worried cause she’d often leave when they would argue but he never mentioned an argument that would cause her to leave ??? Did I miss something ??

When old men cry something in my soul just aches because you know they all grew up with so much toxic masculinity... I hope everyone in this case finds peace

Crystals aunts case was solved. It was her husband and his friend. They’re both doing life.

his response to everything is, “wow that is a great question i thank you for asking... lemme pull something out of my ass real quick”

I feel like that phone call with his cop brother sounds extremely rehearsed... Like trying to make it look like he was willing to be cooperative but he was just advised not to and following directions... Idk something was weird about it

Sounds like this town is not all that peaceful and safe like they want to be. Crystal is missing, her aunt is missing, and the body they found was neither of those 2 women.

BROOKS WAS FINALLY ARRESTED FOR CRYSTALS MURDER ! Prayers for her family and her children .

I’m from bardstown. The police are involved- the whole town feels this way.

I really like the way she tells the story, very respectful and u can see it touches her

I am so glad you are sharing her story. As a born and raised KY girl myself, also from a little town, it breaks my heart for her family.

So suspicion in bardstown is that brooks brother nick either killed or had Ellis killed and crystal found out so they killed her and her dad got close to figuring it out so they killed/ had him killed

My Mom's hometown and family knows these people!! She has been following so closely I'm so happy to see my favorite youtuber covering this!!

I agree with Kendall. Brooks is guilty and Nick is an accomplice.

I’ve lived here for two years and never heard about her case until now saw some signs on the road but never questioned it this is crazy

Thank you for covering this case. I grew up 45 minutes away from Bardstown so this case really hits close to home.

To see the grandpa cry and see how hurt he was from the loss of his son and granddaughter absolutely broke me 🥺😥

My theory is that Nick was a dirty cop, Brooks was probably helping him (laundering drug money through rental properties or his construction business?) and Crystal found out too much info by working with Brooks for his rentals/being in a relationship with him. So she had to go. I don’t know which one killed her, but I think both brothers are equally as guilty. It may explain why the IRS is involved in following leads. Follow the money and maybe they’ll get enough to charge the brothers.

The FBI claims to be wrapping up this case soon. Fingers crossed!

I remember this story... it was on Dr. Phil. That was terrible about the dad being shot. I immediately knew it was a homicide not accident.