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Man convicted in Crystal Rogers' murder officially files appeal
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Man convicted in Crystal Rogers' murder officially files appeal

  • Updated Sep 29, 2025

Joseph Lawson, one of three men convicted in the murder of Bardstown mother Crystal Rogers, filed an appeal Monday.

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2 men convicted in Crystal Rogers’ murder to be sentenced Wednesday
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2 men convicted in Crystal Rogers’ murder to be sentenced Wednesday

  • Valerie Chinn
  • Updated Sep 17, 2025

Nearly a decade after Crystal Rogers disappeared, two men convicted in her murder are expected to learn their sentences Wednesday in Nelson County.

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Crystal Rogers' family member charged with retaliating against a witness after murder trial
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Crystal Rogers' family member charged with retaliating against a witness after murder trial

  • Jason Riley
  • Updated Aug 13, 2025

A Nelson County man was indicted on a felony charge of retaliating against a participant in the legal process, specifically the Crystal Rogers murder trial, according to court records.

Inside Brooks Houck's jail phone calls: From hope to desperation after murder conviction
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Inside Brooks Houck's jail phone calls: From hope to desperation after murder conviction

  • Fallon Glick
  • Updated Aug 12, 2025

In the roughly 30 hours of phone calls, Brooks Houck talks about being in shock, a plan to use his son to hopefully get him out of prison and his desperation leading him to cry out to God.

Brooks Houck, Crystal Rogers went to family farm 'to get away' the night she vanished
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Brooks Houck, Crystal Rogers went to family farm 'to get away' the night she vanished

  • Jason Riley
  • Updated Aug 5, 2025

Hundreds of pages of documents, pictures, text messages, cellphone records and other evidence collected in the Crystal Rogers murders case were made public Tuesday afternoon.

Prosecution: No 'grounds' to overturn Steve Lawson conviction in Crystal Rogers' murder
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Prosecution: No 'grounds' to overturn Steve Lawson conviction in Crystal Rogers' murder

  • Jason Riley
  • Updated Aug 5, 2025

The filing comes about two months after attorneys for Lawson asked a judge to either grant him a new trial or throw out the May 30 guilty verdict, arguing he was denied a fair trial.

Brooks Houck's mother used burner phone when Crystal Rogers was killed, state claims
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Brooks Houck's mother used burner phone when Crystal Rogers was killed, state claims

  • Updated Jul 16, 2025

Newly unsealed court documents claim Brooks Houck's mother didn't use her cellphone between June 16 and Aug. 4, 2015, indicating she was using a different phone around the time Crystal Rogers was murdered.

Emotional courtroom video released in trial of Steve Lawson in Crystal Rogers murder case
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Emotional courtroom video released in trial of Steve Lawson in Crystal Rogers murder case

  • Fallon Glick
  • Updated Jul 11, 2025

The judge did not allow media cameras in the courtroom during the trial, but released the court videos Thursday after verdicts had been reached in both trials of the Crystal Rogers murder case.

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Prosecutor calls Brooks Houck a murderer: Crystal Rogers 'left with him' but 'didn't come home'
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Prosecutor calls Brooks Houck a murderer: Crystal Rogers 'left with him' but 'didn't come home'

  • Jason Riley
  • Updated Jul 8, 2025
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In summarizing the two-week Crystal Rogers murder trial, prosecutor Shane Young tried to keep his conclusion very simple for a Warren County jury. 

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Defense in Crystal Rogers murder trial targets K-9 evidence, phone data
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Defense in Crystal Rogers murder trial targets K-9 evidence, phone data

  • Marcus Green
  • Updated Jul 16, 2025

Judge Charles Simms III said he expects the defense will conclude its case Thursday afternoon. 

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