Houck agreed to let his sister, Rhonda McIlvoy, have full custody of Eli, who is now 12, according to court documents filed on Monday.
Rhonda McIlvoy filed a motion in Nelson Circuit Court on July 18, ten days after Brooks Houck was found guilty in the 2015 murder of Rogers, asking to maintain custody of Eli, who is now 12.
Stephanie Russell’s trial on charges of murder-for-hire and stalking was set to begin in U.S. District Court on Monday but she instead accepted a plea agreement to the charges that calls for between 97 months and 144 months in prison.
Metro Corrections officers failed to check on Stephanie Dunbar for several hours while she was locked in the attorney booth without access to a toilet and ultimately hanged herself in her soiled underwear, the lawsuit claims.
Dr. Theresa Greene told CNN's "New Day" that she was appealing the emergency order that granted her ex-husband full custody of their daughter.
“Your record is made, sir, and poorly made I might add so step away,” Judge McKay Chauvin said shortly before ordering attorney Ryen Schimerman into custody.
Witnesses testified that statements attributed to them by social worker were “not true or were misleading or taken out of context.”