Sherry Ballard said a mother's fight for justice never ends. Nearly 11 years after her daughter Crystal Rogers disappeared, she became emotional when she learned the brother of her daughter's killer was arrested.
Brooks Houck, Rogers' former boyfriend, is set to go before a jury on June 24 in Bowling Green.
For a third straight day, dozens of federal agents searched two rural Nelson County properties that were once owned by members of Brooks Houck's family in the latest investigation into Crystal Rogers' death.
From the very beginning and over the course of time, the past nine years have been filled with heartache and suffering.
Houck had been in the Hardin County Detention Center on a $10 million cash bond since his September arrest.
According to court records unsealed Friday, Steve Lawson was indicted by a Nelson County grand jury in May for tampering with evidence. On Dec. 6, he was indicted on a charge for conspiracy to commit murder in connection with the Rogers case.
The cases have remained unsolved for years, and many are waiting for answers in the Bardstown community and beyond.
Law enforcement officials are searching an area of Nelson County on Wednesday in connection to one of three unsolved homicide cases in the area, Special Prosecutor Shane Young said.
In its ruling issued Tuesday, the court cited several reasons, including agreeing with a lower court's opinion that Houck is a flight risk and could be a danger to potential witnesses.
Tommy Ballard was shot and killed on Nov. 19, 2016. For years, his death was a mystery.
