Brooks Houck was charged with murder and tampering with physical evidence, according to his indictment.
, a Kentucky mother-of-five who vanished in 2015, has been arrested and charged with murder in connection with her disappearance, officials announced Wednesday.
Rogers was reported missing on July 5, 2015. Local authorities previously said they believe she is dead, but her body has never been found. Brooks Houck, who was her boyfriend at the time, has been arrested “as a result of the investigation into the disappearance of Crystal Rogers,” by the FBI office in Louisville and Kentucky State Police, theHe was charged with murder and tampering with physical evidence, according to an unsealed indictment. His bond was set at $10 million cash.“Additional details will be revealed during Houck’s arraignment in early October in the Nelson County Circuit Court,” FBI Louisville said in a statement.
Three months after Rogers vanished, Houck was named a suspect by the Nelson County Sheriff's Office as he was one of the last people to see Rogers at the Bardstown home where they lived with their young son — but he was never charged. Rogers had not been seen or heard from since the evening of July 3, 2015. That same day, her red Chevrolet Impala was found abandoned on Bluegrass Parkway with her keys, phone and purse inside, FBI Louisville previously said. Her mother reported her missing two days later.
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