She Vanished 6 Years Ago Before Her Car Was Found With A Flat Tire And Now The FBI Has Found Multiple Items Of Interest In Her Case
Bardstown, Kentucky. It’s been six years, one month, and twenty-nine days exactly since 35-year-old Crystal Maria Rogers vanished from Bardstown, Kentucky.
Crystal was a wonderful mom to her five children and an incredible friend to those that were close to her.
Her loved ones say Crystal was a joy to be around and the type of person who would stop anything she was doing to help someone in need.
She was cheery, honest, and kindhearted. In Crystal’s life, her children came before everything else, and they knew how much she adored them.
The night of July 3rd, 2015 was the last time that anyone could verify Crystal’s whereabouts.
Crystal’s boyfriend Brooks Houck, whom she lived with and shared a child with, would later say that Crystal was at home with him.
She was actively engaged in some games on her cellphone that night, and when Brooks woke up the next morning, Crystal was no longer there in their home.
Initially, Brooks wasn’t upset by this, since Crystal did like to sleepover at the houses of her closest female friends so it seemed to him that’s where she had gone.
FBI; pictured above is Crystal
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But on July 5th, Crystal’s mom decided she needed to file a missing persons report as nobody had any contact with Crystal since the 3rd, and her loved ones were starting to grow concerned.
“The same day Crystal was reported missing, her car was found abandoned with a flat tire at mile marker 14 on the Bluegrass Parkway,” the FBI explained.
“Crystal’s keys, phone, and purse were still inside her red Chevrolet Impala.”
Now, Crystal would never just up and disappear or decide to go any place without bringing her children along with her.
“Sadly, while most families were enjoying the Fourth of July celebrations over that weekend, Crystal’s family was instead left wondering as to her whereabouts,” a website created by the FBI to raise awareness for Crystal’s disappearance reads.
Although the authorities and Crystal’s loved ones desperately searched for her, there simply was no sign of this young mom anywhere.
In the aftermath of Crystal’s disappearance, her dad Tommy Ballard was especially involved in the hunt for her and made it his mission to get the community involved.
Strangely enough, less than a year and a half after Crystal vanished, Tommy wound up dead.
“On the morning of November 19, 2016, sixteen months after Crystal’s disappearance, Ballard was preparing for a hunting trip with his 12-year-old grandson on family property next to Bluegrass Parkway in Bardstown, Kentucky,” the FBI shared.
“An unknown subject fired one shot and hit Ballard in the chest and instantly killed him.”
Authorities ruled out Tommy taking his own life, and they ruled out Tommy’s grandson being the culprit.
Tommy’s murder remains unsolved, along with the 2013 murder of Jason Ellis and the 2014 murders of Kathy Netherland and her daughter Samatha.
Crystal vanished in the same town that Tommy, Jason, Kathy, and Samantha were all murdered in, although authorities have not said if any of the cases are somehow connected.
The latest update in Crystal’s case occurred this week after the FBI completed their search of a property located in a subdivision of Bardstown.
23 hours ago, the FBI shared a statement on Twitter announcing that they had “several items of interest” that were sent to their lab in Quantico.
Twitter; pictured above is a statement from the FBI following a search they did of a property in Bardstown
If you have any idea what happened to Crystal, the FBI is asking that you call in to their tip line at FBI tip line at 1-800-CALL-FBI.
You can also submit a tip through www.crystalrogerstaskforce.com.
The FBI is currently offering a $25,000 reward for any information that ends up leading to the arrest of the people or person responsible for Crystal’s disappearance.
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