Cellphone data, new testimony contradict Brooks Houck’s timeline given to police

BOWLING GREEN, Ky. (WDRB) — A digital forensic expert testified Friday that Brooks Houck was at his family’s farm most of the day Crystal Rogers’ disappeared, contradicting a statement he gave police about his timeline on July 3, 2015.

The evidence presented by Detective Tim O’Daniel, a digital forensic expert with the Louisville Metro Police Department, was likely the most damaging so far against Houck, who is on trial for the murder of Rogers.

Houck and Rogers went to the farm that night from about 7 p.m. to midnight, and she was never seen again. In a written statement to police, Houck claimed he went to several businesses while working that day. But in court Thursday and early Friday, the owners of some of those businesses said they didn’t see Houck, and one even said the office was closed…

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