Houck transferred for life-sentence prison assessment in Crystal Rogers case

The man found guilty on charges related to the disappearance and presumed death of Bardstown mother Crystal Rogers will soon learn where he will serve out his life sentence.

Brooks Houck, 43, who was found guilty in July of murder—principal or accomplice—and evidence tampering, was moved to the Kentucky Department of Corrections Assessment and Classification Center at the Roederer Correctional Complex in La Grange on Monday.

Prosecutors believe Houck, who was Rogers’ ex-boyfriend, was motivated by fear he would lose custody of the couple’s then 2-year-old son. Rogers, a 35-year-old mother of five, was reported missing by her mother, Sherry Ballard, in early July 2015. No trace of her has been found, and police believe she was murdered…

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