On the ten-year anniversary of Crystal Rogers’ disappearance, the defense rested its case Thursday in the trial of two men charged in her presumed murder.
A former homicide detective with the Louisville Metro Police Department spent much of the day on the witness stand in the trial of Brooks Houck and Joseph Lawson.
Houck was Crystal Rogers’ boyfriend and father of one of her children when she disappeared July 3, 2015. He’s charged with murder and tampering with physical evidence, and faces 25 years to life in prison. Lawson is charged with conspiracy to commit murder and tampering with physical evidence, facing up to 25 years behind bars. His father, Steve Lawson, was convicted on the same charges May 30…