FBI agents searching Bardstown farm where Crystal Rogers was last seen alive - WDRB

BARDSTOWN, Ky. (WDRB) -- FBI agents descended connected a Bardstown workplace Monday greeting to hunt the tract wherever Crystal Rogers was past seen live earlier she disappeared 7 years ago.

Agents began searching earlier sunrise astatine the workplace connected Paschal Ballard Lane. The workplace is owned by the household of Brooks Houck, the past idiosyncratic to spot Rogers alive. It has already been searched aggregate times, astir precocious successful 2020.

Rogers was past seen connected July 3, 2015. The adjacent day, her car was recovered connected the broadside of the Bluegrass Parkway with her purse, telephone and keys inactive inside. But determination was nary motion of the parent of five.

Houck was named arsenic the main fishy but has ne'er been charged successful narration to the case.

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Multiple FBI and different instrumentality enforcement vehicles converged connected the workplace Monday. Many of them were successful side-by-side ATVs to get successful and retired of antithetic areas of the astir 300-acre farm.

A mobile bid halfway and aggregate trailers and respective tents person besides been acceptable up.

The FBI took implicit the probe into Rogers' disappearance two years ago. Since then, the bureau has executed respective hunt warrants for the galore properties the Houcks ain successful Bardstown.

Last summer, the FBI spent much than a week successful a Bardstown vicinity successful hunt of accusation successful Rogers' disappearance. Agents said they found "multiple items of interest" that were "potentially relevant" to their investigation after they zeroed successful connected the driveway of 1 home, which was built by a operation institution owned by Houck.

The FBI is besides inactive investigating the decease of Rogers' father, Tommy Ballard, who was changeable and killed 5 years agone portion hunting connected his ain spot much than a twelvemonth aft Rogers went missing.

FBI Louisville said the hunt could instrumentality respective days, depending connected upwind and crushed conditions.

Sherry Ballard is expected to merchandise a connection aboriginal Monday afternoon.

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