EXAMINATION OF THE REMAINS FOUND IN
IN
IN NELSON
IN NELSON COUNTY....
NELSON COUNTY....
AND...
AND... THE FBI SEARCHING THROUGH CRYSTAL ROGERS' SEALED STORAGE
UNIT-- ITS THE FIRST TIME ANY
AGENCY HAS
DONE THIS.
AND TODAY-- THE SECOND IN
COMMAND
AT LOUISVILLE FBI SITTING DOWN
WITH SHAY MCALISTER FOR THE
FIRST AND ONLY
INTERVIEW ON THE BARDSTOWN
CASES.
SHAY--SOME BIG TAKE AWAYS FROM
THIS.
THIS.
DOUG--
DOUG-- OUR ONE ON ONE INTERVIEW HAPPENED RIGHT AT FBI
HEADQUARTERS IN
HEADQUARTERS IN
LOUISVILLE-- THE ASSISTANT SPECIAL
SPECIAL
AGENT
AGENT IN
AGENT IN CHARGE ANSWERING OUR QUESTIONS ABOUT EVERYTHING FROM
THE HUMAN REMAINS-- TO A
POSSIBLE CONNECTION BETWEEN ROGERS' CASE AND THE OTHER
UNSOLVED BARDSTOWN CASES. BUT
ALL OF THIS CAME JUST HOURS
AFTER FBI AGENTS SEARCHED
THROUGH EVERYTHING IN CRYSTAL
ROGERS' STORAGE UNIT-- THE
LATEST MOVE IN THEIR SEARCH FOR
ANSWERS.
ANSWERS.
SIFTING
SIFTING THROUGH PICTURES, PAPERS, TOYS-- BOXES AND BOXES PULLED
OUT FROM THE LAST PLACE CRYSTAL
ROGERS PUT THEM.
SHERRY
BALLARD SAYS THIS IS THE
FIRST TIME ANY LAW ENFORCEMENT
AGENCY HAS SEARCHED THE SPACE...
THE FBI WALKED AWAY WITH A BOX
LABELED
LABELED EVIDENCE...AND IN AN EXCLUSIVE, ONE ON ONE INTERVIEW WITH WHAS11-- THE ASSISTANT
SP
ECIAL AGENT IN CHARGE SAYS
OVER THE LAST TWO WEEKS--
EVIDENCE IS SOMETHING THEY'VE
COLLECTED A LOT OF.
BRIAN
BRIAN JONES/ASSISTANT SPECIAL AGENT IN CHARGE, FBI 526 "WE DID COLLECT A SUBSTANTIAL
AMOUNT OF EVIDENCE DURING THE
SEARCH WARRANTS THAT WE HOPE
WILL LEAD TO A CONCLUSION IN
THIS INVESTIGATION." WE ASKED
FBI WHY THEY GOT INVOLVED.
BRIAN
BRIAN JONES/ASSISTANT SPECIAL AGENT IN CHARGE, FBI 240 "WE AS THE FBI HAVE A LOT OF
RESOURCES THAT WE CAN BRING INTO
THIS TYPE OF
INVESTIGATION. WE BROUGHT IN A
LOT OF RESOURCES FROM QUANTICO,
FROM OUR LAB. A LOT OF THE
EVIDENCE WE COLLECT WILL GO TO QUANTICO."
THE TIMING-- PURE COINCIDENCE
THEY SAY-- THAT THEY ANNOUNCED
THEIR INVESTIGATION WITHIN WEEKS
OF
OF THE
OF THE DISCOVERY OF HUMAN REMAINS IN NELSON COUNTY... BRIAN JONES/ASSISTANT
SPECIAL AGENT IN CHARGE, FBI 643
"BECAUSE WE HAVE BEEN INVOLVED
IN THIS INVESTIGATION FOR MORE THAN A YEAR AND IT TOOK A LOT OF
PLANNING TO EXECUTE THIS SEARCH
WARRANTS IN NELSON COUNTY- IT
WAS
WAS HAPPEN STANCE THAT IT REMAINS WERE FOUND SHORTLY BEFORE WE EXECUTED THE SEARCH
WARRANTS."
AS FOR THE IDENTITY OF THOSE
REMAINS... FBI SAYS THEY'RE
STILL WORKING TO DETERMINE IT...
CALLING IT COMPLICATED... BUT
PROMISING THEY WOULD NOT LEAVE A
FAMILY WAITING IF THEY ALREADY
KNEW. WE ALSO ASKED ABOUT THE OTHER
UNSOLVED BARDSTOWN CASES... LIKE
AMBUSHED OFFICER JASON ELLIS AND
CRYSTAL'S DAD-- TOMMY BALLARD...
1045
1045
1045 SM
1045 SM "DO YOU THINK SOLVING ONE OF
THESE CASES COULD BRING ANSWERS
IN THE OTHER ONES?"
BJ ""NELSON COUNTY IS A SMALL COMMUNITY AND I THINK THAT
POTENTIALLY SOLVING ANY OF THESE
CASES COULD BRING
RESOLUTION TO
THE OTHER ONES." THEY SAY
THEY'RE GETTING NEW TIPS ON ALL
OF THE CASES-- AND FOLLOWING
PROMISING LEADS. BRIAN JONES/ASSISTANT SPECIAL
AGENT IN CHARGE, FBI 1505
"IT IS VERY RARE TO HAVE ALL OF
THESE TYPES OF CASES WHICH ARE
POTENTIALLY CONNECTED IN A SMALL
COMMUNITY LIKE
COMMUNITY LIKE
NELSON
NELSON COUNTY." NOW-- THEY'RE LOOKING AT THE NELSON COUNTY COMMUNITY TO FILL
IN
IN
IN THE
IN THE GAPS-- SAYING IT WILL TAKE SOMEONE
SPEAKING OUT TO BRING THESE
CASES TO
A CLOSE.
A CLOSE.
A CLOSE. DOUG-- THE FBI SAYS THEY WILL
CONTINUE
CONTINUE
TO
TO SPEND
TO SPEND TIME IN NELSON COUNTY NEIGHBORHOODS GOING DOOR TO DOOR
TO FOLLOW UP ON LEADS-- IN FACT
ONE OF THOSE
NEIGHBORHOOD CANVASSES IS
PLANNED
FOR TONIGHT...
FOR TONIGHT... SHAY-- DID THEY SAY ANYTHING
ABOUT THE
ABOUT THE
TYPE
TYPE OF
TYPE OF TIPS THEY'RE GETTING? NEW TIPS SOME OF THE SAME THEY'VE SEEN BEFORE?
THEY SAID THE TIPS HAVE BEEN
MIXED-- SOME ARE INFORMATION
THEY HAVE HEARD BEFORE-- BUT
SOME HAVE BEEN NEW-- AND HAVE
CREATED NEW LEADS
FOR THE AGENTS TO WORK ON.
WHAT ABOUT THE OTHER BARDSTOWN
CASES? ELLIS? TOMMY BALLARD? ARE
THEY GETTING NEW TIPS ON THOSE?
YES--
YES-- THEY SAY THEY'RE GETTING NEW TIPS ON ALL OF THE BARDSTOWN
CASES-- MANY COMING THROUGH THAT
NEW FBI TASK FORCE WEBSITE-- AND
DOUG THEY SAY AT THE END OF THE
DAY-- LIKE SO MANY OTHER
INVESTIGATIONS-- TIPS ARE GOING
TO BE KEY-- THE ASSISTANT
SPECIAL AGENT IN CHARGE SAID THEY NEED PEOPLE TO COME FORWARD
WITH INFORMATION TO CONNECT THE
DOTS IN THIS CASE...
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