OVER
OVER YET
...IN
...IN BARDSTOWN. HELLO EVEYRONE I'M DOUG PROFFITT.
PROFFITT.
PROFFITT. FIRST WE WANT TO SHOW YOU THE
SCENE OF ONE OF THE MANY PROPERTIES
BEING SEARCHED.
FROM OUR SKY 11 DRONE, YOU'RE
LOOKED DOWN BELOW AT THE HOUCK
FAMILY
FARM.
FAMILY FARM. TAKE A LOOK AT THE HUGE NUMBER
OF
POLICE VEHICLES PARKED ON THE
PROPERTY.
THIS IS NOT FAR FROM WHERE
CRYSTAL
ROGERS WAS LAST SEEN. ALSO, THIS
NOT FAR FROM WHERE THE STILL
UNIDENTIFED , POSSIBLE HUMAN REMAINS WERE FOUND IN LATE JULY.
AND NOW TAKE A LOOK AT OUR
MAP...9 SEARCH WARRANTS ISSUED TODAY BY FEDERAL AND STATE
AUTHORITIES.
WE KNOW THEY'VE BEEN SEARCHING
THE
HOME OF THE CHIEF SUSPECT IN
CRYSTAL'S
DISAPPEARANCE, FORMER BOYFRIEND
BROOKS HOUCK.
BROOKS HOUCK. ALSO THE HOME OF HIS BROTHER FORMER
BARDSTOWN POLICE OFFICER, NICK
HOUCK.
AND AS WE JUST SHOWED YOU, THE
FAMILY FARM.
FAMILY FARM. WE HAVE TEAM COVERAGE OF TODAY'S
DEVELOPMENTS FROM SHAY
MCALISTER AND HEATHER FOUNTAINE...WE BEGIN
WITH HEATHER ON WHAT HAPPENED
TODAY.
TODAY.
LAW
LAW ENFORCEMENT LEFT ABOUT AN HOUR AGO.... SINCE THEN, WE'VE
WATCHED
BROOKS HOUCK MOW HIS LAWN....
AND TRY TO PUT HIS DOOR BACK
TOGETHER.
TOGETHER.
BUT
BUT ALL
BUT ALL MORNING AND AFTERNOON.... HE SAT AND WATCHED AS DOZENS OF FEDERAL AGENTS AND
THE IRS SEARCHED HIS HOME....
CARRYING OUT BOXES AND FILING CABINETS FULL OF DOCUMENTS....
KEYS... EVEN SOME GUNS.
THIS ONE OF NINE FEDERAL SEARCH
WARRANTS EXECUTED AS THE FBI
TAKES OVER THE CRYSTAL ROGERS INVESTIGATION.
INVESTIGATION.
ANOTHER
ANOTHER WAS DOWN THE ROAD AT HIS BROTHER'S HOUSE.... NICK HOUCK
.... WHERE WE ALSO SAW POLICE DOGS SNIFFING AROUND A WHITE
PICK UP TRUCK AND HIS HOME.
RIFLES WERE PULLED FROM THERE,
AS WELL.
ONE NEIGHBOR, ASHLEY MUDD SAID A
LOUD BANG WOKE HER HUSBAND UP
BEFORE 6:00 THIS MORNING.... THEN SHE SAW THE POLICE LIGHTS
SURROUNDING HIS HOME
ASHLEY MUDD/NEIGHBOR: "I KNEW
EXACTLY WHAT THEY WERE DOING, WHERE THEY WERE AT, AND I'VE
BEEN
WAITING FOR IT. I'M SO GLAD IT'S
FINALLY
FINALLY
FINALLY HAPPENING, WE NEED THEM HERE..."
THE FBI SAYS THEY PLAN TO
CONDUCT
CONDUCT
MORE
MORE THAN
MORE THAN 50 INTERVIEWS HERE IN BARDSTOWN....
BARDSTOWN.... NELSON COUNTY SHERIFF RAMON PINEROA SAYS HE STARTED WORKING
WITH THE FBI SHORTLY AFTER
TAKING OFFICE IN 2019.... SAYING
THEY HAVE RECOURSES THAT
THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE DOES NOT...
BUT MADE IT CLEAR HE'S PROUD OF
THE
THE
THE WORK
THE WORK HIS TEAM HAS DONE THUS FAR.
SHAY
SHAY MCALISTER HAS BEEN
FOLLOWING
FOLLOWING THIS CASE SINCE CRYSTAL WENT MISSING IN 2015....
SHE'S BEEN ABLE TO TALK TO HER
MOTHER TODAY... SHAY, HOW IS SHE FEELING?
I
I SPENT
I SPENT SOME TIME WITH SHERRY BALLARD-- CRYSTAL ROGERS' MOTHER THIS
MORNING-- SHE SAYS SHE IS TIRED
AND
AND
AND UNDERSTANDBLY SO-- ITS BEEN TWO
WEEKS SINCE HUMAN REMAINS WERE
DISCOVERED NEARBY-- THERE HAS BEEN NO
UPDATE SINCE
THEN... AND WHILE SHE FEELS
TODAY THEY ARE
CLOSER TO JUSTICE THAN EVER
BEFORE--
BEFORE--
SHE
SHE KNOWS
SHE KNOWS THE WAIT COULD CONTINUE.
CONTINUE.
CONTINUE. THIS FAMILY HAS TAKEN MUCH OF
THE INVESTIGATION INTO THEIR OWN
HANDS OVER THE YEARS-- SEARCHING
THROUGH WOODS AND WATER FOR
CRYSTAL. TEAM CRYSTAL-- A SEARCH GROUP
FORMED EARLY ON-- WORKED TO KEEP
HER
NAME KNOWN IN THE COMMUNITY.
TODAY-- WE CHECKED IN WITH SOME
OF
OF
OF THEM--
OF THEM-- OUTSIDE NICK HOUCK'S HOUSE WHERE ONE OF THE SEARCH
WARRANTS WAS EXECUTED.
325
325
"FOR
"FOR ME
"FOR ME ITS A SIGH OF RELIEF BUT I'M MORE CONCERNED ABOUT THE
BALLARDS- GETTING THEM CLOSURE,
330 BRINGING CRYSTAL BACK HOME
IS ALL WE'VE BEEN TRYING TO DO FOR THE LAST 5 YEARS."
THIS ISN'T THE FIRST TIME
OFFICIALS HAVE
OFFICIALS HAVE
SEARCHED
SEARCHED MANY OF THESE PROPERTIES-- BUT WITH FBI NOW LEADING THE CHARGE-- TEAM
CRYSTAL AND THE BALLARDS TELL US
THEY HAVE NEW FOUND HOPE IN THE
CASE.
CASE.
CASE. TODAY IS A SPECIAL DAY FOR THE
BALLARD FAMILY-- ITS TOMMY BALLARD'S
SISTER--
SHERRY BALLARD'S BIRTHDAY.
SHERRY WAS MURDERED MORE THAN
40 YEARS AGO BY HER ESTRANGED EX
HUSBAND-- HER DEATH THE FIRST TO
ROCK
ROCK
ROCK THIS
ROCK THIS FAMILY. BUT TONIGHT-- THE BALLARDS SAY
THEY
KNOW SHERRY, TOMMY AND CRYSTAL
ARE
LOOKING DOWN ON THEM-- AND
CELEBRATING.
LIVE IN BARDSTOWN-- IM SHAY
MCALISTER.