ELIZABETHTOWN, Ky. (Sept. 27, 2023)- In coordination with the Kentucky State Police, other local and federal law enforcement partners, FBI Louisville has been laser-focused on our commitment to hold accountable those that were responsible for the disappearance of Crystal Rogers. Today, we take the first step in making good on that promise. FBI Louisville and the Kentucky State Police have arrested Brooks Houck without incident on charges stemming from the Crystal Rogers investigation. The Houck indictment remains sealed and additional details will be revealed during Houck’s arraignment in early October in the Nelson County Circuit Court.

Bail has been set at $10 million cash. Houck is scheduled to be arraigned Oct. 5, 2023 in Nelson Circuit Court. As of today, Crystal Rogers’ body has not been found. 

History of the case....

Crystal Rogers, the mother of five children, was last seen on July 3, 2015 at a farm in Bardstown owned by Houck. Rogers’ car was found abandoned with a flat tire on the Bluegrass Parkway a couple of days after she was reported missing. Her cellphone and purse were inside the car.

In October 2015. authorities said Crystal Rogers was presumed dead and Brooks Houck was named a suspect in the case. Nick Houck (Brook Houck's brother) was fired from his job as a police officer with the Bardstown Police Department after he was accused of interfering with the investigation.

Crystal’s father, (Tommy Ballard) was shot and killed In November 2016 while hunting in a field. No arrest has been made in that case.