Reward now $40k for info on Crystal Rogers; police, family searches continue

Crystal Rogers’ family and friends have started a Facebook page, “Pray for Crystal’s Safe Return” that has already received 5,500 likes.

By JIM BROOKS
Nelson County Gazette / WBRT Radio

Tuesday, July 7, 2015, 9 p.m. — The family of Crystal M. Rogers, the Bardstown woman missing since Friday, July 3, have raised the reward they are offering for information leading to her safe return to $40,000.

Rogers, 35, has been missing since Friday when she was last seen by her boyfriend, Brooks Houck. Her car was found Sunday by her family unlocked and abandoned in the westbound lanes of the Bluegrass Parkway Sunday near the 14 mile marker, with a flat tire. Her keys, diaper bag and cell phone were still inside.

Nelson County Sheriff Ed Mattingly told the Nelson County Gazette Tuesday that the Kentucky State Police crime lab completed processing Rogers’ car on Monday, but would not discuss what evidence may have been recovered. The investigation is ongoing Mattingly said.

Tuesday morning, members of the Nelson County Sheriff’s Office were preparing to continue their search on the Beech Fork River from Loretto Road west. Nelson County Dispatch received reports of family members’ continuing their search on foot an on ATVs.

A Facebook page titled “Pray for Crystal’s Safe Return” has already accumulated 5,500 likes, and dozens of her family and friends have changed their profile photos to one of a poster seeking information leading to Rogers’ safe return.

Rogers’ family and friends are planning a prayer service, 7 p.m. Wednesday, July 8 at St. Thomas Catholic Church near Bardstown, praying for Crystal’s safe return.

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