Jury finds Brooks Houck guilty of murder; recommends a life sentence
By JIM BROOKSNelson County Gazette / WBRT Tuesday,
By JIM BROOKSNelson County Gazette / WBRT Tuesday, July 8, 2025 — A jury of six men and six women deliberated for about four hours Tuesday morning and…
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By JIM BROOKSNelson County Gazette / WBRT Radio Monday, July 7, 2025 — The attorneys defending Brooks Houck and Joseph “Joey” Lawson made their closing arguments today in…
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By JIM BROOKSNelson County Gazette / WBRT Radio Thursday, July 3, 2025 — On the 10th anniversary of Crystal Rogers’ disappearance, the trial of her boyfriend — Brooks…
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By JIM BROOKSNelson County Gazette / WBRT Radio Wednesday, July 2, 2025 — Brooks Houck’s sister, Rhonda McIlvoy testified Wednesday morning in her older brother’s trial on charges…
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By JIM BROOKSNelson County Gazette / WBRT Radio Tuesday, July 1, 2025 — During testimony on Day 6 of the Brooks Houck murder trial, a search and rescue…
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By JIM BROOKSNelson County Gazette / WBRT Radio Monday, June 30, 2025 — The prosecutors continued to present witnesses and evidence to the jury of eight men and…
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By JIM BROOKSNelson County Gazette / WBRT Radio Friday, June 27, 2025 — A woman who had an on-again, off-again relationship with Stephen Lawson testified today in the…
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By JIM BROOKSNelson County Gazette / WBRT Radio Thursday, June 26, 2025 — Danny Singleton, a construction worker who worked for Brooks Houck for years, testified Thursday that…
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By JIM BROOKSNelson County Gazette / WBRT Radio Wednesday, June 25, 2025 — Opening arguments in the trial of Brooks Houck and Joseph Lawson took place this morning…
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By JIM BROOKSNelson County Gazette / WBRT Radio Tuesday, June 24, 2025 — Jury selection was completed today, the first day of the Brooks Houck murder trial in…
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Jury finds Brooks Houck guilty of murder; recommends a life sentence »
By JIM BROOKSNelson County Gazette / WBRT Tuesday, July 8, 2025 — A jury of six men and six women deliberated for about four hours Tuesday morning and found Brooks Houck and his co-defendant, Joseph “Joey” Lawson guilty of the charges against them. The jury found Brooks Houck guilty of the murder of Crystal Rogers […]…
Jul 9 2025 / Read More »Houck trial Day 9: Closing arguments complete; deliberations begin Tuesday »
By JIM BROOKSNelson County Gazette / WBRT Radio Monday, July 7, 2025 — The attorneys defending Brooks Houck and Joseph “Joey” Lawson made their closing arguments today in Warren Circuit Court. BROOKS HOUCK DEFENSE. Brooks Houck’s defense team made it clear they never believed Houck was guilty of murder. The Commonwealth is throwing everything they […]…
Jul 7 2025 / Read More »Houck murder trial Day 8: Defense rests, closing arguments set for Monday »
By JIM BROOKSNelson County Gazette / WBRT Radio Thursday, July 3, 2025 — On the 10th anniversary of Crystal Rogers’ disappearance, the trial of her boyfriend — Brooks Houck, the last man to see her alive and is charged with her murder — heard the final defense witnesses. Houck faces murder and tampering with evidence […]…
Jul 3 2025 / Read More »Houck trial Day 7: Defense questions K-9 skills, analysis of cell phone, cell tower info »
By JIM BROOKSNelson County Gazette / WBRT Radio Wednesday, July 2, 2025 — Brooks Houck’s sister, Rhonda McIlvoy testified Wednesday morning in her older brother’s trial on charges of murder and tampering with physical evidence in the 2015 disappearance of his girlfriend, Crystal Rogers. McIlvoy testified that she and Rogers together planned most of the […]…
Jul 2 2025 / Read More »Houck trial Day 6: Cadaver dog ‘hits’ on Houck grandmother’s white Buick »
By JIM BROOKSNelson County Gazette / WBRT Radio Tuesday, July 1, 2025 — During testimony on Day 6 of the Brooks Houck murder trial, a search and rescue expert testified that his dog — trained in locating live humans and human remains — hit on the rear trunk area of a white Buick LeSabre previously […]…
Jul 1 2025 / Read More »Houck trial: Coonhunters find white Buick on July 4, 2015, near Houck farm »
By JIM BROOKSNelson County Gazette / WBRT Radio Monday, June 30, 2025 — The prosecutors continued to present witnesses and evidence to the jury of eight men and seven women on the fifth day of the murder trial of Brooks Houck. Monday’s testimony provided insight about the actions of Brooks Houck’s brother, Nick Houck, during […]…
Jun 30 2025 / Read More »Houck trial witness overheard Lawsons discuss ‘moving a body’ at Houck farm »
By JIM BROOKSNelson County Gazette / WBRT Radio Friday, June 27, 2025 — A woman who had an on-again, off-again relationship with Stephen Lawson testified today in the Brooks Houck murder trial that she overheard Stephen Lawson and his son, Houck co-defendant Joseph “Joey” Lawson talking about “moving a body” on the Houck family farm […]…
Jun 27 2025 / Read More »Witness testifies Rosemary Houck sought person to ‘get rid’ of Crystal Rogers »
By JIM BROOKSNelson County Gazette / WBRT Radio Thursday, June 26, 2025 — Danny Singleton, a construction worker who worked for Brooks Houck for years, testified Thursday that he was working at a Houck home under construction when he was approached by Houck’s mother, Rosemary Houck. He testified that she approached him to ask if […]…
Jun 26 2025 / Read More »Nelson County Jail Logs — June 23-25, 2025 »
Editor’s Note: The Nelson County Gazette believes the public has a right to know who has been arrested by local officials and lodged in the Nelson County Correctional Center. The information below is a compiled list of daily booking logs from the jail. The bookings state the person(s) arrested and the charge(s) against them. Everyone […]…
Jun 25 2025 / Read More »Prosecutors confident they have sufficient evidence to convict Houck of murder »
By JIM BROOKSNelson County Gazette / WBRT Radio Wednesday, June 25, 2025 — Opening arguments in the trial of Brooks Houck and Joseph Lawson took place this morning at the Warren County Justice Center before Nelson Circuit Judge Charles Simms III. Houck is facing charges of murder and tampering with evidence, while his co-defedent is […]…
Jun 25 2025 / Read More »Houck update: Jury selected, opening arguments Wednesday morning »
By JIM BROOKSNelson County Gazette / WBRT Radio Tuesday, June 24, 2025 — Jury selection was completed today, the first day of the Brooks Houck murder trial in the Warren County Justice Center in Bowling Green. Houck is charged with murder and tampering with evidence, charges stemming from the investigation into the July 2015 disappearance […]…
Jun 24 2025 / Read More »Trial begins Tuesday in Bowling Green for Brooks Houck, Joseph Lawson »
By JIM BROOKSNelson County Gazette / WBRT Radio Monday, June 23, 2025 — The trials of Crystal Rogers defendants Brooks Houck, the man accused of the 2015 murder of Crystal Rogers, and Joseph Lawson, a Houck employee who is charged with complicity to murder and tampering with physical evidence, begins Tuesday morning at the Warren […]…
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Jury finds Brooks Houck guilty of murder; recommends a life sentence »
By JIM BROOKSNelson County Gazette / WBRT Tuesday, July 8, 2025 — A jury of six men and six women deliberated for about four hours Tuesday morning and found Brooks Houck and his co-defendant, Joseph “Joey” Lawson guilty of the charges against them. The jury found Brooks Houck guilty of the murder of Crystal Rogers […]
Jul 9 2025 / Read More »Houck trial Day 9: Closing arguments complete; deliberations begin Tuesday »
By JIM BROOKSNelson County Gazette / WBRT Radio Monday, July 7, 2025 — The attorneys defending Brooks Houck and Joseph “Joey” Lawson made their closing arguments today in Warren Circuit Court. BROOKS HOUCK DEFENSE. Brooks Houck’s defense team made it clear they never believed Houck was guilty of murder. The Commonwealth is throwing everything they […]
Jul 7 2025 / Read More »Houck murder trial Day 8: Defense rests, closing arguments set for Monday »
By JIM BROOKSNelson County Gazette / WBRT Radio Thursday, July 3, 2025 — On the 10th anniversary of Crystal Rogers’ disappearance, the trial of her boyfriend — Brooks Houck, the last man to see her alive and is charged with her murder — heard the final defense witnesses. Houck faces murder and tampering with evidence […]
Jul 3 2025 / Read More »Houck trial Day 7: Defense questions K-9 skills, analysis of cell phone, cell tower info »
By JIM BROOKSNelson County Gazette / WBRT Radio Wednesday, July 2, 2025 — Brooks Houck’s sister, Rhonda McIlvoy testified Wednesday morning in her older brother’s trial on charges of murder and tampering with physical evidence in the 2015 disappearance of his girlfriend, Crystal Rogers. McIlvoy testified that she and Rogers together planned most of the […]
Jul 2 2025 / Read More »Houck trial Day 6: Cadaver dog ‘hits’ on Houck grandmother’s white Buick »
By JIM BROOKSNelson County Gazette / WBRT Radio Tuesday, July 1, 2025 — During testimony on Day 6 of the Brooks Houck murder trial, a search and rescue expert testified that his dog — trained in locating live humans and human remains — hit on the rear trunk area of a white Buick LeSabre previously […]
Jul 1 2025 / Read More »Houck trial: Coonhunters find white Buick on July 4, 2015, near Houck farm »
By JIM BROOKSNelson County Gazette / WBRT Radio Monday, June 30, 2025 — The prosecutors continued to present witnesses and evidence to the jury of eight men and seven women on the fifth day of the murder trial of Brooks Houck. Monday’s testimony provided insight about the actions of Brooks Houck’s brother, Nick Houck, during […]
Jun 30 2025 / Read More »Houck trial witness overheard Lawsons discuss ‘moving a body’ at Houck farm »
By JIM BROOKSNelson County Gazette / WBRT Radio Friday, June 27, 2025 — A woman who had an on-again, off-again relationship with Stephen Lawson testified today in the Brooks Houck murder trial that she overheard Stephen Lawson and his son, Houck co-defendant Joseph “Joey” Lawson talking about “moving a body” on the Houck family farm […]
Jun 27 2025 / Read More »Witness testifies Rosemary Houck sought person to ‘get rid’ of Crystal Rogers »
By JIM BROOKSNelson County Gazette / WBRT Radio Thursday, June 26, 2025 — Danny Singleton, a construction worker who worked for Brooks Houck for years, testified Thursday that he was working at a Houck home under construction when he was approached by Houck’s mother, Rosemary Houck. He testified that she approached him to ask if […]
Jun 26 2025 / Read More »Nelson County Jail Logs — June 23-25, 2025 »
Editor’s Note: The Nelson County Gazette believes the public has a right to know who has been arrested by local officials and lodged in the Nelson County Correctional Center. The information below is a compiled list of daily booking logs from the jail. The bookings state the person(s) arrested and the charge(s) against them. Everyone […]
Jun 25 2025 / Read More »Prosecutors confident they have sufficient evidence to convict Houck of murder »
By JIM BROOKSNelson County Gazette / WBRT Radio Wednesday, June 25, 2025 — Opening arguments in the trial of Brooks Houck and Joseph Lawson took place this morning at the Warren County Justice Center before Nelson Circuit Judge Charles Simms III. Houck is facing charges of murder and tampering with evidence, while his co-defedent is […]
Jun 25 2025 / Read More »Houck update: Jury selected, opening arguments Wednesday morning »
By JIM BROOKSNelson County Gazette / WBRT Radio Tuesday, June 24, 2025 — Jury selection was completed today, the first day of the Brooks Houck murder trial in the Warren County Justice Center in Bowling Green. Houck is charged with murder and tampering with evidence, charges stemming from the investigation into the July 2015 disappearance […]
Jun 24 2025 / Read More »Nelson County Jail Logs — June 21-23, 2025 »
Editor’s Note: The Nelson County Gazette believes the public has a right to know who has been arrested by local officials and lodged in the Nelson County Correctional Center. The information below is a compiled list of daily booking logs from the jail. The bookings state the person(s) arrested and the charge(s) against them. Everyone […]
Jun 24 2025 / Read More »Trial begins Tuesday in Bowling Green for Brooks Houck, Joseph Lawson »
By JIM BROOKSNelson County Gazette / WBRT Radio Monday, June 23, 2025 — The trials of Crystal Rogers defendants Brooks Houck, the man accused of the 2015 murder of Crystal Rogers, and Joseph Lawson, a Houck employee who is charged with complicity to murder and tampering with physical evidence, begins Tuesday morning at the Warren […]
Jun 23 2025 / Read More »Nelson County Jail Logs — June 16-20, 2025 »
Editor’s Note: The Nelson County Gazette believes the public has a right to know who has been arrested by local officials and lodged in the Nelson County Correctional Center. The information below is a compiled list of daily booking logs from the jail. The bookings state the person(s) arrested and the charge(s) against them. Everyone […]
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