YouTube mom Ruby Franke case documents and videos released, detailing horrific child abuse: "Big day for evil"

[Nevilledog]

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/ruby-franke-journals-photos-videos-child-abuse-big-day-for-evil/

The malnourished and badly bruised son of a parenting advice YouTuber politely asks a neighbor to take him to the nearest police station in newly released video from the day his mother and her business partner were arrested on child abuse charges in southern Utah.

The 12-year-old son of Ruby Franke, a mother of six who dispensed advice to millions via a popular YouTube channel, had escaped through a window and approached several nearby homes until someone answered the door, according to documents released Friday by the Washington County Attorney's office. Also released Friday were journals written by Franke describing how she abused and starved her children.

Crime scene photos, body camera video and interrogation tapes were released a month after Franke and business partner Jodi Hildebrandt, a mental health counselor, were each sentenced to up to 30 years in prison. A police investigation determined religious extremism motivated the women to inflict horrific abuse on Franke's children, Washington County Attorney Eric Clarke announced Friday.

"The women appeared to fully believe that the abuse they inflicted was necessary to teach the children how to properly repent for imagined 'sins' and to cast the evil spirits out of their bodies," Clarke said.

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[cbabe]

2. Please post important articles. There is no du keeping

posters ignorant. You are the poster. It’s what makes du great.

[FreeState]

7. That article says nothing about trans people

Welcome to DU by the way.

[Johnny2X2X]

4. Spiritual path?

This deranged lunatic tortured her children for years because she was convinced they were possessed by demons. If that’s the “spiritual path” then that path is evil and needs to be removed from society.

Any religion that leads you to torture children is sick.

[GP6971]

6. Hello.

Psyops just like vax and masks, right?

[Joinfortmill]

8. I've been watching the released arrest videos, etc. I can't yet bear to hear Franke's diary entries.

One thing that stood out for me was the arrest of Franke and Hildebrandt. They were arrested separately and their reactions were quite different. Hildebrant was very emotional. Franke was cold and arrogant. You could feel it through the video. So, I recently watched Hildebrant's niece, who was abused by her many years ago, discuss her experience. She believes Hildebrant is the ring-leader here. And, although I respect her opinion, after all, she should know. I found Franke's demeanor downright chilling. Both these women need to be thrown and jail and key thrown away after them.

[barbaraann]

10. There were warnings. The authorities ignored the warnings.

Here are just a couple of articles about how CPS and law enforcement failed the children:

https://pagesix.com/2023/09/04/ruby-franke-neighbors-warned-cops-about-youtuber-before-arrest/

https://nypost.com/2023/09/03/social-media-users-have-been-sounding-alarms-on-ruby-franke-long-before-her-arrest-on-child-abuse-charges/

There are many more articles like this. Will anyone ever be held accountable? Will the unresponsive system be fixed?

[sop]

11. This is so depraved, on so many levels.