Ruby Franke, a former YouTube family blogger from Utah who advised millions of people, was sentenced last month on child abuse charges. Franke’s heavily redacted handwritten diary detailed some of her abuse.
NBC News report In one diary, Franke claimed that her son was possessed by an evil spirit. And in an entry dated July 11, 2023, she wrote that today was “an important day for evil” and described an incident in which her son was pushed into the water and had his nose and mouth shut. continued.
She also said she made no effort to help the boy. Franke is reportedly a member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.
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Associated Press report Franke recorded that her daughter was “manipulative” and forced her to stand in the rain for two hours as punishment.
Franke and her co-defendant, mental health counselor Jody Hildebrandt, were each sentenced to up to 30 years in prison for extreme child abuse. Washington County Attorney Eric Clark said a police investigation concluded that religious extremism played a significant role in the women’s treatment of their children.
The two women were first arrested in August 2023, and both were charged with second-degree aggravated assault after authorities found one of Franke was emaciated with an open wound and bound with duct tape. Pleaded guilty to four counts of child abuse.
According to reports, Franke’s diary was made public on Friday. They documented months of abuse she committed against her children, including starving her son and nine-year-old daughter to death.
Records also revealed that Franke made them work long hours in the summer and isolated them from the outside world. Children were sometimes trapped in concrete bunkers in Hildebrand’s basement.
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