A mother of five disappears over a holiday weekend. Her car is found abandoned on the side of the road—keys, purse, and phone still inside. What begins as a missing person case quickly unravels into something much darker, pulling in family, suspicion, and years of unanswered questions. In this episode of Straight to the Case, we dive into one of Kentucky’s most haunting mysteries: The Disappearance of Crystal Rodgers. Ref: https://www.cnn.com/2024/12/03/us/missing-people-cases-priority-list#:~:text=Many%20people%20who%20go%20missing,race%2C%20gender%20and%20ZIP%20code . https://www.aetv.com/real-crime/murder-convictions-without-a-body https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/true-crime-all-the-time-unsolved/id1195484262?i=1000546739448 https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-investigators/id1498411118?i=1000633979694 https://www.whas11.com/article/news/investigations/bardstown/crystal-rogers-update-trial-verdict-brooks-houck-joseph-lawson/417-52f50662-d43a-4f77-b5bc-06edb8622877 https://www.wdrb.com/news/court-documents-reveal-new-details-about-rifle-that-may-have-been-used-to-kill-tommy/article_2c8200be-737f-11ee-b471-f7f7e525a10c.html https://www.wlky.com/article/crystal-rogers-brooks-houck-sentence-joseph-lawson/66309463 https://www.courier-journal.com/story/news/crime/2025/09/17/brooks-houck-joseph-lawson-sentenced-in-crystal-rogers-disappearance/86178633007/
