Lawson's attorneys argue there were procedural errors prior to and during the trial and an impartial jury was unobtainable.

All of the sealed court records surrounding the murder trial of Brooks Houck, Joseph Lawson and Steven Lawson have now been ...

The defense argues that Joseph Lawson should have been given a directed verdict (or acquittal) by the judge after the ...

Get more information about the convictions of two men in connection to the disappearance of Kentucky mom Crystal Rogers.

The jury recommended a life sentence for Houck, plus an additional five-year sentence for the tampering charge to be served ...

Brooks Houck and Joseph Lawson were convicted in connection to Rogers' disappearance. Her body has never been found.

Tommy Ballard was the father of Crystal Rogers and became heavily invested in searching for her after she disappeared.

Attorneys for both defendants and the prosecution gave their closing arguments July 7. Jury deliberations will begin July 8.

A verdict has been reached in the second trial connected to the disappearance of Crystal Rogers more than a decade ago.

After three-and-a-half hours of deliberations, a jury in Bowling Green convicted Brooks Houck, Rogers’ boyfriend and father of one of her children, of murder. Co-defendant Joseph Lawson was found ...

The joint trial of Houck, Rogers’ boyfriend, and Joseph Lawson, Houck’s employee, began June 24. The two men were charged in ...

Special prosecutor Shane Young, standing, right, speaks during the arraignment for Brooks Houck at the Nelson County Courthouse in Bardstown, Ky., Oct. 5, 2023. Houck has been charged in the murder of ...