Ruby Franke formally charged with 6 counts of felony child abuse
Ruby Franke formally charged with 6 counts of felony child abuse
Franke was arrested last week following the discovery of her son with open wounds and duct tape on his wrists and ankles.
Ruby Franke, the mother of six behind the family YouTube channel "8 Passengers," has been charged with six counts of felony child abuse by the Washington County Attorney in Utah, a spokesperson for the attorney’s office confirmed to NBC News on Tuesday.
Franke and her business partner, Jodi Hildebrandt, were arrested last week after law enforcement found Franke’s 12-year-old son emaciated and with open wounds and duct tape on his wrists and ankles. The boy had climbed out of a window of Hildebrandt’s home and ran to a neighbor house for help, according to a probable cause affidavit acquired by NBC News.
Franke’s 10-year-old daughter was found at Hildebrandt’s home in a similar malnourished condition, according to the affidavit. Officials said the condition of the children was so severe that they were transported to a local area hospital. Franke’s other four children were taken into the care of Utah’s Division of Child and Family Services.
Hildebrandt was also charged with six counts of felony child abuse. Each count carries a prison sentence of up to 15 years and a fine of up to $10,000, the county attorney told NBC News in an emailed statement.
Monstrous woman, and sadly she infected many dumb mothers with her bullshit.
What's even crazier, from some of what I have seen online, she was/is Mormon and many/good portion of her viewers seem to be too.. they all claim this lifestyle as normal and it is quite frankly scary and jarring to see some of the comments saying she was just a 'strict parent'.
Just reading about some of her, "parenting advice" it was obvious that she was a terrible person. And to think some people actually listened to her
Do you have an example? I dont really want to go rooting around in that rabbit hole trying to find out.
She threw their homework and other things in the trash. Said they had until the end of the day to pay cash or do chores to get it back so they could learn the real value of their things.
She took her son's bed away for seven months, apparently because he played a prank on his brother.
Oh, and the kids had to make their own school lunch in the morning. The school calls one day because her 6 year old daughter didn't have any food. She let the girl go hungry. Quote:
My hope is that she’ll be hungry and come home and go, ‘oh man, that was really painful, being hungry all day. I will make sure to always have lunch with me.
one time as punishment she cancelled christmas for the younger 2.. the older 2 got presents like usual. another time she didn't allow her oldest son to sleep in his room for 6 months oh and he slept on a bean bag during those months... when he did have a room he wasn't allowed to have a door. if you want to see examples check out mormon stories podcast. they go into detail.
There are a bunch on this tiktok page: https://www.tiktok.com/@got2bviral/video/7273876424195312938
That probably means they're also terrible.
This is very common homeschooling education.
Homeschooling doesn't automatically mean child abuse. I was homeschooled and knew a lot of homeschooled kids, and none of us were ever abused.
A child abuser will abuse children and good people don't. It's as simple as that.
none of us were ever abused.
That you know about. You can't speak for what other kids in other families might have been going through.
I honestly have not seen a homeschooled individual that wasn't maladjusted to the realities of this world and because of that sheltered learning environment they themselves become as such. sheltered individuals. My best friend and his older sister were homeschooled and they struggle to this day with the social aspects of life, his younger sibling went to public school and shes a colonel in the army now...I even knew a homeschooled girl who went to the naval academy, razor smart intellectually but you could fool her with the easiest of parlor tricks.
We are social animals. by schooling from home you potentially deny your kids the one thing they need to do to survive; how to interact with others outside of your micro tiny family universe.
i had to turn off her videos, i just couldn't fathom how monstrous she was being..she literally thinks she owns her children like a pilot does a mech. i feel so bad for her children, they are going to have some social snags to deal with and heal from, i just hope they can find a more supportive human network.
It's scary to think that some dumbasses took parenting advice from this psychopath. There really should be some sort of test one has to take before becoming a parent.
What is this a chatgpt story? There is almost no substance....
Are we really as society going to look at websites like this that are 1% story content? 99% add content that frankly I visually dont even process?
Am I the only one? I literally wouldn't click on an add link even if it was something I want!
This isn't the entire story, just a snippet that was copied from the full story, which is linked in OP.
This is why I love pi-hole. I have no idea what you're talking about. I see no ads on that page.
Bro go skim YouTube shorts.
Stock footage, reddit posts, AI voiceover.
It's making money. It's a weird era.
The article contains quite a big error too. Her two eldest children are over 18, have moved out and and are estranged from their mother. The eldest daughter actually helped the police, she posted on Instagram (or maybe TikTok) from outside the house when her mother was arrested. Initial reports said two of the children found in the house weren’t hers but I don’t think they’re the other lady’s either, she’s in her late 50 iirc.
Yewb
Ahhh AI!!!
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