Ruby Franke Husband's Stunning Admission
Crime Stories with Nancy Grace
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3.9 • 7.6K Ratings
🗓️ 16 March 2025
⏱️ 39 minutes
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Summary
Kevin Franke and his two oldest children have opened up for the first time together to tell their story of living with infamous vlogger Ruby Franke. Hulu's docuseries Devil in the Family: The Fall of Ruby Franke reveal the disturbing details of the abuse endured by the Franke children and how husband Kevin was isolated from his children during his year-long separation from their mother.
We learned of the horrendous abused when Franke's 12-year-old son climbs out of a window in a home, belonging to Franke's business partner Jodi Hildebrandt. The boy running to neighbors begging for food and water.
Neighbors called police. Officers said the boy looked emaciated and malnourished. Cops also noted that the boy had “deep lacerations from being tied up with rope” and duct tape around his wrists and ankles.. After searching Hildebrandt’s home, police found Franke’s 10-year-old daughter in a similar condition. Both children were taken to a hospital.
Franke's parenting channel "8 Passengers," which at one time boasted over 2 million followers, doled out parenting advice, and in her video, she admits to withholding food as a form of punishment.
Both women charged and convicted with aggravated child abuse. Kevin Frank admits he is still in love with his soon-to-be ex-wife.
Joining Nancy Grace Today:
- Donna Kelly – Former Utah Senior Deputy District Attorney and Attorney for Crime Victims Legal Clinic; Helped form the Utah County Sex Crimes Task Force
- Dr. Dana Anderson – Forensic Psychologist and consultant, court appointed expert witness, Twitter: @psychologydrcom, TikTok: @psychologydr
- Jason Jensen – Private Investigator (Jensen Private Investigations), Cold Case Expert (Salt Lake City, UT), and Co-founder: “Cold Case Coalition;” Investigations; Twitter: @JasonJPI, Facebook/Instagram: “Jensen Investigations”
- Dr. Free N. Hess – Pediatrician/Pediatric Emergency Medicine, Child Safety Expert & Consultant, Founder of www.PediMom.com
- Emily Ashcraft- Reporter for KSL.com in Utah; Twitter: @emilyjaneen3
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| 0:00.0 | Crime Stories with Nancy Grace. |
| 0:05.0 | The highly popular mommy vlogger with millions of followers as she doled out parenting advice, |
| 0:15.0 | only to be charged with felonies and sentenced after her children found beaten and starved, traumatized. |
| 0:24.5 | In the last days, the husband of the evil mommy vlogger Ruby Frankie leaves viewers outraged by what he says on air. |
| 0:38.7 | I'm Nancy Grace. This is Crime Stories. Thank you for being with us. |
| 0:43.2 | The husband of the YouTube mommy vlogger Ruby Frankie leaves viewers stunned and sickened. |
| 0:51.3 | He says he still loves his wife, despite her devilish abuse of their children. |
| 1:00.2 | Kevin Frankie and son Chad sat down on GMA for the first time, ahead of their Hulu documentary |
| 1:07.6 | Devil in the Family, the fall of Ruby Frankie. Despite Ruby Frankie |
| 1:13.3 | convicted of stunning, horrific child abuse on their two young children, he says he still |
| 1:21.7 | loves her, quote, I don't think I'll ever stop loving her. I'm, quote, not ashamed to say after being |
| 1:29.0 | married over 20 years to that woman, I truly did and still do love her. He also told that to people. |
| 1:38.1 | Since Frankie has been sent to jail on a 30-year sentence, the husband and children have, quote, reconnected, and their home is now |
| 1:48.8 | full of, quote, laughter. I've always wondered where he was during all the child abuse. What exactly |
| 1:55.8 | happened? What does it mean when you're an influencer with literally millions of so-called followers |
| 2:02.6 | when your child sneaks out of a window completely emaciated, starved with signs all their bodies |
| 2:15.6 | that they have been bound, tied up, likely with at least duct tape. |
| 2:25.0 | What kind of an influencer is that? Well, according to me, that's a kind of influencer that would best spend their time behind bars. |
| 2:37.8 | Let's see who they can influence in the CI Correctional Institute. |
| 2:41.8 | That's where I'm coming from. |
| 2:43.4 | But I let you judge for yourself. |
| 2:45.9 | Let's kick it off with our friends at ABC. |
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