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RUBY FRANKE/ JODI HILDEBRANDT CASE: BOTH WOMEN PLEAD GUILTY

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Hidden True Crime

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🗓️ 20 February 2024

⏱️ 30 minutes

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Summary

Ruby Franke and Jodi Hildebrandt will be sentenced February 20th 2024 and host Lauren Matthias is in St George, Utah for the sentencing. She will be reporting with Law and Crime, as well as Hidden True Crime during the day's sentencing and will be catching everyone up shortly. ...Until then, learn about Jodi and Ruby's plea deals with Lauren's live reporting. YouTuber mom Ruby Franke and her therapist Jodi Hildebrandt were arrested and charged in August 2023 after two of Ruby's children were found bound in duct tape. May justice be served. LAUREN MATTHIAS worked as an anchor and reporter for ABC, NBC, and FOX News in Boise, Idaho and Salt Lake City, Utah. She spent a decade reporting on a diverse range of topics from high profile crimes to Presidential visits. Most recently, she reported for Salt Lake City’s ABC affiliate News4Utah and in 2015 she received the Idaho State Broadcaster’s Association Best Reporter award and reported with News Nation throughout the Lori Vallow trial. She is the producer and editor of the Hidden True Crime Podcast along with her husband Dr. John Matthias, a forensic psychologist. HIDDEN: A TRUE CRIME PODCAST is: CRIMINAL PSYCHOLOGY REINVENTED. Join us on a journey into the darkest recesses of the human mind and the unconscious motivations that drive human behaviors in order to understand the world and ourselves. WEBSITE: https://hiddentruecrime.com/ TO SUPPORT: https://www.patreon.com/hiddentruecrime https://paypal.me/hiddentruecrime Our Sponsors:* Check out Acorns: https://acorns.com/HIDDENTRUECRIME* Check out Acorns: https://acorns.com/HIDDENTRUECRIME* Check out Armoire and use my code HIDDENTRUECRIME for a great deal: https://www.armoire.style* Check out Effecty and use my code HIDDENTRUECRIME for a great deal: https://www.effecty.com* Check out Happy Mammoth and use my code HIDDENTRUECRIME for a great deal: https://happymammoth.comSupport this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/hidden-a-true-crime-podcast1836/donationsAdvertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0

Hidden, a true crime podcast.

0:05.0

Good morning. Welcome to District Court.

0:07.0

We're here in the matter of State of Utah versus Frankie.

0:10.0

All right, I've been handed a plea agreement and it appears to be signed by Ms.

0:17.6

Frankie.

0:18.6

Ms. Frankie, did you sign this agreement?

0:20.2

Yes.

0:21.2

And you did that today? When did you sign it?

0:24.0

I made 18th.

0:25.0

Okay.

0:26.0

You've read it carefully.

0:29.0

Every word.

0:30.0

Your signature represents to the court that you've read it carefully, that you understand what you've read, and that you agree to all of the terms. Is that all accurate?

0:40.0

Yes. Ms. Frankie, how do you plead to count one, aggravated child abuse, a second degree felony?

0:46.0

Guilty.

0:48.0

To count three, aggravated child abuse a second degree felony. To count five, aggravated child abuse a second degree felony.

0:58.0

Guilty.

0:59.0

And to count six, aggravated child abuse a second degree felony.

1:03.0

With my deepest regret and sorrow for my family and my children.

1:09.0

Guilty.

1:10.0

Hey everyone, in my live testing? One to testing. Thanks for being with me again today.

1:20.0

This is the second live I've done. We've also now posted the full court video from earlier today when Ruby

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