Ruby Franke, the Utah parenting blogger accused of abusing her six youngsters along with her running a blog co-host — and co-defendant — Jodi Hildebrandt, appeared in courtroom on Monday and entered a plea deal.
Franke, 41, pleaded responsible to 4 of six counts of second-degree aggravated baby abuse in a St. George courtroom.
“With my deepest regret and sorrow for my family and my children, guilty,” Franke mentioned when the decide requested how she pleaded to the final and sixth depend of second-degree baby abuse.
Franke and Hildebrandt, 45, collectively ran a parenting and way of life YouTube channel and have been every charged with six counts of kid abuse in September after police rescued two of Franke’s youngsters, who appeared malnourished and uncared for, from Hildebrandt’s dwelling Aug. 30.
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Ruby Franke, 41, pleaded responsible to 4 of six counts of second-degree aggravated baby abuse in a St. George courtroom. (Moms of Truth/Instagram)
Franke’s sentencing is scheduled for Feb. 20.
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One of Hildebrandt’s neighbors reported the abuse to police after one in all Franke’s sons confirmed up on his doorstep.

Ruby Franke and her enterprise accomplice Jodi Hildebrandt have been arrested and charged on Aug. 30 after Santa Clara police obtained a dispatch name round 10:50 p.m. asking for assist. (Instagram/moms_of_truth)
“I just had a 12-year-old boy show up here at my front door asking for help, and he said he just came from a neighbor’s house, and we know there’s been problems at this neighbor’s house,” a person mentioned in an August 911 name reporting the alleged abuse obtained by Fox News Digital. “He’s emaciated. He’s got tape around his legs. He’s hungry, and he’s thirsty.”
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The boy apparently instructed the neighbor that despite the fact that he got here from Hildebrandt’s home, his mom is Ruby Franke, who lives in a special city. Police would later find Franke’s 4 different youngsters at completely different areas, in accordance with a police report. The boy additionally instructed police he climbed by Hildebrandt’s window to flee and get assist.
After rescuing Franke’s youngest youngsters from Hildebrandt’s dwelling Aug. 30, police from Springfield and different native businesses started to seek for her different 4 youngsters, who weren’t at Hildebrandt’s dwelling on the time. They made contact with the 2 eldest youngsters, Chad and Shari Franke — each residing away from dwelling on the time of the incident — in an effort to search out the opposite two juveniles.
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Authorities ultimately situated the 2 youngsters at one other grownup’s home in American Fork, Utah.
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Both Franke and Hildebrandt have been initially charged with two counts of kid abuse, however authorities later added 4 extra baby abuse expenses to every suspect. Franke’s husband, Kevin Franke, shouldn’t be talked about in any of the unredacted parts of the police studies.
“Kevin was a great neighbor and loving father,” a neighbor beforehand instructed Fox News Digital. “He was always seen outside with his kids, walking the dog, or chatting with neighbors. For a short time, he was a ‘moderator’ in the ConneXions Facebook group, then that ‘job’ was removed and he was also removed from the house. Once he was gone, it went downhill.”
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