Court documents supporting six felony child abuse charges against YouTube influencer Ruby Franke have revealed how her son’s dramatic escape from the family’s home led to her arrest.

“I did always feel bad when he got in trouble,” Shari Franke says of her brother Chad ... a neighbor to call the police following his escape from Jodi's home in Ivins, Utah.

The women were arrested on child abuse charges after Ruby Franke's emaciated 12-year-old son Russell escaped through a window and knocked on a neighbor's door. The neighbors noticed his ankles ...

Content warning: This story discusses child abuse. Ruby Franke's son Chad Franke is defending himself. As his mom continues to serve prison time on child abuse charges, the 20-year-old—who is ...

Ruby Franke, the disgraced Utah vlogger serving time for child abuse, has written her eldest son Chad letters from prison. He doesn’t respond. The letters “stopped on their own,” Chad Franke ...

Police arrested Franke in August 2023 after her 12-year-old son appeared at a neighbor’s ... The boy had climbed out of a window to escape the Ivins, Utah, home where he lived with his younger ...

Soon after her child’s escape, Franke was arrested on multiple ... to Franke's parenting techniques. In June 2020, Franke's then-15-year-old son Chad was filmed saying he had been sleeping ...

“I did always feel bad when he got in trouble,” Shari Franke says of her brother Chad ... a neighbor to call the police ...