Utah police discover 'panic room' inside abusive mommy blogger accomplice's $5.3M desert home
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Utah police found a 'panic room' inside Jodi Hildebrandt's $5.3 million Ivins home, where Ruby Franke sent her children to stay with Hildebrandt. The pair were convicted of child abuse in 2023.
"[W]e could not make entry or contact with anyone on the other side." Jodi Hildebrandt's so-called "panic room" or "safe room" had a vault-like door. (Washington County Attorney's Office) Jodi Hildebrandt's so-called "panic room" or "safe room" had a vault-like door. (Washington County Attorney's Office) Police said Hilbebrandt's "safe room" was hidden beneath her garage. (Washington County Attorney's Office) Police said Hilbebrandt's "safe room" was hidden beneath her garage. (Washington County Attorney's Office) Police said Hilbebrandt's "safe room" was hidden beneath her garage. (Washington County Attorney's Office) Police said Hilbebrandt's "safe room" was hidden beneath her garage. (Washington County Attorney's Office) "You can’t even raise your kids anymore." "[M]y children have been spawns of Satan." Audrey Conklin is a digital reporter for Fox News Digital and FOX Business. Email tips to audrey.conklin@fox.com or on Twitter at @audpants.
"The investigation found that religious extremism motivated Ms. Franke and Ms. Hildebrandt to inflict this horrific abuse," the Washington County Attorney's Office said in a March 22 statement. "The women appeared to fully believe that the abuse they inflicted was necessary to teach the children how to properly repent for imagined ‘sins’ and to cast the evil spirits out of their bodies."
On Aug. 30, 2023, Utah police responded to a residence in Ivins after one of Franke's young sons escaped from Hildebrandt's home through a window and sought help from a neighbor, who said the boy appeared severely malnourished and had duct tape on his ankles.
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