1 year since Ruby Franke and Jodi Hildebrandt were arrested [Video]

SALT LAKE CITY — It’s been one year since Youtube family vlogger Ruby Franke and her former business partner Jodi Hildebrandt were arrested for child abuse.

Both women are now serving four consecutive terms of one to 15 years each term in the Utah State Prison.

KSL TV took Chopper 5 down to Hildebrandt’s Ivins neighborhood last year. It’s where Franke’s youngest son escaped through one of the home’s windows on Aug. 30, 2023.

Investigators found rope, bindings and other items used to torture the boy and his sibling. The prosecution said the then 9- and 11-year-old were held in a concentration camp-like setting.

“The abuse was horrific and it would have been apparent… to anybody that would have seen the kids,” said state prosecutor Eric Clarke.