What happened to Ruby Franke? Family YouTuber arrested for child abuse as two kids hospitalized YouTube: 8 passengersRuby Franke, the mother of popular family vlogger channel 8 Passengers, was arrested on August 30 on suspicion of aggravated child abuse which led to two of her kids being sent to hospital. Ruby Franke is best known for her previous family channel, 8 Passengers, where the family vlogged their lives and posted fun videos on YouTube that often went viral. However, on August 30, 2023, Fox13 reported that \u201c8 Passengers\u201d mother Ruby Franke was arrested, along with Jodi Hildebrandt, founder of the parent counseling service ConneXions, for two counts of aggravated child abuse. The New York Times reported that Franke\u2019s 12-year-old son climbed out a window at Hildebrandt\u2019s home and went to a neighbor\u2019s house on Wednesday morning, asking for food and water. The child had duct tape on his ankles and wrists, as well as open wounds. He appeared to be emaciated and malnourished, according to the affidavit. The neighbor then went on to call the police, who soon found Franke\u2019s 10-year-old daughter in the same house. She was also described as malnourished. Both children were taken to a hospital. The boy was placed on a medical hold \u201cdue to his deep lacerations from being tied up with rope and from his malnourishment,\u201d according to the affidavit. A search of Hildebrandt\u2019s home found evidence \u201cconsistent with the markings\u201d found on the 12-year-old, the police said in a statement. The police contacted the Utah Division of Child and Family Services, and a total of four children were taken into its care. Both Franke and Hildebrandt were arrested and have been in custody ever since. Ruby Franke denied bail amid child abuse charges On Thursday, 31 August, a judge denied bail for both Franke and Hildebrandt because of \u201cthe severity of the injuries of her two kids located in the home,\u201d according to court records. In response to hearing about her mother\u2019s arrest, Franke\u2019s eldest daughter Shari, 20, posted about her mother\u2019s arrest to her Instagram Story on Wednesday night, NBC reported. Shari Franke, who previously posted that she was not in contact with her immediate family, shared an image of police officers with the caption: \u201cFinally.\u201d She soon followed up with another Instagram Story post where she wrote: \u201cHi all. Today has been a big day. Me and my family are so glad justice is being served. We\u2019ve been trying to tell the police and CPS for years about this, and so glad they finally decided to step up.\u201d \u201cKids are safe, but there\u2019s a long road ahead,\u201d she continued in her post. \u201cPlease keep them in your prayers and also respect their privacy.\u201d Ruby Franke court case gets closed to the public On October 11, a Utah judge issued an order to seal all hearings and documents in the Ruby Franke child welfare case. This decision came after sensitive information about the children involved was mistakenly shared with the public, according to court documents. During a pretrial hearing on September 18, Utah\u2019s Fourth District Juvenile Court allowed media to attend but prohibited photography. Media allegedly took unauthorized photos outside, which were later used in news reports, as per court documents. This behavior ultimately led to the judge\u2019s decision, citing the difficulty in balancing media interest, court transparency, and child privacy. Ruby Franke remained incarcerated in southern Utah on felony child abuse charges. We will keep this story updated with the latest details as the situation unfolds.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
What happened to Ruby Franke? Family YouTuber arrested for child abuse as two kids hospitalized YouTube: 8 passengersRuby Franke, the mother of popular family vlogger channel 8 Passengers, was arrested on August 30 on suspicion of aggravated child abuse which led to two of her kids being sent to hospital. Ruby Franke is best known […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-63908","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/63908","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=63908"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/63908\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=63908"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=63908"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=63908"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}