3rd suspect arrested in Crystal Rogers death investigation
BARDSTOWN, Ky. (WTVQ) — A third arrest has been made in connection to the death of Crystal Rogers.
Stephen Lawson was arrested in Indiana and charged with conspiracy to commit murder and tampering with physical evidence, according to court records.
The charges stem from an incident over the Fourth of July weekend in 2015, when investigators say he, acting alone, or with others, mutilated, concealed or destroyed physical evidence and aided a person in the planning or commission of a crime causing the death of another person, according to ABC affiliate WHAS.
On Sept. 7, Joseph Lawson was the first person to be arrested in connection to this case since the FBI took over three years ago.
Lawson is charged with conspiracy to commit murder and tampering with physical evidence.
Brooks Houck, Rogers’ ex-boyfriend, was the second man to be arrested during this investigation.
Houck is charged with murder and tampering with physical evidence.
Rogers disappeared on July 3, 2015.
Her father, Tommy Ballard, later found her car along the Bluegrass Parkway. Inside he found her keys, cell phone and purse.
She has been presumed dead since then.
