"Revealing Ruby Franke: Disturbing Details of Child Abuse Probe Unveiled"

Utah momfluencer Ruby Franke and her business partner, Jodi Hildebrandt, were sentenced to up to 30 years in prison for child abuse. Franke's handwritten diaries, released by the Washington County attorney’s office, detail disturbing abuses including starvation, grueling labor, and attempted drowning of her children, motivated by religious extremism. Franke referred to her children as "spawns of Satan" and used extreme punishments, such as shaving their heads and denying them beds, to break their ties with the devil. The diaries also reveal Hildebrandt's involvement in the abuse. Franke and Hildebrandt's actions were deemed necessary to cast out evil spirits from the children's bodies. Franke apologized at her sentencing, attributing her actions to a distorted reality, while Hildebrandt expressed hopes for the children's healing.