Justice For the Family of Missing Mother Crystal Rogers as Jury Returns a GUILTY Verdict | Crime Alert 3PM 07.10.25

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Speaker 1 (00:00):
Crime Alart hourly update, breaking crime news Now, I'm Nicole Pardon.
A jury has delivered a verdict in the second trial
related to the case of Crystal rogers disappearance. Both defendants
were found guilty on all counts, with her ex boyfriend
being convicted of her murder. Rogers was last seen in
July twenty fifteen, and despite extensive searches conducted over the years,

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her remains have never been found from the outset. Brooks Hawk,
who was dating Rogers at the time of her disappearance
and is the father of one of her children, was
the only named suspect, though he was not charged until
twenty twenty three. Investigators identified the man as the primary
suspect in the murder, while Joseph Lawson and his father,

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Steve Lawson, were implicated as accomplices. Defense attorneys contended that
there was no concrete evidence supporting the murder charge, pointing
out the absence of a body, crime scene, witnesses, or weapon.
Like years of investigation, the prosecution leaned heavily on cell
phone records, compelling testimonies that implicated the defendants, and inconsistencies

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in Howke's account. Nearly fifty witnesses testified, including Roger's daughter,
employees of Brooks Hook, as well as sisters and relatives
of Joseph Lawson and Steve Lawson. After the initial response
from the jury, her daughter Ashley spoke out, I.

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Still wish we would be able to lay her to
rest the way she needs to be. Do you think
that will ever happen in time? Yeah, I do hope
that it will happen. It's not fair. It's not fair
what they did not at all. I might not have
been as close to mom as my brothers and sisters were,

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but There's been days in my life where I've just
sat down and cried because I wanted my mom there,
like having my babies, like she would have loved my kids.
She was a great mom and she did not deserve
what was done to.

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Her at all. The jury took approximately four hours to
deliberate following the verdict announcement, The sentencing hearing commenced shortly after,
with the jury making its recommendations in just five minutes.
The jury suggested a life sentence for Brooks how while
Joseph Lawson was recommended to serve twenty years for conspiracy
to commit murder and an additional five years for tampering

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to be served consecutively. The official sentencing is scheduled for
August twenty one. More Crimate Justice news after this, the
Dallas Cowboys want to get the twenty twenty five season
started before anything else negative happens to their team, but

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that seems to be difficult. There's one more legal issue
they're trying to figure out. Over the weekend, a Dallas
Cowboy star, Keyvonte Turpin was reportedly arrested by police on
multiple charges. Turpin was reportedly pulled over and charged with
one count of possession of an unlawful weapon and one
count of possession of marijuana. However, at the time he

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was pulled over, Turpin, who was one of the fastest
players in the NFL, was reportedly speeding in excess of
one hundred miles an hour. According to the Allen Police
Department incident report, Turpin was pulled over around eleven forty
nine pm on Saturday in Texas. Police say they clocked
him going anywhere from ninety seven to one hundred and

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seven in his twenty twenty two dodge During the traffic stop.
Authorities claim an unholstered nine millimeters pistol was seen in
plain view in the back of a wide receiver's ride.
Less than two ounces of weed were also found. Turpin
was hauled off to jail and booked on two misdemeanor charges,
one count of possession of marijuana and one count of

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carrying firearm. Turbin is coming off a big year. He
was the first team All Pro kick return returning one
for ninety nine yards. The Dallas Cowboy wide receiver has
suffered an unfortunate setback with his off season arrest. The
Cowboys have yet to comment and just want to get
their season started. In Mississippi, the police are asking for

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the public's assistance and locating a missing team. The Pasca
Goula Police Department is requesting your assistance in looking for
Antonio Davis. Antonio is thirteen years old, five nine He
weighs about one hundred and twenty pounds. Family members say
Antonio was last seen on July eighth. He was wearing
a black shirt, jeene shorts, air Force one shoes, and

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was riding a bicycle and carrying a black backpack. Anyone
with information on the whereabouts of Antonio Davis is asked
to contact the PPD at two two eight seven sixty
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