A Nelson County judge confirmed on Friday that the trial or trials of Brooks Houck and his two-codefendants for the murder of Crystal Rogers will be held in either Warren or Christian counties likely next year.
It is still unknown if the men will be tried together or separate.
In March, the prosecutor, Shane Young, agreed with a motion filed by attorneys for Houck, Joseph Lawson and Steve Lawson that there has been too much publicity, since Rogers disappeared in 2015 to find an unbiased jury in Nelson County.
They have been looking outside the Louisville and Lexington media markets at counties “demographically” similar to Nelson.
“It will be one of those two locations,” Judge Chares Simms III said on Friday. “I have spoken to the chief circuit judges in both those counties, and they are certain things are good about each facility.”
He said he will release an order quickly on with county he decides on.
Credit: Jason Riley/WDRB-Louisville
