Jailed ‘momfluencer’ Ruby Franke’s newly-released journal entries detail horrific child abuse
Ruby Franke’s handwritten journal entries, detailing the horrific abuse she inflicted on her young children, have been released by authorities.
Franke, a YouTube “momfluencer”, from Utah, pleaded guilty to multiple counts of aggravated child abuse in December. She previously ran a YouTube channel about her family life, featuring her husband, Kevin Franke, and their six children.
Her associate, Jodi Hildebrandt, also pleaded guilty to four counts of aggravated abuse over the physical and emotional harm done to Franke’s two youngest children, aged nine and 12. The pair have each been sentenced to up to 30 years in prison.
On Friday, the Washington County Attorney’s Office released documents and videos related to the case, including Franke’s handwritten journal.
The entries contain sickening details of Franke and Hildebrandts’ abusive behaviour, including denying the children access to food and water, and claims that one child is “possessed”.
The children’s names were redacted by authorities and replaced with the initials, “R” and “E.”
On 10 July 2023, Franke wrote about her son’s birthday, comparing him to a “snake”.
“It’s [R’s] birthday,” she wrote. “He doesn’t even know what month it is…I told [R] he emulates a snake. He slithers and sneaks around when no one is watching then he scurries.”
In other entries, Franke fixates on sin and evil. “I told [R] that he needs to find God,” she wrote. “I invited him to fast and pray. [R] is in and out of possession.”
In several entries, Franke wrote about her children begging for water or “stealing” it, and how she deprived them of food. Franke also wrote about how her daughter would makeup rhymes about her abuse.
“All day, [E] makes rhymes about: ‘My mom starves me and calls it fasting.’ ‘My mom won’t lift a finger and bring me food because all she does is lie on the bed and eat brownies,’” Franke wrote.
She described the child as manipulative and said that she had cut off her hair.
“[E] is better behaved with Jodi. She likes to think she can manipulate me. I gave her a pixie hair cut. All her long hair is gone. No more distracting [with] hair.”
The women were arrested after Franke’s son escaped from Hildebrandt’s southern Utah home last August, where the pair were keeping the children. The child asked a neighbour to call the police.
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