NELSON COUNTY, Ky. — FBI investigators were back in Nelson County on Wednesday for one of the biggest of Bardstown's unsolved mysteries.
Law enforcement confirmed they were looking for the remains of Crystal Rogers at a property in Cox's Creek.
They started searching the property on Tuesday. Residents who didn't want to be seen on camera talked about the new search.
One resident told WHAS11 she's concerned since investigators were looking for more evidence.
According to Nelson County real estate records, the property has ties to the Houck family. Brooks and Nick Houck's grandmother Anna Whitesides owned the land in 2017, and it was owned by another Houck family member before that.
Brooks and two other men are charged in the case with a trial now pending.
Most Bardstown residents WHAS11 talked to hoped this meant justice is coming soon for Roger's family.
"I mean this has been going on for so long and I can't imagine what her family has been going through," said a woman who wanted to be anonymous.
It's been over nine years and Crystal's body still hasn't been found. The mother of five disappeared the weekend of Fourth of July in 2015.
Nelson County sheriff Ramon Pineiroa said the search "is still ongoing, we have not found the body and it's what we're here to do."
WHAS11 talked to Louisville attorney Nick Mudd of the Mudd Legal Group. He's a former assistant Commonwealth's attorney and he's been following this case and its arrests closely.
"Having the body is the utmost importance so a forensic exam can be done which lets you piece together the past of what actually happened to this young lady," Mudd said.
He said a trial can still happen without Rogers' body being found.
"A person starts innocent until proven guilty and they have to prove what happened and it becomes a very high bar and difficult for a prosecutor to prove what actually happened without having those remains," said Mudd.
People in Bardstown also wondered if any more arrests are going to be made in this case.
"Do we really, you know, have everyone in custody that we need to have in custody?" the anonymous Bardstown resident said.
She hoped investigators find the evidence that brings closure to Rogers' family.
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