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Trial date set for suspects in Crystal Rogers case

The trials for all three men will start next year.

LOUISVILLE, Ky. — On Tuesday, the judge in the Crystal Rogers case set the trial dates for the three suspects in her murder.

Brooks Houck and Joseph Lawson will be tried together on June 24, 2025.

Steve Lawson, Joseph's father, will be tried separately on Feb. 10, 2025. The judge approved that motion Nov. 5.

Both Lawsons are charged with complicity to murder and tampering with physical evidence.

Houck is Roger's ex-boyfriend, and he is charged with her murder.

Judge Charles Simms also ruled the Crystal Rogers' murder trial would be moved 100 miles south of Bardstown to Warren County.

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