LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WAVE) - The Commonwealth has asked a judge to deny the request for a new trial from two of the three men convicted in the case of the disappearance and presumed murder of Crystal Rogers, a Bardstown mother of five last seen over ten years ago.

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Brooks Houck was found guilty of murder/principal or accomplice and tampering with evidence in the Rogers’ case, while Steven and Joseph Lawson, who are father and son, were found guilty of conspiracy to murder and tampering with evidence.

Steven Lawson faced his trial first and likewise was the first for his request for a new trial to be challenged by prosecutors, who at the time said the motion had ‘no merit.’

Steve Lawson was later sentenced to 17 years in prison with no chance of parole.

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