LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WDRB) -- Nearly a decade after Crystal Rogers disappeared, two men convicted in her murder are expected to learn their sentences Wednesday in Nelson County.

Brooks Houck, Rogers' boyfriend at the time of her disappearance, and Joseph Lawson were convicted in July after a jury trial in Bowling Green. The sentencing was delayed from last month because of Lawson's ongoing health issues from a 2021 motorcycle crash.

Houck, 43, was found guilty of murder and complicity to tampering with evidence. The jury recommended a sentence of life in prison plus five years.

He never spoke during the trial, but hours of recorded jail phone calls obtained through open records revealed his reaction after the guilty verdict.

"... The journey that my life has taken has completely turned aro

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