FULL VIDEO Kevin Franke interrogation with investigators in Utah
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- Investigators' interview with the husband of family vlogging fame, Kevin Franke, shows how little the husband claimed to know about the well being of his own children after separating from his wife for more than a year.
Kevin, the husband of Ruby Franke, was interviewed for about 45 minutes by investigators with the Washington County Sheriff’s Office on August 30, 2023, the day his wife was arrested for child abuse. He told investigators he was asked by his wife to move out of their house and not contact any of their children in July 2022. Kevin told investigators this was due to his own, "addictions" and help he needed with "pornography."
FULL STORY: kutv.com/news/local/kevin-fra...
*NOTE* Child names are redacted, and aside from police redactions are the only edits to this interrogation.
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"I wish I had been a better husband" well everyone else wishes you had been a better father
Exactly!! The children are not in his mind whatsoever!
Excellent comment
Yeah and he says I'm worried about my wife. What about your poor children? And he keeps saying he trusts Jody. What is wrong with him? He should be charged as well.
This is a disgusting comment. It is the wife’s fault. That is why she is in prison and not him. PERIOD! The wife is an evil bitch PERIOD!
By that statement is clear he should not have the kids, he is as succubus of his wife as much she is succubus of Jodi.. Jodi convinced Ruby of things and she convinced Kevin. A real father would be screaming like a mad dog he wants to see his kids or at least ask how they are. Not to mention he still believes that taking away a bed for 7 months was a good choice and still talks in the same weird lingo they used to… kids are not safe around him, protect them at all costs they deserve better.
Kevin is NOT innocent of the charges. He’s so pathetic he doesn’t even inquire about his children’s welfare for over a year.
He continuously asked the same question back to the officers. Never once did he ask about how his Young children were doing. These kids are going to have to move to another part of the country they’re going to be scarred forever.
And notice that when they asked him when he and his wife were together how HE disciplined the kids-he declined to comment. That may not be an indirect admission of guilt, but it throws sus on him for sure.
@@johnnyx53 yep, it also sounds like he may have been abusive to Ruby
The two older girls were at some other people's home,helping with housework. He hasn't enquired about them yet.
Ya and when the officer asked him if he was aware of their condition, he didn't jump up n say, why, what is wrong with them?! He is a weenie!! 🤨
Imagine being called into the police department for questioning regarding your children and you don’t ask if your kids are okay?!
For real though. They come back in and he says I love my wife and I trust her… nothing about the kids, can I see them? Can I talk to them? Shit dude
He doesn't have any concern for the safety of any of his children. The ones old enough to live on their own have nothing to do with him, says it all. He doesn't know Jodi at all.
Everyone handles things differently. Judgemental much are you? Let me guess you’re gonna vote for Trump?
@@markmajka1877all your comment says is that you’re a judgmental Trump lover. You don’t know the family dynamics he seems like a good provider who’s floored by all this. Go back to your insurrections.
@@lanestevens2755it's the Religious nut jobs who support Cheeto
The fact that he didn’t make contact with the 2 older children who were out of the house and that they didn’t contact him either speaks volumes!
My thoughts exactly. I'm wondering if his porn addiction wasn't the only issue. Perhaps the kids were not safe with him around.
Those kids didn’t want nothing to do with this loser.
Exactly,spot on!!!!!!
sniffling like he's crying, he didn't shed one tear, slamming the desk is something he's seen someone else do and thought to do it to be "emotionally" convincing
All else aside that's actually a tough one. I know some families where the parents are split up and the parent with custody demonizes the other parent to the point where there is no chance of contact regardless. Actually pretty sad stuff under more "normal" circumstances.
He doesn't give .000000000001 of a flying fuck about his children.
He is a VERY weak willed man who was bullied by a really messed up woman.
Totally agree! You said it very well!
You're right he doesn't care about anyone except his sickening wife. He's just as much to blame he did nothing and that's worse.
No he doesn't
More worried about his wife then his children! They all are sick!
"You are telling me you are taking my kids from me" Dude, you didnt have them for a year, never checked on them or even asked about their wellbeing. You have no moral right to these children & i sure hope your legal rights to them will be revoked permanently
Well said!!! I agree. Not even the Aunts (Ellie, Julie, Bonnie) have temp custody of them.
I agree
@@joane.3533nor should they. They didn't do ANYTHING either
AMEN!
he shouldn't be allowed to see any of the children unsupervised while they're minors.
This dude 100% knows what “emaciated” means. He’s trying EXTRA hard to play dumb.
Probably at the direction of his schlock lawyer, Kesler.
I said the same thing!
Yes, I'm sure most high school kids know that word. I did in high school.
Exactly. He has a PHD in Engineering!
Weaponized incompetence. He was terrible to his kids way before jodi showed up
This dude needs 60 years in jail too
im so angry he was not and also yt should be charged alot of people complained about the channel and yt cared more about money off of ads they are responsible for what the kids suffered too just like this guy just like people comenting...he knew what was going on..and was abusive also. he even admits his abuse of his wife his choices of how he treated her he said. that woman was sick and he knew it. she could not even say the word hi chair in one video. she is holding an infant trying to feed her and could not even think of the word hi chair she had no idea what the word hi chair was. she could not figure out what it was called. The eating chair was what she could come up with. Something was very wrong with her. many people reported to yt and what did yt do? kept making money off the channel that is what. yt should be charged for profiting off of the madness. THIS guy not being charged also is a tragedy.
All of his children have come out and said no abuse had happened until he left and the other lady moved in. They said the other lady acted possessed and really weird. Kevin doesn’t deserve 60 years in prison. He cheated on his wife, she made him move out, she manipulated him, and she deceived him. In this moment, he thought they were lying because he had never seen his wife act out like they were describing.
The older brother, was beating his little brother up so they made him sleep somewhere else, they looked in there phones and monitored them (something that more parents should do as 85% of school shooters communicate about it over the phone.), and they would send them to school with snacks rather than letting them choose their lunch. This is all just strict parenting, nothing physical, nothing to truly put them in harms way.
Kevin by no means deserves 60 years.
Well, at least the same 30 years that the court gave to his wife, and to her lover(?) jodi as well.
@@IndyandJazmin Why should he be punished for something he never did? He wasn't doing what his wife and Jodi we're doing... He didn't even know Jodi had moved into a house he was paying for. Was he a good Dad? Clearly not. But we have plenty of dead beat Dads in the world, that doesn't mean they should get charged with what there wife does if they leave the children life. His wife is fucking evil, he's dead beat. Big difference.
@dinero8069 It'd be, *their wife, and not, -there wife.
You seem to have blinders on in regards to little kevin's action / inaction pre-jodiot, back when his wife and he were jointly "disciplining" their children. There's absolutely NO excuse for leaving those children in a house with a "possessed" woman who was heading towards becoming the devil's wife, smh. He never once spoke to his "beloved" children in over 13 months while living in the aforementioned house either. kevin wanted to have his eldest daughter arrested for theft and to have her charged to the maximum possible even though she had been the only one trying to protect those kids and all the most important materials that were unsafe in a house which no longer had a functional main door / main entrance door. He and Ruby were actually blaming her/Sarah for all of their problems as well. He's absolutely no better than ruby, and he's barely a step above jodiot, smh.
A college professor who doesn't know the word "emaciated" Let that sink in!
At BYU. Not shocked. 😂
He is acting very poorly
I took him meaning that he was asking what the officer meant in that context. He was acting like he was in shock.
Not anymore. Due to numerous complaints on rate your professor website BYU let him go. He trully is a sack of sh**
I was screaming at the screen when I heard him ask this "YOU'RE AN ENGINEER!"
“Are you aware of the physical condition of your children?
“No.”
No inquiry as to their condition.
Bruh. That’s cold.
he knows, he's gets the videos they took of abusing the children which they then sell, he knows everything
"He chose to sleep over a bean bag" , sure dude , you're the Dad who saw nothing and knew nothing , and still defending those two witches
That's part of their manipulation, making the child believe he chooses when in fact, he has been convinced to. Their use of the term boundaries is also very twisted. It's all to manipulate and gaslight their kids in order to make them blindly compliant and then being able to control them.
Absolute FAIL of a father.
He is weird AF.
He's got a very strange speech pattern. Clearly some type of mental illness.
He was a professor at BYU in Provo no less.
@@mossyoakmom8880 colleges are a joke.
There's lots of weird professors out there, BYU just increases the weirdness
Religious people tend to be a little unhinged. The more religious the more unhinged. This guy is the worst excuse for a father. 😡
Where’s the “are my kids going to be ok? I love my kids”
Let’s have a nice, big Mormon family and not take care of our children. Real nice Kevin.
He had already asked them prior to being led into the interrogation room. You act like he was called by a robot who said come to the police now and said nothing else until he was led into this room.
His wife said at her sentencing ( angrily) that she was never a business partner with Jodi... Jodi insisted that their relationship was at first was when she provided therapy. And later became business partners.
@@stacy6994how do you know?
@@stacy6994why the hell are u defending him?
He should be in jail also. He was more than okay how she treated the kids, he also accompanied her in lots of the videos online that I have seen.
Exactly!!!!soooo true!!!!!
I agree
This justice system is not helping anyone
And he taunted Chad remember about Chad's girlfriend episode?
There is something wrong with all these people. He has not seen any of his children in over a year, even the two that have moved out. Doesn’t have the angst to see them, talk to them...nothing. “It was the space I needed.” He totally and willingly checked out of his children. Argh! Those kids have no parents.
If he had been at Jodi’s, he would’ve gone along with the abuse, because he “trusts his wife.” What a spineless man.
100% he's a weener without balls
This is your average utah mormon dude
He sold out for “connexion” in leu of 8 passengers , wanted freedom and a percentage…so gross.
@@slwtgfWow! 😮😢
Ball less wonder.
Not once does he ask if the kids are ok! That is a major red flag! How are you not worried about your kids?!? He was more concerned about the evil witch
At first I thought, maybe he's in shock, right? But now I think he did not ask because he knew, and he is covering his own ass.
He wants to pick up his kids like they are assets that belong to him ,your right hes more worried about covering his own ass @elisheva7305
He went a year without seeing his kids, so he clearly doesn’t give a shit.
This couple has 6 children 😮😮😮😮😮😮
I'm not making excuses for him, but I've known wives of close friends who were absolute monsters. Even with proof, they were the courts sided with the wives. Now, with that out of the way, I know this cat knows what is going on. He also is a a cold fish when talking about the children. So guys believe in providing financial support, and that's it. Definitely his part, as he believes. I also had a father who could care less about our well-being. Many of us have or had a parent who was wired that way.
Kevin acts like a mind controlled Stepford wife.
Lol,yes spot on!!!!!!😂
Like, you're talking to investigators and you're being secretive on who contacted you to come get your kids?? And you don't even ask if the kids are ok??
I can't understand the justice system. I would be like, "Listen, you need to tell me who contacted you because no one from our department did, and the only 2 who we have in custody is your wife and Jodi so which one? And we don't have your kids. " freak him out
"Whats gonna happened to my wife???" That's the question he asks???? He trust her??? He's a slow mental processor. Not how could she do this??
Abused by her?
He's mind control slave.
Why does Kevin not inquire abut the condition of his abused children. I would want all these details about the severity of their injuries before any other fact.
Let's not forget he wanted his own daughter to be arrested for theft after all of this became national news. He's a horrible father! He was complicit if anything and should be in jail. I hope he doesn't get full custodial rights of these kids, they've been damaged enough.
Yes, I was shocked that he was trying to get his daughter arrested. Those poor kids.
I believe that her parents have custody of the children because they left their mission in Serbia to come back and probably take care of their grandchildren
I agree the fact that he didn't say anything about the wife locking these kids away and starving them... he's just as guilty as she is!
@@MaryHartman-ei9pv. I seen plenty of videos where he would get off on the torture tactics and starvation and so on. I’m glad my dad wasn’t anything like this ….. he’s pure evil both corrupt evil unhinged narcissist couple
@@meiraloraduncan8953 I'm so relieved to hear that. Ruby's father was a Bishop in the Mormon church before going on their mission to Eastern Europe. I have no time for that religion, as it is why so many of it's members murder. They also allow Bishops to interview children, at 8 years old, and ask them sexual questions. I would NEVER permit my daughter to be questioned alone.
This guy’s unfit too. Clearly he didn’t give a shit about his kids. He just moved out, didn’t contact them, and went about his life as a single guy with no kids
Like a lot of men all he cares about is when he's next getting laid. You couldn't pay me enough to date a man who has no interest in kids because that to me personally is a red flag
Because he was manipulated into that. 😂 Ya'll are ridiculous
@@billyyank5807People do need to not be so easily manipulated.
@@billyyank5807 what's ridiculous about that, exactly? I think the majority of fathers, especially with a sizable family, could accept being separated from their wife but not completely from their kids. Agreeing to that is absurd unless you want that too.
@@billyyank5807If he was so easily manipulated, he has no business having custody of his children. He isn’t capable of caring for and protecting his children.
Kevin was kicked out of his house and kept from seeing his children but still expected to support the family and the household financially. All this, because Ruby and Jodi pathologized his normal sex drive and porn use. Meanwhile, Ruby and Jodi tortured R and E, because they believed they were possessed by demons. Hopefully, Ruby and Jodi will stay in prison the full 30 years.
It’s evident the majority of the people commenting on here have no knowledge of the case and only followed the highlights. Jodi, the “therapist”, preyed on the entire Franke family. Ruby, being the weakest minded, was most susceptible to those therapy suggestions from Jodi. Kevin thought he was “doing the work” in order to regain his place as husband and father. This man was totally blindsided.
@@Slightlysalty1 yeah, sure - it's all about the money for him
@@Slightlysalty1, blindsided? You don't abdicate complete custody without visitation because a snake oil salesman masquerading as a therapist tells you you have to work to get back to your family.
@@sandracox4341 that was close to my reaction as well. Then I dug in a bit more. The therapist convinced this man he was dangerous around the children due to a sexual deviancy. She claimed evil spirits were coming for her, moved in with the family and used some bizarre tactics that played their religious beliefs against them. That part of the story needs more explanation but that woman is more than a charlatan, she’s a predator. I think pathological misandry and narcissism play a role in her psychopathy.
Thats Exactly what this feels like a whole family psychologically manipulated by a psycho therapist.. They were intentionally groomed by this woman until she had complete control. If you know Anything about psychological grooming, everything here falls in line with it.
What a SIMP. Not once did he ask how his kids were. He wishes he were a better husband? What about a better father? Those kids would not be any safer with him, esp with her calling from the clink.
He still wants he wife back, even after he learns what happened to his kids. Strangers provided more love, care and concern than either of his parents.
christians.
The two oldest children haven’t reached out to their father says A LOT!
Does it?
And this surprises you? I'm sure they don't because they would be financially cut off by their Mother if they tried contacting their Dad. These kids have been brainwashed by their f*cking "Mother", they ALL are incredibly scared of her. It's clear the Father here was also brainwashed and controlled by this evil woman, he clearly isn't a REAL Man, has no backbone, he's 100% submissive to her. This ENTIRE situation is F.Ued
@@mr.mclibtard5015 Yes, it does!
@@terryglendening7166 not really
Yes it does!😢
If people want to understand Kevin's side of the story - and why he kept away from the kids they should watch - the Mormon Stories Channel. Ironically it is a channel that interviews ex-Mormons about abuses they received in that religion. Anyway there are numerous interviews about the Franke case. And one ongoing theme was Jodi Hildebrandt's long history of abuse of her patients - particularly children and men. She was sponsored by the Mormon church as a supposed family therapist. And in treatment would manipulate the wives to turn against their husbands accusing them of various sexual offenses - playing up watching occasional pornography or even masturbation w/out pornography as potentially threatening to the children. One husband even lost custody of his own children - due to fabrications. She destroyed many families over the years. So in this scenario, it is very likely that Kevin was worried about divorce and losing custody of his children. And the thing is - the wives never gave a timeline as to WHEN they could come back, if at all. It sounds like Kevin bought into the idea that he was not a healthy influence around the kids. And maybe he did need to do some work on himself to be a better parent. But at least while he was living with them, he wasn't torturing them.
Unfortunately Mormons are trained to be too trusting of authority. And Jodi Hildebrandt took full advantage of that. I do believe that Ruby Franke was unhinged already but
Under the influence of Jodi she only got worse.
He is such a liar. Do you know if there’s a podcast every week and he listens to it but he knows nothing about his children? How is he not being charged as an accessory to abuse of these children.
So Sheri and his 18 year old son were out there living independently yet he never saw those kids either. This guy cant care less about his kids. NOTHING
Yeah, but when the police served a search warrant on the Springville home that his wife and remaining children were living in, apparently Shari wasn’t allowed in that house and he thought Shari had kicked in the door and he was trying to get the police to arrest her. When they said no, they weren’t arresting her because they kicked in the door and Shari took some things out of the home that she didn’t know she wasn’t allowed to take, but she returned them to the police as soon as they asked for them, Kevin threatened to sue the police department for not arresting Shari!!
What’s the point of caring about the litttle brats… they took the mothers side after the divorce. Kevin doesn’t owe anyone anything 👌💯
@@macysondheim What? Do I understand you right? The brats were not in a position to take sides. They were abused, kept incommunicado until the little boy escaped and then they were in hospital. Then the POS, to save his own ass, decides to divorce his wife. I do not think the kids have taken anybody's side at this point.
To what I've seen in the connexions/Jodi cult, the men are manipulated into completely separation from wife and kids. Jodi told him he is dangerous for the kids, and society in general. He believed it, moved away and no contact. IM NOT DEFENDING THIS, however this is why he is clueless about the kids, and defends Ruby and Jodi. In this video he is still brainwashed and manipulated. (I don't know if he's now recovered)
@@macysondheimUm, sweetheart... get educated on this case.
He wishes he was a better husband. His kids wish he was a better father.
refusing to say how he 'disciplines' his children proves he is an abuser too. A normal response is "time out, privileges taken away etc." instead he refuses to answer and even says that!
He sounds like another victim of Jodi. I wonder if she brainwashed him to leave the family, convincing him that he was terrible, and not worthy to be around them.
He’s not the first husband she’s done this with, either. Since this has all come to the surface, multiple men have come out & stated Jody did the same thing to them.
A victim of Jodi and Ruby before her but still responsible for his actions.
Careya, he is no victim,he is a manipulating creep.
Victim of Jodi? No, he's not a victim. A coward who listens to cult leaders in his strict church.
@@florencepi6232he’s a victim of narcissistic abuse?
Spineless excuse for a father. Not once did he say “are my kids okay” but he asks if his wife is okay.
And says I love my wife. Doesn't say that about his kids.....
What else do you expect when he was married to a momster, monster go with monsters. Even the older kids should be in trouble because they all knew
@@triggerfish2711 The older kids weren't responsible for their siblings, allthough the older girl went to police or cps few times but was ignored.
@@ketipap686 that's your opinion but not mine
@@triggerfish2711 It's not an opinion, it's about who is legaly responsible since you mention about them being "in trouble". Since they are not legaly responsible no, they shouldn't.
He's effing useless, as a father and a man, he should have just stayed away.
Thank you you said exactly what I was thinking sister!!!💯👍😡
@@MaryHartman-ei9pv I just posted the same thing right after the detectives told Kevin Franke about his children @25:30
You prefer the sadistic evil abusive treatment of Ruby and the psychopath therapist, over the pathetic beta male. You’re probably one of those man hating feminist type, who think women can’t do wrong. Anybody who would side with two evil narcissistic, psychopath women who did unthinkable physical and mental abuse to their children, over a man who is just a pathetic, wimp, who’s only crime was walking away from his family because he didn’t have the balls to stand up to her. Makes sense you sound like the type that’s OK with women who murder their babies.
but isn't the mother the worst? - take that dumb estrogen down a notch
Agree. I can’t help thinking that he wasn’t there for his kids bc he was addicted to himself. I can’t with these freaking ppl.
He went a year without seeing his kids??? That means he doesn’t give a shit about his kids.
Sick!! These poor babies will spend the rest of their lives trying to heal from the abuses they have suffered. This is pure evil!!
He “loves is wife”. Dude you have no wife.
He wishes he was a better husband but doesn't say he wishes he was a better Father😏
They were technically still married at this time 😂
Only recently after her arrest did he file for divorce.
I noticed that too...really stood out that his wife is more important to him than his kids.
He is so laid-back it’s ridiculous. He’s definitely not an alpha male. I think he is a narcissist and arrogant.
The Mormon church teaches them that their relationship with their wives is much more important than their children. This is told to them by very old men several times when they get married in the temple and reminders are repeated every time they visit.
That is the problem with religion is that it’s morals don’t keep up with modern society.
He's from the game "Simp City" 😂
This guy should be charged with negligence, as he had shared custody, failed to keep them from harm. He still had his parental duties.
I know women who literally drove their men to drink, do drugs or cheat, then used that 100% against them, to control them, get everything they wanted, or dispose of them...Guyz can be pretty stupid, especially if they didn't have a strong Father growing up, or none at all. Look how she controlled his finances & cars, etc, prolly stringing him along with promises...she prolly sent him to rehab too. The guy obviously thought they'd get back together someday 🤷🏻♀️
Felony negligence if it's a thing
So right.
Seems like she controlled everyone!
What a failure of a father
Where is the outrage? Where is the concern? Most dads would be demanding to see their children. What's wrong with this guy?
The first thing he asks is “how’s my wife?”?!?!?? WTF 🤬 what about your kids!!
Disgusting!
Agreed
No, he asked about the kids first
He infuriates me!!!! He couldn't care a .... about his kids!!!!
4:59..."that would tear my heart out"(officer not seeing his children). Kevin... absolutely no reaction..fkng disgusting!
I felt that too.
Thought I'd have cried.
I noticed that. There was no reaction beyond looking at the other detective to see what was next.
@@meganr9280 I think the cops were actually waiting for him to say something to that effect, so when he mentioned it, I think they were both very observant in watching his reaction but he didn't get one. And in their jail calls, they talk about what they really care about which is the publicity not the kids
He acts drugged
I don’t even have actual kids - I have a dog and a cat. Yet I care WAY more about my pets than this man seems to care about his children. First of all, I can’t even go on a week long vacation without checking on them to make sure they’re ok, also asking for pictures/videos because I miss them so much. Let alone a whole year. Second of all, if my pets were in someone else’s care and I was told they were found emaciated/malnourished and wounded, the first words out of my mouth would be, “Where are they? Are they ok? Are they safe? I need to see them RIGHT NOW.” I’d be in a full on panic. I wouldn’t be asking if the pet sitter (who is usually my best friend) was ok and saying how much I love him at that moment. I’d be way more concerned about my babies first and foremost, but secondly, I’d be LIVID at the person who abused them no matter what my relationship to him/her is.
He aint getting custody, he failed every question asked of him.
Shocking that not ONCE did he ask about his kids health or well being. NOT ONE TIME
I bet he's well aware of it all and doesn't need to hear anything from the cops. He agrees with the discipline, piece of shit of a father...
I'd never not talk to my child, but if I had and the first thing I found out was that they'd been starved and abused they'd have to physically restrain me from trying to find her. Those poor kids.
How could he agree to have no contact with his 6 children? And how/why do those 6 kids not feel like they can reach out to contact their own father when they are in trouble?
Because that's how those two evil women manipulated him. Duh! Are you people seriously unable to see that?
BC he's also an abuser.
@@billyyank5807Because it is just too easy to walk away. Not my job. Blaming the women. They are evil but they didn't hold a gun to his head. Some of the kids did not live at home, at College.
It is called a do nothing dad.
On Mormon stories podcast, this was discussed. JH had a history of having couples separate, and insisting the wives keep the kids away from the husband. She made people, especially men, believe they had addiction they didn't have. It sounds awful to us. In his defense, he was trying to save his marriage by abiding by what Ruby was saying. He kept distant because Ruby was insisting....due to the teaching/ counsel of JH.
@@pennyc11That’s not how this worked. Jodi had a well documented history of using religious manipulation to separate the wives and husbands and then getting the wives to create a list of criteria that the husbands must meet to get access to their children. The husbands were made to feel desperate to obey so they didn’t lose their marriages and their children. What Kevin describes is 100% the method Jodi has used for decades.
She was building small female cult hiding in the LDS faith.
This guy enabled his wife to abuse the children by not being in contact with his children because it was also convenient for him. All of a sudden, he acts innocent and oblivious to what's happening to his children.
Wonderful performance Kevin! Not one mention about the horrific abuse your children went through by your wife that you only shed tears for, not your children! I sincerely hope that you never have custody of your children, they don't deserve you!!
Kevin should be in prison too
He should absolutely NOT be given any contact with his children. He is just as guilty as his wife. They both deserve to be spending the rest of their lives in jail.
Best comment!! Both of them are serious pieces of shit who never ever should be allowed outside of a prison again!! Fucking period!!!!!
The first thing he says after finding this out is WHAT WILL HAPPEN TO MY WIFE?? Zero questions about his children and how it happened? Even avoiding condemning their condition outright bc he doesn’t know the “whole story”? Uh yea keep those kids far away from him too. He’s sitting there thinking, “well they must have done something pretty bad to deserve it if they weren’t getting food”
Not the appropriate question.
Exactly,soooo true, him n ruby are like two book ends, hope he doesn't get custody, incompetent parent before n leopards don't change their spots
He never said He wished he were a present father- nope only condemning himself for being a poor husband. 😮
He lived 22 years with his wife but he is not aware of how she’s raising their children
This monster is complicit AF!!!!! Do NOT give him custody of the kids!!
Then why was he never charged? Because he hadn't been around!
You are a child who knows nothing.
They're with their sister.
Kevin looks like he's on death's door. Karma.
Yeah that's probably what his wife told the court
I hope he reads all these comments
The dude is a definite weirdo . The building is closed. Isn’t that a police station where they do interrogations I never heard a detective say the building is closed during an interrogation.
“Ruby invited me to leave the home.” The hell?
I know right?!.!
I thought the same thing! He used to worry about the kids and the marriage but guess things slowly went south for them and he has detached himself from the situation 😮
Came here to say this!
Yeah that's wild af
Oh please he knew that her punishments where no food no bed etc. He was in the flipping videos. Hellloooo... he put his son in the survival camp. I aint buying it. They have beautiful homes and live in a beautiful state and there all nut jobs
They're * nut jobs 😂
"With or without religion, good people can behave well and bad people can do evil; but for good people to do evil - that takes religion." - Steven Weinberg
@@declanp1 don't make dumb people think. Public schools did it's part. now let them OBEY
@@declanp1ooooh that’s a powerfully good quote
@@declanp1 Or religion keeps people from doing this. The quote is dumb as it completely ignores reality.
I noticed that many commenters here thought Kevin wasn't about the safety of his Children. He thought he was there to pick up his Children and then he got hit with a Mack truck. He didn't know what to do. They told him what happened to his kids and that they were in the custody of DCFS. He wasn't going to be able to see them except through the arrangement of a Social Worker. He hadn't seen any of his kids in a while because he didn't feel he had a right to.
This guy is a weirdo
Can he be this dumb? Is he just trying to keep himself out of trouble? My god, I hope those kids make it out of this ok...
Honestly from what I remember of their vlogs back in the day he did always seem really really stupid. Like he pretty much just went along with anything Ruby said. Def not the brightest bulb… but maybe he could be playing it up even more idek.
And to think this man was an educator 🤷🏼♀️
@@violetblythe6912 He seems to be incredibly weak willed and just delegates all decision making to his wife.
Yep yep yep yep oh my God freaking sad😂 oh my God he would press my last nerve Dear God thank God the kids will hopefully be okay🙏💔
@@idjilju2835God help us all
He didn't see his kids for over a year but he listened to Jodi and Rubi's podcast every week?
Exactly. Well said. He did that and sits there as if he deserves his children now? Too late. Your false father behavior is your last moment of having custody of the children
Right!?
Officer, `no human being should be treated like that.' Dad, `OK.'
24 mins in and they tell him about the state of his son!!! This guy is sick 🤬🤬🤬
I can't believe he had no contact with his children for so long and had no idea about what was going on in their lives. How is he not at least a little responsible for what happened? It sounds like gross parental negligence.
This man barely seems alive. He seems like a shell of a human. I get the impression that these women made him feel like he was some monster because he probably just enjoyed sex with his wife and Jody I believe was in love with Ruby. So they obviously convinced this man that the virtuous thing to do was to stay away from his family until he could heal his “addiction”.
I can’t help but think there’s something mentally wrong with him to have fallen for that though. my dad didn’t protect me from my mother and in the end, there’s no excuse for not protecting your children, but I do think that this man was manipulated by those women as well
Dead beat Dad.
The recording of her calling him telling him to come get the kids..sounded like they've been in touch even recently, just a hunch
Kevin get an Oscar. He barely even inquires about his kids. These people are so selfish.
There is something very wrong when a "man", a "father" is told his kid and kids are in this bad a shape, are in hospital and he's not allowed near them doesn't climb the walls in dispair.
There is something very wrong with this person. Very wrong. He should be in jail too imo.
He totally agreed to relinquish his rights as a father to Ruby, when he left..…….no questions asked, didn’t see nor ask about them…weird…..when asked about,” how did you discipline your kids when you were together”….” I’m not going to answer that”…….. he is also an abuser
I’ll bet it was Ruby that called Kevin to come get the kids.
She called him immediately. Threw him away like trash but reached out when she was in trouble. He's such a little B. Emasculation at that it's finest.
It was, he more or less said it, then tried to backtrack
Yes it was. And then she thanks him for “stepping up.” These two should never have had kids. Good Lord. I wish I could take those babies in and raise them myself.
Exactly what I thought.
He needs to be charged. He’s in it for the money. When he’s talking to Ruby in the jailhouse phone calls the concern is the house the finances never one question about the children’s health
They only play ones that get clicks. They don't play all of the calls.
@@stacy6994 piss off
Amen I agree with you
Give me a break. @@stacy6994
I agree they got a plan out soon good behaviour 😂 he got passports journals evidence of abuse house sold more wealth ! He thinks he’s going too 😂
"We've had zero communications regarding the kids"
You cared so little about your kids that you were okay with having no communication about them, but now that the police tell you your wife was abusing them you suddenly want them back. Even though you never asked once during the interrogation if they were okay. You were more concerned about your wife, who the police had just informed you had been abusing your kids, than your kids.
The "safe room" was inside his own house so spare me "dad" you knew your kids were being abused and neglected and you sat by and let it happen!
they aren't revealing it to the public but they made money from abusing these children and he knows it too
I'm pretty sure that was Jodi's house not his.
It was Jodi’s house.
“what’s gonna happen with my wife ?? I love my wife.” now right there is sick af!!! you just heard everything she’s done to your babies and you only care about the woman who 1. Kicked you out 2. Kept you from the kids (who you obviously have no care of since you haven’t even seen them ONCE in a year) end of the day he neglected them too at this point. he chose to step away.
Ashamed of his own behavior/addiction?
@@Schiffontruthfully at first I thought maybe he cheated and if he didn’t do whatever she wanted she’d expose him on deeper levels since she knows every lil thing ab him. Addiction is also a good assumption. Idk either way I’d be in court fighting for my children if she tried to keep them away from me
@Schiffon it's a common excuse these days.
He is a narcissist and the wife is a sadist. Poor kids.
@@Schiffonhonestly with what has come out about Jodi, apparently that is her go to for all the men/husbands. They all have “corn” addictions. They could watch a movie with an adult fun time scene and that mean they have that addiction according to her. She has a history of separating married couples with these blown out of proportion addictions. The extremism is crazy. But I think he knew what was happening and is playing dumb for some of this.
Please do not give these children back to him …😢 so sad for the children
This guy is the most self centered “father” I’ve ever seen. Never asks how his two kids are doing.
What a weirdo!! Does he listen to everything his wife tells him to do? He had every opportunity to contact & see his children over the course of a year and HE chose not to! He & his wife abused their children throughout their marriage, he's not innocent!
30 mins. in and he didn't ask about the condition of his daughter, Eve (think that's her name). He acts like he's on drugs. Definitely not my definition of a man or dad.
He knew what was going on with his kids getting treated badly. He did not seem concerned about them, he was more concerned about Ruby. Period!
I hope the authorities don't hand the Children over to this poor excuse for A Father He's As Bad As her With his complete neglect as A parent. Poor kids
The husband was clearly very brainwashed and naive to the situation with his wife and Jodi. I think Ruby and Jodi probably were in a romantic relationship. Jodi was the cancer that destroyed this entire family with her controlling and manipulating ways of communicating convincing the dad that he must leave his wife and family with no contact , no say, no presence of participating in his kids and wife’s life. Jodi is a master manipulator and narcissist that preyed on this family and enjoys destroying families and abusing children with her practice. This is one evil thing. I think she relished on destroying marriages by removing the husband and father of the family and then punishing and hurting children. She used Ruby who was a wealthy internet influencer and tried to get her to be profitable for her connections program. A very evil woman. Any woman who could torture children like that and convince a parent to join her to abuse her own child is pure evil. He doesn’t even cry or ask if his children are okay. He doesn’t shed a tear learning his children were starved and physically restrained with duct tape and ropes. That’s concerning. He obviously isn’t safe to parent either if he can’t even care his kids are so abused that they are hospitalized. That’s messed up.
The lights are on, but nobody's home...
Brainwashed!
Thats no father.
He's a liar he knows exactly what was going on
I hope he NEVER gets custody of his children and I hope they go to a wonderful home.
I am sickened by him during this whole interview. Why isn’t he cooperating more? Why isn’t he concerned about the kids? And lastly WHY does he cry more for Ruby going to jail than cry for his kids being tied up and starved?
I know its hard to understand but he is also a victim of Jodi Hildebrand and her twisted form of psychology.
@@kmasse81 He's her beta male husband
Because he’s in love with his wife! He’s the ugly duckling that feels he married a prize.
A lot of women want beta males
A lot of women want men they can dictate and that's going to give them all of their money, that's what he is. You can't hate a LAME for being lame
Guy doesn't know what "emaciated" means???
Cop doesn't know how to spell Kevin and William? 😂
It's utah. It could have been Kevynn Willeighum. Lol
@@katiebishop7773😂😂😂
And he’s a professor!
I caught this too!
The fact he thinks 9 months is ok for a punishment says it all! CHARGE HIM FOR ABUSE
Thank you. Watching from Alaska.
He needs to be in prison. He allowed his children to be abused for years!
Theres no way he didn't know how cruel his wife is, the world was calling it out as outside observers long before her arrest. Thats how prolific she was, she couldn't hide her evil nature even on curated video
When CPS keeps showing up? You think?🤔
Exactly. His wife was preaching this religious extremism the whole time they've been together and withheld food as punishment way before all this came out and he supported her. He's complicit
@@dannafreespirit6831 He should be fined for failure to report child abuse. He is a mandatory reporter too. Which makes this all the more terrible. They teach us this in lecture if you are a teacher. The fine is weak. He has left his job but this could get you fired anyways.
He has an engineering background so hopefully he can still find work.
He really screwed up his life. Had he made the responsible choice in the beginning? He might have been able to stop Ruby before she fell this far.
Maybe not? His number one priority was to his children and he failed them so badly. He at least can earn some redemption but Ruby? I had too see it. At first I thought she didn't know Jodi had them locked up. But she was staying with Jodi. Came from the dentist to her home. That means she was purposely starving the youngest ones. She was farming out the older ones. Seeing that paste and ropes? Ugh...made me so mad. No decent person who reads the Bible would ever find that tolerable for a child.
Ruby's journal, says it all. It isn't Jodi said. It is clearly Ruby using religion to hide her evil heart.
I am no longer religious but the many people that I know would never accept her conclusions. They are good people. Ruby can apologize all that she wants but lacks patience and compassion. I hope her children never allow her to ever be alone with a child again. Believe me, it is too easy for a sadistic person to fall back into behavior they feel comfortable with no matter how bad the punishment might be if they get caught.
I wonder how the children of their 2 million followers are doing? These parents watched all their videos in search of parenting tips
He is the same as her.
First mistake he made...the man should be the head of the home...ESPECIALLY in this case. He's been put down and brain washed too....still understanding this...like he has no personality? The Mormon church messes people up. Living separate from your wife, whom you love (I assume) for over a YEAR, which means no sex, is NOT going to help fight an "addiction" with porn. BTW, Jodi Hildebrandt seems anti-men. Evidently she made many couples separate and made men think they were evil and had "addictions." Jodi's niece was forced to live with her some years earlier, and endured some of this thinking (she was "evil," etc.). She tried telling police of the abuse she experienced, but no one listened.
This goes way deeper than just a “porn addiction”. Think about it people
This guy is full of crap. If I was told my children were in The hospital and abused I would be out of my mind. He didn’t know where his kids were for a year. He is lying and hopefully he never gets his kids back. Once his kids see this video they will be disgusted and disturbed by the father and the mother should be in jail for 10 years.
she got 30 years behind bars!!!! (On paper 60 years, but reality is 30.)🎉🎉🎉🎉 Now Kevins turn! He needs to be charged with child neglect, taking part in child abuse, covering child abuse (he said the boy "chose" to sleep on a been bag himself!!!), lying about childrens abuse and exploitation of children, cause he forced them to work and gained money from their work. Its human trafficing. He is responsible for this
Or more
I can’t get over the fact that someone like Ruby or Joedi will get out of jail eventually. It’s not only a matter of justice, it’s primarily a matter of social security
I’d be screaming that I want to see my kids. Begging to go to the hospital to be with them. Insisting I’d be taken to them. Asking about their injuries. Wondering if they need surgery. Screaming to get answers!!! But, he is more worried about his wife. I believe he knew damn well how they were being treated. What a weirdo.
Well you are also the type of parent to not leave them for a year just because your spouse ask you to.
100%
They are damaged for years if not life.
@@scientistatwork4667 for life. Apart of the charges are abuse resulting in permanent damage
He was OK with those punishments and his son being singled out.
Yes he doesn't even ask about his kids? He's worried about the monster that almost killed them. My natural reaction would have been so much anger towards Ruby. She wears the pants in that family. The police are more worried about his kids than he is!
I don’t have children, I have dogs….and if I was called and told my dogs were abused, starved and tied down I wld have LOST IT…so I know if these were my children my response wld be 1000x worse. His lack of emotion is just INSANE and tells me everything I need to know abt his character.
I am not lucky to have children I am alone and I buy dog shih tzu I take care of him more then my self inner dad in me woke up I feel you I can't imagine I am 32 I have still time for children but I am so disappointed in love but I have big heart I hope love will come again
Omg I can relate to this! I can't relate to having kids but if I knew my dog was in trouble I would risk life and limb to go save him
These men who think being a father just means providing financially. Happy to be away from them & leave parenting up to the mother. He agreed with the discipline. Out of sight out of mind.
Yep, men like this are disgusting.
I am curious what he was doing the full year, cause the youtube channel made him rich. He human trafficed the children and did not had to work or provide anymore.
He always left the decisions to Ruby. He has old values and thinks he makes the money and she takes care of the kids. Way too hands off
That guy asking the questions was pissed without a doubt. He probably has kids at home and it’s breaking his heart at what these kids went through.
This man is as guilty as his wife...he did abuse them too......but the kids will tell the truth and I hope they lock this pathetic "father" up for life !