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Aug. 30, 2023: Children Found Malnourished<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
Utah police received a call about a starved child being found, they shared in a press release. The minor\u2014who appeared “emaciated and malnourished” with “open wounds and duct tape around the extremities”\u2014was taken to the hospital in “severe” condition.<\/p>\n
He was later identified as YouTuber Ruby Franke<\/strong>‘s 12-year-old son, according to a probable cause affidavit obtained by NBC News. He had been at the home of Ruby’s business partner Jodi Hildebrant<\/strong> and had climbed out of a window before going to a neighbor’s house to ask for help, per the document.<\/p>\n Police then searched a nearby home, where another child was found “in a similar physical condition of malnourishment” and was also hospitalized, per the press release.<\/p>\n Authorities later explained that they discovered Ruby’s 9-year-old daughter “petrified” while sitting by herself in an empty closet in Jodi’s house, per evidence released by the Washington County Attorney’s Office.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n