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Ruby Franke chronicled her abuse in journal entries | Banfield

Former YouTube parenting vlogger Ruby Franke detailed in handwritten journal entries how she abused two of her children. Ashleigh Banfield is *the* definitive authority on the nation’s biggest true crime stories. A veteran award-winning journalist, Ashleigh brings a sharp focus to the crime stories gripping America, distilling facts and analyzing context in a way which captures viewers’ interests and imaginations. No one knows the prosecution and the defendants’ cases better than BANFIELD, all the while keeping the victim at the heart of every story we tell – just another reason NewsNation is truly News for All America. Weeknights at 10pm/9C. #Banfield NewsNation is your source for fact-based, unbiased news for all America. More from NewsNation: https://www.newsnationnow.com/ Get our app: https://trib.al/TBXgYpp Find us on cable: https://trib.al/YDOpGyG How to watch on TV or streaming: https://trib.al/Vu0Ikij

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but Ruby's handwritten journals right there uh 60 Pages worth detailed punishments like denying her children food for days on end not just a little not just skipping dinner days without food she described holding their heads underwater and then locking them outside in the Blazing summer heat and repeatedly claiming that the devil had possessed them officials have put black marks all over these documents they've r at the kids names um identifying Frankie's daughter as e and then her son as R and
let me just tell you a couple things here on June 30th of last year uh that's two months before those kids were rescued by the way R that's the son apparently refused to do the wall sits that she had as punishment and then the next day he faced an even harsher treatment this is what Frankie writes R is to stay outside sleep outside only allowed to come inside to use the bathroom and shower it is a type of punishment uh that she details again on July 11th now it's the midsummer heat okay and she
writes this R was told to stand in the sun with his sun hat he is defiant no I tell him a couple more times are or should I say his demon stays in the shade I push our into the Sun or comes back I come back with a cactus poker when I poke his back to get in the sun R doesn't even Flinch I poke him on the neck he is in a trance and doesn't appear to feel anything that same day um Ruby Frank's for Ru Frankie's daughter um also faces her mother's wrath same day but this time Ruby um wrote about uh
her Guru and her co-conspirator jod hilderbrand while she was writing so take take a listen to this big day for evil e that's the daughter she's nine manipulates me she won't scream when jod is around but with me she wailes all night e screamed cried would hit her head on the tile floor today jod confronted her e admits putting on a show for her mother e says she wants to be pitiful uh three days later Ruby reminds her young daughter what would happen if she kept up I reminded her e that if she
whined cried squinted her eyes at me or soured her face I would be buzzing her hair if she's going to act sick she can look sick and now we know that is exact actly how First Responders found that poor little girl right there head shaved and terrified and sitting silently in a closet on the hardwood floor thank you for watching go to newsnow.com to find newsnation on your television provider and don't forget to click the red subscribe button below to get more of news nation's fact- driven unbias
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@EmmaDee

I could never imagine treating a dog like this let alone kids.

@susanhumphrey6427

Abusing children in the name of religion. Absolutely despicable seeing their pompous attitudes. I hope those sweet babies are able to recover & live healthy & fulfilling lives.

@EmmaDee

This crap just keeps getting crazier and crazier!! Is it for real? People were really doing this to children?

@sweetcherry7759

Reminder: Kevin and Pam are also just as guilty as these monsters!

@deeh5126

This is horrific. Those poor kids. This shows that abuse lurks everywhere.

@TheElusiveReality

their sentences were far too light. the fact that they could be out pretty much right away is sickening.

@sweetcherry7759

Jody should get White Room Isolation for the rest of her Natural Life… 😤 Ruby should face the wrath of the other prisoners who actually love their own kids or who have been abused themselves by ppl like her.

@tammiep9628

Ruby also Kevin should never have full custody of these children, they are so weak minded that they would even think of torturing their children or like Kevin let his wife torture their children. I hope that the courts make sure this never happens.

@Tsukshiro

it's literally impossible to 'steal' water, its a basic human necessity. She knew exactly what she was doing, Jodi probably told her to document the nonsense for this exact case. She lined her ducks in a row for for a religious crazyness defense, and it worked perfectly. She is not crazy, she does not believe in satan or demons, she's just a horrible, abusive, controlling person. That judge is going to get so much heat he's going to self cancel, I give him a month tops.

@martymethuselah

jeez..who was her dad Mengele..

@jooliagoolia9959

Jodi just gave Ruby permission to go further. Both still believe. Ruby is just smarter at playing the get me out sooner game.

@frankwhite3154

Yet she'll be out of prison in 4 years on parole. Justice in the land of the free.

@mothgirlx6707

It’s shocking this woman had a channel and was even giving advice to others on parenting

@jacquelineTXRealtor

So so sad , glad that these monsters are in jail.. but those poor kids trauma will take a long time to heal… Evil , Evil 😢

@vickilawrence7207

Omg! This makes it much more difficult to believe that it was all Jodi. This is an evil person. What did she think was going to happen as they got thinner and their wounds got worse?! She doesn’t deserve a lighter sentence. She really deserves life in prison without parole! My God I hope someone shows up for those kids every time she and Jodi go before the parole board and argues against letting them out early. I know these kids are going to suffer horribly in the foreseeable future from what they’ve seen subjected to! It’s deplorable!

@DeeDee-44

The only demon is Ruby. You can see the craziness behind her eyes. Total psychopath. Those poor kids will need decades of psychotherapy to recover from the abuse she inflicted.

@Hey_its_just_me_to

At this point we already know the children’s names!

@InterestedCitizen

The name Ruby needs to be changed to Coal. A dirty hunk of coal.

@girlnextdoor7

sick sick sick

@watjes

i see another netflix documentary