"Revealed: YouTube Mom Ruby Franke's Journal Exposes Horrific Child Abuse and Religious Extremism"

YouTube mom Ruby Franke and her business partner Jodi Hildebrandt were sentenced to up to 30 years in prison for subjecting Franke's children to horrific abuse, including starvation, manual labor, and religiously motivated mistreatment. Newly released documents and videos detail the children's harrowing experiences, including a malnourished son escaping through a window and approaching a neighbor for help, as well as Franke's journal entries describing the abuse. Franke's husband, Kevin Franke, has filed for divorce and custody of their four minor children, who were taken into state custody.