00:00 Ruby Frank Search Warrant.
00:01 Boy who escaped Hildebrandt's home was emaciated,
00:04 had open wounds.
00:05 Ruby Frank's 12-year-old son told police
00:07 his mom's business partner, Jody Hildebrandt,
00:10 had tied him down with rope
00:11 before he escaped Hildebrandt's home August 30
00:14 and asked a neighbor for food and water.
00:16 According to newly released police search warrant records,
00:18 Hildebrandt, a licensed clinical mental health counselor,
00:21 and Frank, a Utah parenting advice YouTuber,
00:24 were both arrested after the boys escaped.
00:26 A neighbor called police because the boy seemed malnourished
00:29 and had duct tape on his ankles and wrists.
00:31 The women were each charged with six felony counts
00:34 of aggravated child abuse.
00:35 The search warrant records released Wednesday
00:37 state that the boy appeared to be emaciated
00:40 and was abnormally thin and weak when officers arrived.
00:43 Under the duct tape, first responders found open wounds,
00:46 which the boy said they,
00:48 seeming to reference his mother and Hildebrandt,
00:50 had used cayenne pepper and honey to treat.
00:52 Officers then responded to Hildebrandt's home
00:55 where they performed a sweep to see if anyone inside
00:57 needed emergency medical attention.
00:59 There they found Ruby Frank's 10-year-old daughter.
01:02 The records indicate,
01:03 noting that the child was reluctant to speak to officers.
01:06 Police also identified what appeared to be a safe room
01:09 in the basement, which was locked, the records state.
01:12 At that point, Santa Clara-Evans City Police
01:14 requested a search warrant for evidence
01:16 related to child abuse,
01:18 which a judge approved four minutes later, records show.
01:20 Police have said the 10-year-old girl
01:22 also appeared malnourished.
01:24 Both she and the boy were taken to a hospital
01:26 for medical treatment.
01:27 They and two of Frank's other children
01:29 have since been placed in state custody,
01:31 charging documents state.
01:33 The search warrant records detail a list of items
01:35 police confiscated from the home,
01:37 including two pairs of handcuffs,
01:39 a bowl with red liquid and a metal spoon inside,
01:41 tape, saran wrap, at least three ropes,
01:44 and absorbent dressings and bandages, among other things.
01:47 Officers also executed a search warrant
01:49 for electronic devices that may have been used
01:51 to record abuse or injuries sustained from abuse,
01:54 according to police documents.
01:55 The boy police first spoke with
01:57 had initially told officers that two of his siblings,
02:00 a 10-year-old and a 14-year-old,
02:02 were inside Hildebrand's home before he escaped,
02:04 but authorities only found the youngest child,
02:07 the search warrant records indicate.
02:09 Officers determined that Ruby had left three of her children
02:11 in Hildebrand's care, though it's unclear for how long,
02:14 according to the records.
02:16 The third child was not immediately located,
02:18 police wrote at the time.
02:19 Hildebrand, until their arrest,
02:21 Frank and Hildebrand ran an online self-improvement program
02:24 based out of Ivens Call Connections,
02:26 which aimed to help treat those lost and stranded
02:29 in the darkness of distortion
02:30 through its curriculum of workbooks, DVDs, and podcasts,
02:33 according to its website.
02:35 Hildebrand has been a licensed
02:36 clinical mental health counselor in Utah since 2005.
02:40 On Tuesday, she agreed to voluntarily surrender her license
02:43 as the child abuse case is adjudicated,
02:45 meaning she cannot practice in any way,
02:47 even if she is released from jail.
02:49 Hildebrand and Frank are currently being held
02:51 without bail in Washington County.
02:53 Frank previously hosted a parenting advice YouTube channel
02:56 called 8 Passengers,
02:57 where she video blogged the lives of her family,
03:00 including her six children, herself, and her husband, Kevin.
03:03 The channel was launched in 2015
03:05 and had more than 2 million followers
03:07 before it was deleted last year.
03:08 Kevin and Ruby Frank also separated last year,
03:11 Kevin's lawyer has said.
03:13 The family has been criticized online
03:14 for parenting decisions shared on the channel,
03:16 including Ruby Frank once saying
03:18 that she refused to take lunch to her kindergartner
03:20 who forgot it at home.
03:22 The oldest daughter, a Brigham Young University student,
03:24 has said in social media posts
03:26 that she cut ties with her parents.
03:28 Two days before Frank's 12-year-old son escaped,
03:30 a video posted to YouTube depicted Frank
03:33 in Hildebrand's home, according to court documents.
03:36 Investigators considered the footage evidence
03:38 that Frank had recently been in Ivan's home
03:40 and knew about the apparent abuse,
03:42 according to a probable cause statement.
03:44 Inside Hildebrand's bathroom,
03:45 investigators also found used gauze,
03:48 which they considered evidence that Hildebrand knew
03:50 about the apparent abuse, the statement notes.
03:52 Hildebrand and Frank are next expected to appear in court
03:55 sometime after October 5,
03:57 though a specific hearing date has not yet been scheduled.
