Ex-Cop Failed Lie Detector Test Over Brother's Missing Girlfriend
Brooks Houck was fired after the interrogation focusing on the July 3 disappearance of Crystal Rogers.
David Lohr - Senior Crime Reporter, The Huffington Post
Posted: 10/20/2015 07:12 PM EDT
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"You did not pass the test," an FBI polygraph examiner told Nick Houck in a police interrogation video released on Monday. "It's pretty clear that you haven't told me the complete truth and the questions you are having problems with are questions about Crystal and, in particular, whether or not you know where she is right now."
Houck denied being dishonest with the examiner and said he doubted the validity of the test.
"I don't give a goddam what your f--king computer said," Houck told the examiner, according to the video. "You're calling me a f--king liar [and] I don't like it when people call me a liar."
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At a press conference on Friday, Nelson County Sheriff Ed Mattingly named Brooks Houck a suspect in his girlfriend's disappearance and said authorities suspect Nick Houck knows what happened to her.
"I have eight pages of circumstances that lead me to look in their direction, yes," Mattingly said.
The sheriff acknowledged for the first time that authorities believe Rogers is dead.
"Crystal Rogers was extremely close with her family," the sheriff said. "She has had no contact with her family. There are certain things people do when they exist on this earth and she has vanished on this earth."
Bardstown police cited what they said was Nick Houck's interference with the investigation in his firing.
"I expect, demand, and will accept nothing less than ethical, professional, proactive officers on this department," Bardstown Police Chief Rick McCubbin said in a statement released on Saturday. "While the difficult task of firing an officer will always weigh heavy, I will not hesitate to remove one if our profession, our badge, or our oath and affirmation, are tarnished."
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