Brooks Houck's eight-page alibi fell apart witness by witness. Then the FBI revealed the technology that tracked Brooks' every move- even with location services turned off.

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Brooks Houck wrote an eight-page alibi.

He listed everywhere he went on July 3rd, 2015—the day Crystal Rogers disappeared. The businesses he visited. The people he saw. The tasks he completed.

He thought if he gave police enough detail, they'd believe him.

Instead, he gave them a roadmap to destroy his entire defense.

Episode 3 of "Circumstantial: The Crystal Rogers Trial" is live now. And it's the episode where you watch Brooks Houck's story collapse- one witness, one phone record, one piece of technology at a time.

The prosecution printed off 15 copies of Brooks Houck handwritten alibi so each juror could have one for reference

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