A cell phone expert says Steve and Joey weren't on the Bluegrass Parkway. A psychologist identifies 300+ coercive police tactics, calling witness testimony 'useless' and Brooks' sister takes the stand in her family's defense.

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In 2015, Rhonda McIlvoy packed up her house. Pulled her kids out of school. Said goodbye to Kentucky. And moved her family out of state.

Not because she wanted to. But because she said she was afraid.

Her brother, Brooks Houck, had been named the main suspect in Crystal Rogers' disappearance. And suddenly, Rhonda's family was receiving threats. So many threats that she felt she had no choice but to leave.

For years, we'd heard about the Houck family as the villains. As the people accused of killing Crystal Rogers and covering it up.

But now, for the first time, we were about to hear their side of the story.

Episode 7 of "Circumstantial: The Crystal Rogers Trials" is live now. And it's the episode where you have to ask yourself: What if there's reasonable doubt?

Brooks Houck's attorney Steve Schroering and Brian Butler

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