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Trigger Warning: This article contains details of child abuse that may be disturbing to some.
I was just wondering if you could do two favors?
If you could take me to the nearest police station.
Well, actually, just one [favor] is fine.
the man asked the boy.
The boys daring escape led to the arrests of Ruby and Jodi within hours.
The 9-year-old girl sat in a closet for about four hours while officers attempted to bring her out.
Big day for evil, she titled a diary entry from July 2023.
It was the same day she wrote about holding her sons head underwater and blocking his nose and mouth.
She also documented locking her children up in a concrete bunker in Jodis basement.
Kevin explained in his first interview with the police why he and Ruby separated.
I love my wife, he said during the same interview and didnt mention anything that would incriminate her.
I could leave when I wanted, but I couldnt come back until Ruby gave me permission.
I couldnt come into the kitchen to eat until Ruby gave me permission.
And the upstairs where Jodi roamed was completely off-limits.
I couldnt go upstairs anymore in my own house, Kevin wasquotedtelling the cops.
He said Ruby eventually left with the children and moved into Jodis home.
Ruby and Jodi Hildebrandt are now serving the same sentence of up to 30 years in prison.