(Francisco Kjolseth | The Salt Lake Tribune) Shari Franke, 20 and the oldest daughter of Kevin and Ruby Franke, and her attorney Jared Hales leave a child welfare hearing involving her four siblings in Division of Child and Family Service custody on Sept. 18, 2023, at the Fourth District courthouse in Provo. The four younger Franke children were taken into state custody after Ruby Franke, who had cultivated millions of online followers to her parenting Youtube account, was arrested last month and charged with child abuse.
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