Jodi Nan Hildebrandt is an American convicted child abuser. On August 30, 2023, Hildebrandt and
Ruby Franke
Ruby Franke (; born January 18, 1982) is an American former family vlogger who ran the now defunct YouTube channel called 8 Passengers. On August 30, 2023, Ruby Franke and Jodi Hildebrandt were arrested in Washington County, Utah, and charged ...
were arrested in
Washington County, Utah, and charged with six counts of
aggravated
Aggravation, in law, is "any circumstance attending the commission of a crime or tort which increases its guilt or enormity or adds to its injurious consequences, but which is above and beyond the essential constituents of the crime or tort itself. ...
child abuse
Child abuse (also called child endangerment or child maltreatment) is physical, sexual, and/or psychological maltreatment or neglect of a child or children, especially by a parent or a caregiver. Child abuse may include any act or failure to a ...
of two of Franke's children under
Utah law, four counts to which she pled guilty. She was sentenced to serve between four and thirty years in prison on February 20, 2024.
Early life
Jodi Hildebrandt was born to Jay & Florence (Haynie) Hildebrandt on January 17, 1968 in Arizona. She grew up in Tucson, Arizona and attended Canyon Del Oro High School.
Jodi was brought up by a devout followers of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints and her father was an Air Force Pilot.
She participated in the Miss Orem pageant in Utah in 1990.
Counselor
Hildebrandt was a
Utah licensed counselor since 2005.
In 2012, she was the director of LifeStar Utah County, a franchisee of a national company based in Utah that specialized in
pornography addiction and
sexual addiction.
ConneXions
In 2007, Hildebrandt founded the relationship and business counseling business Connexions (styled ConneXions) in Orem, Utah.
In 2012, Hildebrandt's license was put on probation for 18 months after she "disclosed sensitive confidential information" of a former client to
The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and
Brigham Young University between 2008 and 2010, according to Utah Department of Commerce's Division of Occupational and Professional Licensing documents.
[https://web.archive.org/web/20210118185629/https://dopl.utah.gov/orders/2012-32_SO_2012-01-27.pdf] The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints announced that Hildebrandt was no longer on their Family Services' referral list due to the case.
Hildebrandt was a business partner of family
YouTube vlogger
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Ruby Franke
Ruby Franke (; born January 18, 1982) is an American former family vlogger who ran the now defunct YouTube channel called 8 Passengers. On August 30, 2023, Ruby Franke and Jodi Hildebrandt were arrested in Washington County, Utah, and charged ...
,
launching a YouTube channel together called ConneXions in 2022,
and creating a joint
Instagram
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account called Moms of Truth,
[ offering parenting classes.]
See also
* Gravelle foster child abuse cases
* DaddyOFive
Notes
References
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Living people
American social media influencers
Latter Day Saints from Utah
YouTubers from Utah
Child abuse incidents and cases
1969 births
2023 controversies in the United States
2020s YouTube controversies
American video bloggers
Women video bloggers
YouTube vloggers
Child abuse in the United States
Mormonism-related controversies
Parenting in the United States
American prisoners and detainees
Prisoners and detainees of Utah
Criminals from Utah
American writers
21st-century American criminals