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A CONVICTED child abuser kept a journal detailing the sick abuse that she subjected her kids to and their repeated attempts to escape it.

Ruby Franke was best known as a beloved family YouTube vlogger and doting mother until online allegations against her for child abuse gained traction and she found herself facing criminal charges.

In December 2023, Franke pleaded guilty to four counts of second-degree felony child abuse and was sentenced in early 2024 to up to 30 years in prison.

Washington County, where Franke was prosecuted, released a trove of evidence on Friday, including her journal that documented what her children went through.

Jodi Hildebrandt is also serving four 1 to 15-year prison terms for each of the four counts of child abuse she also pleaded guilty to.

She served as Franke's business partner and self-proclaimed life coach, author, and founder of ConneXions Classroom.

Their religiosity is present throughout the journal as Franke references "Satanic choices" and "the devil's" influences on her kids' actions.

In July, she details how one child, at age 12, was still soiling himself.

"Satanic choices still lead one to be destitute - even in the most affluential homes," Franke wrote.

The next day, an entry said that her 12-year-old child didn't know what month it was, despite it being his birthday.

She then notes that both his and his sister's incontinence is linked to "deviant behavior," going on to say that their emotions are due to rejecting God.

"They are both furious their selfish sinful lifestyle is being intervened upon..." she wrote.

"I told [him] he emulates a snake. He slithers & sneaks around looking for opportunities...

"If he wants to emulate the savior then he needs to be 100% obedient."

Franke went on to write that she believed her son to be "possessed" and refused to repent.

A following entry turns Franke's attention to one of her daughters, saying that July 11 was a "Big day for evil," and that the young girl had "manipulated" her by crying only when Franke was around.

The journal described how the girl "[admitted] to 'putting on a show' for her mother."

On the same day, Franke wrote that she told her son to "stand in the sun w/ his sun hat," claiming that his refusal to do so was "his demon ... in the shade."

The mother went on to detail how she continued to push her son into the sun as he continuously returned to the shade.

Franke reports coming "back with a cactus poker" and using it to try and force the child into the sun and when he does not comply, she links it to his "demon."

"When I poke his back to get in the sun [he] doesn't flinch. I poke him on the neck, he is in a trance & doesn't appear to feel anything," reads the journal.

The disturbing scene is given more detail as Franke writes about her tactic switch when sticking her child with a cactus spine did not work.

"He wants out of his outcomes....he stays in the shade," she wrote.

"I take my old mop water & go to him. I show him the water. Then I pour the water on him. It's hot outside."

"'It feels good, doesn't it?'" she recalls asking him.

After this occurrence, she says that the child "stole water" and when he was confronted for it, she responded by "speaking" to his "demon" through the child.

"Give your demon friend a message for me," she instructed.

"I will not rest. I will not stop. I will not leave. I will fight him until the day you die.

"I have the power of God, & he must obey. I beat satan. I win."

She then grabbed her son by his shoulders and spoke directly to the "demon."

"GET OUT NOW! GO!" she recalled yelling.