. >> reporter: the house the boy says he escaped from, jodi hildebrand's, which appeared to be wherer kids were spending more and more time, hours away from their home. >> i'm jodi hildebrandt. >> i'm ruby franke. >> reporter: she was a marriage counseling who treated sex addiction through her work with the counseling network lifestar. she joined forces with franke on a life coaching business called "connections." >> all of us want connection. we want to have relationships where we feel close and where there's love. >> reporter: franke now says their relationship was more complicated than that. >> we have always said that ruby franke is a business partner of jodi hildebrandt, but she made a very strong point to say, this was a paid mentor. i was looking for advice, i paid her to give me that, and she led me astray. something that the board and many others evaluating her jail sentence will consider when thinking about when she should be released. >> reporter: after the arrest of both franke and hildebrandt, many wondered if there were missed warning signs. franke had been a high-flyin

. >> the judge then handed down the same sentence to frank's business partner, jodi hildebrand, who terrorized children and the results have been tragic. ruby frank shot to fame on social media, where she shared her harsh parenting techniques. i'm not even going to let you eat breakfast until you get your chores done. prosecutors say the women held two of frank's children in a concentration camp like setting in hildebrand's home, denying them food, water and beds and forcing them to work in extreme heat. one restrained with duct tape until he escaped, running to a neighbor's house for help. >> these emaciated. he's got tape around his legs. >> frankie claims that hildebrandt manipulated her through their mormon faith and now it's up to a parole board that will ultimately decide how long these women will spend behind bars. kayna whitworth, abc news, saint george, utah. >> kayna. thank you. a trial about a lovely place immortalized in song begins today in new york. hook up to the hook and california. lovely place, such a lovely place. >> such a lovely place. >> we are, of course, talking about t

utah mother of six ruby, frankie and her business partner jody hildebrand will learn their fate in the morning. now this all comes after videos about frankie's strict parenting style went viral as part of a plea deal. frankie and hildebrand admitted that they physically and emotionally abused frankie's children. it was a 911 call from a neighbor who found one of frankie's sons that led police to her door. his emaciated. >> he's got tape around his legs , he's hungry and he's thirsty. >> he's also saying that there's two of his sisters are back at the home as well as part of the plea deal, frankie has agreed to serve some time in prison. >> also tomorrow, the local library in antioch is set to reopen, but with some new beefed up security. despite numerous dangerous incidents there, the county will open it back up on tuesday. it had temporarily closed for a day because of car break ins, drug use, harassment of staff and more. now, the library will reopen at noon with an extra armed security guard adding to the guard already inside during library hours. and if you're looking for more, che

she was business partners with jodie hildebrand, she said that was never the case, she hired her to bety for her actions and she spoke out mentioning her children today in court, a very tearful statement, take a listen to what she said. >> my babies, my six little chicks, you are part of me . i was the mama duck who was consistently waddling you to safety i can see now over the past four years i was in a deep undercurrent that led us to danger. >> a very emotional statement. she also spoke out in regards to her husband, who filed for divorce last year, calling the ending of their marriage a tragedy. >> i have a different interpretation of what waddling you toward safety means. valerie castro, thank you for bringing us this important story. >>> coming up, how warmer temperatures triggered by climate change are posing a major threat to businesses that rely on the cold. plus, in our next hour, the fbi informant whose claims about a biden bribery scheme triggered republican conspiracy theories. he prepares to face a judge. the allegations, he made the whole story up. allegations, he e whol

. >> the judge handed down the same sentence to frankie's business partner, therapist jodi hildebrandthe results have been tragic. >> prosecutors say hildebrandt and frankie held the two kids in hildebrand's home. in a setting compared to a concentration camp. even restraining one of the kids hands and feet using duct tape. the boy eventually escaped to a neighbor's home. >> i just had a 12 year old boy show up here at my front door asking for help. he's emaciated. he's got tape around his legs. >> frankie's estranged husband was in court for the sentencing, his lawyer telling abc news these injuries were both physical and psychological, and the scars will remain for a lifetime. frankie claims hildebrandt manipulated her through their mormon faith, a parole board will now decide exactly how long the women will spend in prison. >> disturbing details there, indeed. all right, coming up. players revolt. why? baseball's new uniforms are a swing and a miss. plus lost treasure. >> the item just found at a >> the item just found at a goodwill store [coughing] copd isn't pretty. i'm out of bre