Neighbours of Ruby Franke, the previous YouTuber arrested this week on little one abuse prices, say they tried to assist her youngsters.

Franke, whose now-defunct 8 Passengers channel adopted her household, was arrested on Wednesday in Utah and was taken into custody.

Her 12-year-old son climbed out of a window and ran to a neighbour's home asking for meals and water, in keeping with a court docket submitting by the Santa Clara-Ivins Public Safety Department.

According to the doc, the neighbour noticed duct tape on the boy's ankles and wrists and known as the police.

Speaking to Sky News's sister outlet NBC News, two of Franke's neighbours mentioned folks in the neighborhood had beforehand alerted little one providers.

"Everyone is just breathing a collective sigh of relief because we thought they were going to come out of that house with body bags," a male neighbour mentioned.

Neighbours accused Franke of withholding meals as a punishment for her youngsters - a behaviour that was additionally shared on her YouTube channel.

They additionally claimed that, after her husband was out of the house, Franke would depart the home for weeks at a time, with the kids inside.

"I remember that she took away their Christmas one year," the male neighbour mentioned, "and she would say things like 'They're not repenting correctly,' which is a Mormon term for 'they're sinning.' Just complete insanity."

On Thursday, a choose denied Franke bail after a detective cited "the severity of the injuries of her two kids located in the home," and advised the choose the Department of Child and Family Services had taken 4 of Franke's youngsters into custody with the officer but to talk to 2 of them.

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Who is Ruby Franke?

Franke and her husband launched their household YouTube channel, 8 Passengers, in early 2015.

The channel chronicled the lives of the dad and mom and their six youngsters and had almost 2.3 million subscribers.

As many household channels on YouTube do, 8 Passengers centered on parenting fashion, the kids's upbringing and self-discipline as the children grew up in Utah.

The dad and mom, members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints (generally known as the Mormon Church), additionally shared their youngsters's home-schooling.

Although the Frankes grew a large following, the household grew to become the topic of harsh criticisms in recent times.

'We did as a lot as we may'

After her arrest, Franke's sisters mentioned they're "all on the same page" about their sibling and are glad that the kids are actually secure.

In a now-deleted YouTube video titled 'My assertion on my sister Ruby Franke', Bonnie Hoellein, who can also be a social media character, mentioned "we all did as much as we could, legally," when talking about defending her niece and nephews.

"For the last three years, we have truly clung on to each other and offering support to one another, and I don't think any of us could've seen this coming.

"I do know that timing is all the pieces, and I do know that they are going to be taken care of. I do know the children can be OK and that our household can be OK."

Content Source: information.sky.com