Jodi Hildebrandt: How She Took Over Ruby Franke's Family | ConneXions Coercive Control

Jodi Hildebrandt: How She Took Over Ruby Franke's Family | ConneXions Coercive Control

Jodi Hildebrandt's own niece reported abuse in 2009. Tied up. Duct taped. Forced to sleep outside in snow. Nothing happened.

Fourteen years later, Russell and Eve Franke were found bound and starving in Jodi's Ivins, Utah home. Ruby was inside the house.

Part 2 of "The Good Mother" examines how Jodi Hildebrandt gained total control over Ruby Franke's family — and what the case reveals about coercive control psychology.

Jodi built ConneXions Classroom, a life coaching program for Mormon families. Former clients describe cult-like tactics: daily accountability calls, labeling emotions as "addictions," cutting off anyone who questioned, shame-based behavior modification. Seven former patients told NBC News she "methodically separated spouses."

Ruby met Jodi around 2019. By 2021, Jodi had moved into the Franke home, claiming "shadow figures" were tormenting her. Kevin was pushed out. Ruby's parents, siblings, extended family — all tried to intervene. All were cut off.

Ruby's brother Beau wrote in his court statement: "The program was by all definitions a cult."

In a jail call after arrest, separated from Jodi for the first time in years, Ruby said: "Being gone and not hearing her has cleared a lot of things up for me."

Jodi showed no such reflection. According to prosecutor Eric Clarke, she repeatedly claimed "she is the victim and the children are the perpetrators."

A federal lawsuit now accuses both women of fraud and racketeering through ConneXions.

This episode examines how a licensed therapist became a captor — and why families often can't stop what they see happening.

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