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Brooke “skylar” Richardson Was A Good Girl. Until She Buried Her New Born.

A young Ohio mother who prosecutors said killed and buried her unwanted newborn in her backyard was acquitted by jurors Thursday.

The Warren County jury deliberated for four hours before acquitting 20-year-old Brooke Skylar Richardson of aggravated murder, involuntary manslaughter and child endangerment charges.

She was found guilty of corpse abuse.

Richardson began crying as verdicts were being read.

Warren County Judge Donald Oda II scheduled sentencing for 11 a.m. Friday on the abuse of a corpse charge. It carries a potential sentence of up to one year in prison, but as a first-time offender, she could get probation.

Prosecutors contended that the high school cheerleader wanted to keep her “perfect life.” They said she hid her unwanted pregnancy and buried her baby in her family’s backyard in May 2017, within days of her senior prom.

Her defense said the baby she named “Annabelle” was stillborn and that the teen was sad and scared.

The remains were found in July 2017 in Carlisle, a village about 40 miles (64 kilometers) north of Cincinnati.

A forensic pathologist testified for the prosecution that she concluded the baby died from “homicidal violence.” Prosecutors said Richardson had searched on the internet for “how to get rid of a baby.” They played video for the jury of a police interview in which Richardson said the baby might have moved and made noises.

Cincinnati psychologist Stuart Bassman said “Skylar was being manipulated” into making false statements during interrogations. He described Richardson as a vulnerable, immature person whose dependent personality disorder makes her want to please authority figures, even to the point of making incriminating statements that were untrue.

Julie Kraft, an assistant prosecutor, suggested that besides wanting to please authorities, Richardson’s desire to please her family and boyfriend and fear of them abandoning her could have motivated her to commit extreme acts.
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Young Ohio mom acquitted of murdering newborn; guilty of abusing corpse

The trial drew daily coverage from Court TV and at least two national TV network newsmagazines planned stories on it.
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Well she may have gotten off, guilty or not but unless she changes her name, she is tarnished much like Casey Anthony.
Side note: that mother of hers....she needs to take some responsibility for this whole situation. Grown ass woman acting like a teen herself with all the appearances bullshit.
Woman....go to work, go shopping, bake some fucking cookies and shut the fuck up
 
Skylar Richardson wants her probation terminated.

Last year, a jury found her not guilty of aggravated murder, involuntary manslaughter and child endangerment. The jury did find her guilty of gross abuse of a corpse, the lowest level of felony in Ohio.

She was sentenced to probation for three years, but not any jail time. Judge Donald Oda II will consider a motion to terminate the probation at the Tuesday hearing.

Now 21, Richardson has completed two semesters of college, her attorney, Charlie M. Rittgers wrote in the motion to terminate probation. She currently has a GPA of 4.0, Rittgers said.

Richardson had been working at Rittgers' law firm. She has sought other jobs, according to her attorneys, but “was rejected each time due to the fact she is on probation.”

She’s been on probation for 14 months. Her attorneys say she has sought treatment for her mental health
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Skylar Richardson: Woman acquitted of murdering newborn child wants probation terminated

Skylar Richardson, the woman accused and then acquitted of murdering her newborn child in Carlisle, wants her probation terminated.
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That silly old baby was just getting in her way so she took care of it and now she has a 4.0 and works at a law firm, cause the burger joint keeps rejecting her because of her probation status. :penguin:

Why didn't hey throw her a parade and present her with the keys to the city?:penguin:

Newborn babies are not thought of as real people in Ohio, it seems.:(:(:(
 
Richardson had been working at Rittgers' law firm.
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"Rittgers & Rittgers Law Firm is great! They kept me out of prison after I murdered my baby and even gave me a job when others wouldn't" - Skylar Richardson


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"I'm committed to my clients, I do everything in my power to help them succeed, I'll even hire them here at the firm, especially if they are young and nubile" - Charles M. Rittgers, Attoney-at-Law.
 
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Skylar Richardson has been relieved of probation two years early after pleading with a judge that she wanted to be 'normal again'.

A judge on Tuesday terminated the remainder of her sentence, saying: 'There is no reason for me to invest the time and resources of my probation department in supervising you.'
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She told the court how sorry she was first.

'I'm working to get that better, I know it has been a short amount of time and I understand that it doesn't seem like a lot at all, but in that year and two months I have been, you can say, I show remorse and I feel a lot of things, but it's hard to show.

'I suffer a lot in silence and I do show remorse and I am very sorry,' she said.

The baby's paternal grandmother asked the judge not to lessen Skylar's sentence.

Trey, the baby's father, was not present.

'I don't hate you. You probably think I do but I don't. When I first told Trey about the hearing, the first thing he said to me was very telling.

"Is it the same judge? If it is, what's the point in fighting? He's just going to let her off."

'He doesn't believe she's had to pay at all.

'When she was on house arrest before the trial it was a joke. She got to leave her house throughout the day.

'You had the option of giving her up to six months in prison and you gave her time served. I don't think three years of probation is too much to ask.

'I'd really like to know for what reason she feels she shouldn't have to fulfill her punishment,' Tracy said.

At trial, the court heard how Skylar felt she could not confide in her mother or anyone else about the pregnancy.

She suffered from anorexia, which she partially blamed on her mother.
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Ohio cheerleader Skylar Richardson is relieved of probation early

The teenager was convicted in September 2019 of abuse of a corpse. She was sentenced to three years of basic supervision.
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Have any of you guys ever watched "Court Cam" on A&E? They showed her verdict being handed down last night. Interesting to see her POV. I came in during the middle of her story, so I didn't know at first that it was "Skylar" they were talking about, she said the baby came and she was holding her around her ribcage and that she thought that she had squeezed her (She named the baby Annabelle) too hard. Then she broke down sobbing saying "I think I killed her!" over and over. It was raw, and sad. And I still think she got off way too easy. They said she barely gained 15 pounds throughout the whole pregnancy and they showed a photo of her looking rather enviable in a bikini not long before she delivered. I can see why no one knew in her family. :(
 
An Ohio woman who was acquitted of murdering her newborn infant less than 48 hours after her senior prom has filed a motion to seal her criminal conviction on a lesser charge.
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Attorneys for Brooke Skylar Richardson filed the document on Aug. 12, according to a Warren County, Ohio Court of Common Pleas docket reviewed by Law&Crime on Wednesday.

“There are no criminal proceedings currently pending against Ms. Richardson, and the interests of the defendant in having the official record of this case sealed outweigh the legitimate needs, if any, of the state in maintaining such records,” the defense reportedly wrote in the motion.

Defense attorney Charles M. Rittgers told Cincinnati FOX affiliate WXIX that the request was “routine” for a low-level felony; he said it would help his client “gain meaningful employment and education opportunities in the future.”

David Fornshell, a Warren County Prosecutor, told the Hamilton, Ohio Journal-News that his office had received the defense motion and will issue a separate response.
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Skylar Richardson Asks Judge to Seal Conviction for Abusing Corpse of Baby She Birthed in Secret Less Than Two Days After High School Prom

An Ohio woman who was acquitted of murdering her newborn infant less than 48 hours after her senior prom has filed a motion to seal her criminal conviction on a lesser charge.
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Prosecutors in Warren County are asking a judge to not seal the conviction of a woman previously convicted abusing her baby’s corpse.
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An attorney for Brooke Skylar Richardson, 23, filed motion to seal her 2019 conviction in Warren County Common Pleas court Aug. 12. The filing came 19 months after Judge Donald Oda II granted a request to terminate Richardson’s probation early.
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Prosecutors filed an opposition to Richardson’s motion Sept. 1. News Center 7 obtained a copy of that filing Tuesday. In it, prosecutors argue that “sealing the records and conviction of the case would diminish the seriousness of her offense.”
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A hearing to determine if Richardson’s motion to seal will be approved or denied has been scheduled for Sept. 27 at 10:30 a.m. in Oda’s courtroom, according to Warren County Common Pleas Court records.
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Prosecutors ask court to deny Brooke Skylar Richardson’s motion to seal 2019 conviction

Prosecutors argue that “sealing the records and conviction of the case would diminish the seriousness of her offense," according to court records.
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