Hated that instead of being concerned and trying to help her daughter through that horrible thing, she was almost taunting her (IMO) saying that she couldn't finished her popcorn... what kind of thing is that to say to your daughter.
Such a messed up mother daughter relationship. The way the mom and the daughter texted about the daughter’s body. And the daughter has an ED. Just really messed up.
Her family was rich and they were well known she got off because of it period if this young lady was a POC she would be behind bars for life and we all know it period ✌🏽💅🏾🤷🏾♀️🤦🏽♀️
I fully disagree that Skylars mother "loves her a lot". The horrrrrible interaction in the video made that entirely clear. Skylar has to take responsibility for her actions of course but the baby would clearly still be alive if she had been a better mother.
Yes, Skylers mother was far more concerned about what the neighbors thought of herself then she was about her daughter. Seeing that interaction, it was clear that Skyler had a good reason to be afraid to tell her Mom. That said, I don’t think Skyler should have been released from her probation early. Scared or not she did a horrible thing, and no one else (especially minorities) would have gotten away with that light sentence regardless of mommy issues.
So she’s “soooooo happy” after her baby dies and they basically say she’s innocent! 😩 there is women given harsher sentences for trying to do everything in their power to provide for their children! System is weird 🤦🏾♀️
Definitely not justice. The mental illness excuse is old and tired. Clearly she was in her right mind if she knew to Google how to get rid of a baby. There is no justification for her, she should be in prison.
@@juliesprik9479 People like you are why so many innocent people have been convicted. There must be solid proof that someone actually committed a crime and there is no evidence she killed this baby. It's a tragic situation, but babies are stillborn every day and as long as no one can definitely prove that the baby was born alive, reasonable doubt exists which precludes conviction. You cannot let your emotions affect your judgement. Don't be someone who creates more cases for innocent projects!
@@JapanesePiano1 NO ONE is performing an abortion at 8 months! The majority -92%- of abortions are at less than 12 weeks. A small percentage between 13 - 20 weeks and about 1% at 21-24 weeks. Abortions are not legal after 24 weeks except for extreme risk to the mother and/or the baby is not viable. People who tell you otherwise are very, very misinformed or purposely lying.
She hid the pregnancy 🤰 from her boyfriend because it was by her previous boyfriend. Also she looked very pregnant on those pictures, soooo how did she deliver a baby, go to the garage to get a shovel, go outside to bury it and nobody even heard the door 🚪 shoot I couldn’t even go to the bathroom 🚽 without my parents making sure I was ok🤷🏽♀️then she gets 3 years probation and only does 1 year🤯wow must be nice‼️🙄
My mom would always ask me when I would go to the bathroom “what are you doing” 👀 🤣Lol or even when I would come out, “what’s going on” there was always something. 😂🤣😳🙄🤦🏻♀️👀😂😂😭
Also cleaned herself and the bathroom... And what about _after_ the delivery? It's not like you just put your pants back on and that's it?? How did she get the strength to do all that too??? I mean... She had *just* been in labor!!!
Her mom allowed her to keep secrets its why. I think its plain laziness how the mom says she never tells her secrets. She doesn't want take the time to build a relationship with her daughter so if anything there is an open conversation!
She researched how to terminate a baby, after her doctor told her it was too late. I think that kind of says it all as the how this was going to end. The mother... that's another story. This girl has a narcissist for a mother. Very cold, manipulative, dominant and only worried about herself. Wouldn't surprise me if the mother enjoyed all the attention this case brought and relished in getting people to feel sorry for her. Totally narcissistic behaviour. Personally, Skylar, comes across as totally insincere, and guilty, of killing her baby daughter driven by a fear of what her cold narcissistic mother would do if she knew. This would put her in a kind of manslaughter category I guess. She admitted squeezing her baby and that her baby was moving before hand. Anorexia is a control driven disease. Skylar probably uses eating as the only control she has over her dominating mother. Just like Karen Carpenter, who also had a mother like that. Narcissist mothers who live through their children. It's messed up what ever way you look at this case. But, for me, guilty of killing her baby for sure.
People like you are why so many innocent people have been convicted. There must be solid proof that someone actually committed a crime and there is no evidence she killed this baby. It's a tragic situation, but babies are stillborn every day and as long as no one can definitely prove that the baby was born alive, reasonable doubt exists which precludes conviction. You cannot let your emotions affect your judgement. Don't be someone who creates more cases for innocent projects!
@@invernessity This is only a thread on RUclips. We aren't in a jury situation with copious amounts of evidence, so only have the video to judge by. It's only an opinion, just as you have yours. You're overreacting and being very judgemental yourself as you do not have a clue who "people like us" are, what ever that means, just as we do not know you either. It's a thread open for all avenues of discussion.
@@invernessity that girl is far from innocent and she got away with killing her baby in court but she won’t get away with it in life ..karma is gonna hit her real good
@@julesiou12then read the other 100s of threads, and rely upon your common sense (something the prosecution and the jury didnt) to realize that this Skylar girl was as cold and hard as the ground in which she’s buried Annabelle.
Does anyone know what she meant by that? Was that a euphemism? Or was she literally talking about popcorn 🍿? This has always bugged me. Lol. Another thing I thought they should have highlighted was a text from the mother to Skylar reading something like “I know, I’m sick about it too, but you have to think of your future.” Sick about what? Skylar was going to have a gynecological exam…why would the mom be sick about it? Unless what she was actually referring to was an appointment for an abortion. Then it makes more sense.
She deserved to be in jail for a very long time. I watched this trial. She killed that baby!!! And I believe her Mom knew it. Her Mom helped cover it up.
If you can’t see that this child had issues and needed help and that jail would not help her than something is wrong with you my heart goes out to this child!
I'm inclined to believe her mom knew, the morning sickness and other changes, her mom's reaction, 'now the neighbors know' ' , then the girl a few months later in court saying the same thing I'm soo sorry, same voice, same appearance, she probably has kids by now...
"She killed that baby!!!" There was no evidence to support that, you might believe she did, I might believe she killed the baby, but if you don't have evidence you have nothing. And that's a GOOD thing.
I don’t know if she is guilty or not, we will never know. As mentioned in the video it seems that someone with a different skin colour would have probably been found guilty (19:50) Is the justice equal for all ?
“An innocent naive girl”... bias much? She was pregnant (not all that naive) and killed her crying daughter(from her own words). She also said how sorry she WAS not is. She’ll be in the news again.
She should still be locked up. Certainly not trying to be a lawyer. Not many other people would get their parole sentence cancelled so they could go to law school. She killed her baby and buried it. I hope someone makes her pay on the outside.
@@Daniellelp921 that I do not know. I hope not. I do not codon what she did but my heart breaks for her, she has some serious mental health issues. I do believe our government has failed horrible addressing mental health in our country. They dropped the ball and it is showing in our crime rate. As we saw in this video she continues to have mental problems and again the courts turn her lose. Only she knows what happened when she delivered that baby and she will have to live with that for the rest of her life. The one thing I do know is that baby is in heaven and not dependent on the mother or grandparents because the family has mental health problems.
Privileged. You have So So Many Other Options in the State's if you don't want Your Child, Even As A Minor "Planned Parenthood" will help you quietly. UnderTable adoption's, drop babe off at Fire Department. And the Text with her Mother right afterwards about "I got my tummy back" & everything like Her Mother Made the doctor appt for her. Seemed to me her mother is Blind dumb or Involved. Also seems that's why she wasn't Shocked about the Murder but about the reputation, getting busted. Happy New Year 🎉
I read that she’s happily working to be an attorney and that people send her cards and she’s fine. I wouldn’t want to be NEAR her. She got away with murder.
Oh my. She found when she was 8 months. And no one could tell… and was anorexic the entire pregnancy Also look at how small the baby was. Psych wise she shut down. Tried to block it. It wasn’t real. She had no training. The birth hits and she doesn’t lack empathy. She states she wasn’t screaming or crying but gurgling. But not a huge sign of life. She tried to research to get rid of it. In her mind which is severely effected by how she views herself and the anorexia, she once again tried to believe it never happened. She was open with the doctor. She did not try to hide. Her interrogation both time is similar to a panic disorder/mania. More than likely from trauma. After the baby was gone, she held her. But still tried to bury her not hide her. The grave was shallow. Also in her backyard so she could be close. In her mind at that time she was doing right. Was it right? No. But she didn’t gruesomely murder her baby. Her baby was never burned. That explains how her mind was working. Half in reality half not. She also is in treatment last I’ve read. We also do not have to know whether she is in treatment, what kind, etc. it’s a private medical record. The only way to verify is if her lawyers, herself, family said so or if a judge ruled we have a right to know and we absolutely do not.
When and were in the world is murder a low level thing ? WTF? This judge needs to be called out on this one. This is a human being were is the justice for this human life that was taken.
Oh it's her mother's fault she tried to cremate the baby "a little". There will always be 2 sets of justice in this country. And I don't need to say what they are either..
Thank goodness the justice system doesn't follow what is the "obvious" but rather the weight of evidence. You should look up for the definition of "not guilty" and you'll find out it was the correct verdict.
Cops should have told the parents the room was being recorded. Cops never should have told the father "No... she doesn't need a lawyer". Yet whenever a cop gets in trouble, they come in a day or two later with a lawyer or union rep - ALWAYS. What a double standard. NEVER, ever talk to police about anything without a lawyer present. Not even a ticket.
I agree. I respect the police but anyone who thinks they're interviewing you to help you is incredibly naïve. If they hadn't talked to the police I bet charges never would've been brought.
What's baffling to me is the innocent girl charade during the interrogation. "I'm so sorry, that sounds bad. Am I going to be in trouble? I didn't mean to hurt her. Did I hurt her?" She talks like she's a little girl who accidentally stepped on someone's foot. Yet, she burned a newborn and buried her. I have a hard time believing someone who could perform actions so dark and disturbing is this fluffy and childlike in reality. If it wasn't for her looks and her socioeconomic status, she would have been convicted. For life. The fact that she didn't even get convincted of child endagerment is grotesque. Baby Annabelle could have lived had she cared about the baby even a fraction as much as she cares about herself and her image.
You claim she burned the baby, based on what was said earlier in the video but did you watch later, when in fact there wasn't actually evidence of burned bones? There wasn't. What's really baffling is how the police was manipulating her into getting a false confession and telling her that she didn't need a lawyer. Even if she did it, what the police did have repercussions.
@@charlescole645 The results of the baby being burned was inconclusive, so neither of us can say for sure whether or not it factually happened. However, I firmly believe that she absolutely did it. I base it on her own words, and her behavior. And I watched the entire video. They didn't "break her down", they were extradoniarily kind, supportive, and sympathetic towards her during questioning. They used completely typical interrogation tactics. I've seen far harsher interrigations that put far more pressure onto the person being interrogated than what Skylar Richardson went through. It's a child-like overly impressionable act to preserve an image of innoccence. She shows no remorse for what she has done, only concern for the consequences, and relief from being acquited. She isn't this incredibly impressionable, easily broke down little girl. She's cold and calculated. She had time to contemplate her decision, it was not heat of the moment. She made the active decision to kill a baby, instead of doing literally anything else - incluing using the Safe Haven Law to her advantage. Even if the baby was a stillborn, like she initially claimed, why wouldn't she call 911? Why would she not get any help if she actually cared about the baby? She didn't. She only cared about herself. What would happen to her if she had a child, or if someone found out she had a child. The texts she sent afterwards expressing joy about the loss of weight also supports the idea that she is extremely vain and image-oriented, as well as ice cold. It's a disgusting, blatant disregard for human life. Even a scared teenager under the same circumstances would call for help if they had even an ounce of compassion and empathy for others, especially for their own child. As far as I'm concerned, after being presented with the evidence available about the case, she's a murderer. Furthermore, the legal ramification of her actions being so minimal, sends the message to others that its okay to make the same decisions as she did, and it absolutely is not okay. Actions like these need to be punished.
I still find it surprising how many idiots still believe she burned the baby... People who give opinions on things they know very little about are becoming a huge problem.
Those 2 detectives are manipulating the witness, and they're the reason why the case fell apart. They advised her she didn't need an attorney? They shot themselves in the foot big time.
It was very obvious to me that she was pregnant in the prom photo. You might assume it's just fat, but if you look at her arms and neck, she shows zero sign of having extra fat. I'm not a female and if I can glance at that photo and see baby bump written all over it, I have no idea how the women in her family and life couldn't see it. 🤷♂️
Why are these killer mothers continuously being protected? Why are these killer mothers not held responsible for the fact they got pregnant and caused the baby to die. Because if she indeed has eating disorders and she never got medical treatment during her pregnancy and also didn't eat right....then she could be the reason the baby was still born (if the baby ever was) because of her own treatment of the baby in her body.
Why? well, there is a thing called "Evidence", look it up. There is also the term: "Not guilty", you might have heard of but I bet you don't know what actually means. It doesn't mean "Innocent", the term gives the possibility of the defendant having commited the cime. But I'm glad for the verdict, the weight of evidence is more important and useful than our feelings, it IS a good thing.
Its very simple... If the child was born alive then this is not justice but if it was stillborn then it is. The state did not prove beyond a reasonable doubt that the child was ever alive outside of the womb, therefore, justice was served.
funny (not really), i remember watching a true crime video of a young African American woman who did more or less the exact same thing and she got 20 plus years thrown at her, it's just so wrong and messed up that she got away with just a slap on the wrist ( more or less )
Wow. And didn’t even do the full probation. Never heard of that! So just so we clear, in america you’re allowed to google how to kill ur baby, kill ur baby, smother your baby; bury ur baby, burn ur baby. move on with life. Confess and then get one year probation no jail time, cause you have the condition of “liking to please your boss” keep in mind she doesn’t really have a job. Oh and she has an eating condition, cause she works out and is skinny. That makes way for murder …. This place is a joke!
She never googled his to kill a baby. There’s also clear evidence this forensic examiner was wrong in their determination. The body wasn’t burnt. It’s pretty messed up to take a naive girl and push her to the point of a fake confession. Hopefully you never find yourself there.. she was right in getting acquitted because we don’t know what happened that night
Zero proof she googled anything, zero proof it was smothered, and zero proof the body was burned. It's idiots like you that throw out moronic opinions without even knowing what your talking about that are the joke.
I watched the trial. I thought, and still think they got it wrong. I believe her baby face, tears, and fear were very distracting. There were the facts, set against this frightened, and upset baby faced child that was being accused. If they weren't able to see her baby face, crying, and shaking, I don't think they would have made the same decision. She literally looked like she didn't belong there, and just needed to be set free... 👀😶🙄
I don't know either way, and I think Skylar could have been capable of the murder given her internet searches, but you have to prove that the baby was born alive and that Skylar then intentionally killed her, and the medical report could not confirm that. The evidence was non-existent. Beyond reasonable doubt is the criteria Her interview is useless, because the police were clearly manipulating her, lying to the family, she didn't have a lawyer, she has a personality disorder that means she could incriminate herself just to appease the interviewing officers. The police would have been better off reading her her rights and waiting for her lawyer, instead the police are left with their dicks in their hands. This is why due process is important, it helps to convict.
You're so spot on with this assessment. She Weasled out of a sentence because of her acting and appearance. No justice for this infant. No justice here at all
@@muttsrus1919 she didn't burn the baby, that was a false confession due to the detectives manipulating her. The medical examiner after closer inspection realized she had messed up and there was no evidence of burning. So I think the baby was more than likely stillborn and this girl needed a lot of help which she was never going to get given who she has for a mother. Absolute tragedy, but I don't think she is a murderer and I definitely wouldn't have convicted her just on reasonable doubt.
Both of Skyler's parents and the police failed her. It seems to me like she felt she had to keep it a secret because of the conditioning of her abusive parents and then she was susceptible to abusive police. This is just disturbing on so many levels and this is not Justice. I do believe the jury got it right but I can't believe people aren't questioning the police tactics or her parents as much as they should.
Creepy mom. She did news interviews saying her daughter’s eating disorder was alarming and concerning, then ALLLL of her texts show her encouraging her daughter to lose weight. 🤮 Kim Richardson, we see you for who you really are. Kim’s emotional well-being 100% depended on how good she looked, and how good her daughter looked by extension.
I do believe she murdered her child I also believe her parents made it impossible for her to approach them on this subject when she first realised she was pregnant and thereafter, due to their expectations of her.
It's weird that psychologists have never linked dependant personality disorder and the cluster B disorders. To me they have common traits yet one is viewed much more compassionately
She might have killed that baby and that would have been appalling! Her Mother, however, should have been imprisoned for life! She made Skylar what she was! Ghastly, ghastly woman!
You guy’s trashing her and in reality she was a scared kid and if it was your kid you would be kinder I pray for her and hope she realizes her true worth these days.She’s not a monster just a kid.God’s forgiveness is our True Treasure Edit: Watch the whole interrogation and you will see the cops were the bad guys in this situation
They use hippocratic oath only when convenient for them. Ever notice when go to Dr. they have you sign about privacy act? Ummm shouldn't it be the Dr signing?
Love what the lawyer stated in the disparity in these cases. She definitely received the privileged punishment with no real rehabilitation. Still talks child like at 20 and still suffering from body dismorphia. A harsher sentence was needed here. Don't feel bad 4 the mother at all. The baby, the family of Trey Johnson who didn't even get an apology and Skylar father I send my condolences.
Dependent personality. The judge played right into that one. He essentially ok'd her childlike behavior that obviously developed in her disfunctional family. I think it's going to be a long hard road for her to grow up and be a responsible person with people like the judge (an extension of her family) enableling her. Sad. She's got a lot of personal work to do. I hope someone is willing to pay for excellent therapy for her - Mom and Dad. Her parents need to do some serious therapy themselves. My God what a horrible case. Saddest of all is the baby.
I think the jury got it wrong, she did wrong to the baby she didn't want the baby if she did she would have gone to her parents or a friend, she didn't throw the baby in the garbage like her lawyer said but she did buried the baby without anybody knowing it, next she said after the baby how happy she was and she told her mother she got her stomach back now that's sick. She played innocent!!!
What she said, "I DON'T THINK I killed her on purpose," says to me that she knows she did. This crap of what happened to her by another boyfriend, is no reason for killing any human or animal not to mention the fact that she squeezed the life out of her and then deliberately set her on fire and burned her little baby!!!!. She did a very evil thing and hope and pray that she has confessed her sins before the Lord and asked for forgiveness.
You know that the "burning" was recanted right? Oh that's right Truth doesnt matter just perception. Dont blame the plaintiff for the prosecution not proving their case. No proof, no crime. Innocent until proven guilty. Have a Bless-ed day.
I watched the trial. The jury made the right decision. Why is this being brought up now? The moms reaction was horrible. The debunked the burning of the baby, people need to watch the trial, that was when my mind changed.
There was no evidence she murdered her baby, the news caught wind that one of the coroners reported thermal changes and charring in the bones and decided this meant she’d burned her baby to death. Upon reexamination it was found there weren’t even thermal changes.
1) She knew she was having a baby 2)She went to prom knowimg she was having a baby 3) There are txt messages to her mom showing how elated she was after she got rid of the baby 4) She was found to be lying about the state of the baby after birth 5) She admitted she tried to cremate the baby (a little....??) This girl shouldve been charged with murder. I feel like the cops were way to nice to her as well. I did not buy the years. Im sorry i didnt. All she was thinking about was the trouble she was in and not the baby she buried in the backyard.
She didn't know she was pregnant until a week before birth and thought she has two months left and she only claimed she burned her baby because the police told her she couldn't have the baby's body back until after she admitted to trying to cremate her and there wasn't any proof that happened
Fair judgement. She is a victim as much herself from her mother as that newborn was. The difference is she lives with it daily. Through death, that innocent little life was not exposed to such a torturous life as her.
no matter how or why it is a very sad case of two young girls one who passed away we cant lay judgement because we dont know the truth and probably never will i pray that she takes all the help and support she is offered and the mom doesnt pressure her to do things that are harmful to her wellbeing.
Yeah, all feminists hate babies and want them killed! No feminist anywhere is a mother herself; they just do not exist. No feminist anywhere has ever fought for the rights of women and children. 🙄
It’s sick that her mother was more concerned about their “image,” than her own daughter. Smh.
Narcissistic mothers are impossible. She’s culpable as well
Hated that instead of being concerned and trying to help her daughter through that horrible thing, she was almost taunting her (IMO) saying that she couldn't finished her popcorn... what kind of thing is that to say to your daughter.
Her Mother seems to be pushy for her popularity.
I agree completely.
Sounds like the family I grew up in." What will the neighbors think?"
Such a messed up mother daughter relationship. The way the mom and the daughter texted about the daughter’s body. And the daughter has an ED. Just really messed up.
Her family was rich and they were well known she got off because of it period if this young lady was a POC she would be behind bars for life and we all know it period ✌🏽💅🏾🤷🏾♀️🤦🏽♀️
I fully disagree that Skylars mother "loves her a lot". The horrrrrible interaction in the video made that entirely clear. Skylar has to take responsibility for her actions of course but the baby would clearly still be alive if she had been a better mother.
Yes, Skylers mother was far more concerned about what the neighbors thought of herself then she was about her daughter. Seeing that interaction, it was clear that Skyler had a good reason to be afraid to tell her Mom. That said, I don’t think Skyler should have been released from her probation early. Scared or not she did a horrible thing, and no one else (especially minorities) would have gotten away with that light sentence regardless of mommy issues.
The mom was and is and always will be an EPIC FAILURE. She created Skylar and just messed her up from the word go.
I have no words for what Skylar done or for how her mother talked to her. I have no idea who is worse.
Absolutely disgusting! One of the worst trials and sentencing I've ever watched. They should all be ashamed! Smh
AGREED
Funny she never did any searches about what a teen does after she gives birth (as in a live baby)
Accurate
Asking the sort of questions a young girl would ask her mother, but then, what sort of mother did she have, not much of one at all!
@@miked4027 most criminal had family problems especially pedophiles, do u have sympathy for them too. Lets release all of them out of prison.
So she’s “soooooo happy” after her baby dies and they basically say she’s innocent! 😩 there is women given harsher sentences for trying to do everything in their power to provide for their children! System is weird 🤦🏾♀️
Definitely not justice. The mental illness excuse is old and tired. Clearly she was in her right mind if she knew to Google how to get rid of a baby. There is no justification for her, she should be in prison.
She killed that baby.
There wasn't even any proof she actually googled that
@@juliesprik9479 People like you are why so many innocent people have been convicted. There must be solid proof that someone actually committed a crime and there is no evidence she killed this baby. It's a tragic situation, but babies are stillborn every day and as long as no one can definitely prove that the baby was born alive, reasonable doubt exists which precludes conviction. You cannot let your emotions affect your judgement. Don't be someone who creates more cases for innocent projects!
It’s not *selfish* as Skylar said, it’s horrendous that she killed her baby!
She murdered that baby and got away with it. Period.
@@JapanesePiano1 what this girl did was murder, Abortions are illegal after so many months
If she had a period she wouldn't have had a baby
@@georginacat7667 So witty.
@@JapanesePiano1 NO ONE is performing an abortion at 8 months! The majority -92%- of abortions are at less than 12 weeks. A small percentage between 13 - 20 weeks and about 1% at 21-24 weeks. Abortions are not legal after 24 weeks except for extreme risk to the mother and/or the baby is not viable. People who tell you otherwise are very, very misinformed or purposely lying.
And that's the truth
She hid the pregnancy 🤰 from her boyfriend because it was by her previous boyfriend. Also she looked very pregnant on those pictures, soooo how did she deliver a baby, go to the garage to get a shovel, go outside to bury it and nobody even heard the door 🚪 shoot I couldn’t even go to the bathroom 🚽 without my parents making sure I was ok🤷🏽♀️then she gets 3 years probation and only does 1 year🤯wow must be nice‼️🙄
My mom would always ask me when I would go to the bathroom “what are you doing” 👀 🤣Lol or even when I would come out, “what’s going on” there was always something. 😂🤣😳🙄🤦🏻♀️👀😂😂😭
Also cleaned herself and the bathroom... And what about _after_ the delivery? It's not like you just put your pants back on and that's it?? How did she get the strength to do all that too??? I mean... She had *just* been in labor!!!
Ikr
Maybe her brother helped her or her mom
@@verasalazar5152 it’s actually easier to give birth when you are younger and/ or thin. Plus less pain in vaginal delivery…
She didn't HAVE to keep a secret, she CHOSE to.
💯!!
Her mom allowed her to keep secrets its why. I think its plain laziness how the mom says she never tells her secrets. She doesn't want take the time to build a relationship with her daughter so if anything there is an open conversation!
She researched how to terminate a baby, after her doctor told her it was too late. I think that kind of says it all as the how this was going to end. The mother... that's another story. This girl has a narcissist for a mother. Very cold, manipulative, dominant and only worried about herself. Wouldn't surprise me if the mother enjoyed all the attention this case brought and relished in getting people to feel sorry for her. Totally narcissistic behaviour. Personally, Skylar, comes across as totally insincere, and guilty, of killing her baby daughter driven by a fear of what her cold narcissistic mother would do if she knew. This would put her in a kind of manslaughter category I guess. She admitted squeezing her baby and that her baby was moving before hand. Anorexia is a control driven disease. Skylar probably uses eating as the only control she has over her dominating mother. Just like Karen Carpenter, who also had a mother like that. Narcissist mothers who live through their children. It's messed up what ever way you look at this case. But, for me, guilty of killing her baby for sure.
Yes, I think her mother is the reason she is anorexia, she was terrified if her mother found out she was pregnant, what would the neighbors say 🤫
People like you are why so many innocent people have been convicted. There must be solid proof that someone actually committed a crime and there is no evidence she killed this baby. It's a tragic situation, but babies are stillborn every day and as long as no one can definitely prove that the baby was born alive, reasonable doubt exists which precludes conviction. You cannot let your emotions affect your judgement. Don't be someone who creates more cases for innocent projects!
@@invernessity This is only a thread on RUclips. We aren't in a jury situation with copious amounts of evidence, so only have the video to judge by. It's only an opinion, just as you have yours. You're overreacting and being very judgemental yourself as you do not have a clue who "people like us" are, what ever that means, just as we do not know you either. It's a thread open for all avenues of discussion.
@@invernessity that girl is far from innocent and she got away with killing her baby in court but she won’t get away with it in life ..karma is gonna hit her real good
@@julesiou12then read the other 100s of threads, and rely upon your common sense (something the prosecution and the jury didnt) to realize that this Skylar girl was as cold and hard as the ground in which she’s buried Annabelle.
This case makes me so mad! This girl got away with murder. Shamefull!!
I totally agree!
"You're never going to finish that cute bag of popcorn" yeah cause that's what i think of when i find out i lost my grandaughter
Does anyone know what she meant by that? Was that a euphemism? Or was she literally talking about popcorn 🍿? This has always bugged me. Lol.
Another thing I thought they should have highlighted was a text from the mother to Skylar reading something like “I know, I’m sick about it too, but you have to think of your future.” Sick about what? Skylar was going to have a gynecological exam…why would the mom be sick about it? Unless what she was actually referring to was an appointment for an abortion. Then it makes more sense.
It was shocking that the Mom was worried about POPCORN when a baby had died 😢
Wow her mom is straight-up creeping me out
Her mother is wicked
She got away with murdering her child. So so sad
You don't know that.
Yup. And she got her parole sentence cancelled so she could go to law school.
She said she's sorry to everybody, but she never said she was sorry to the person that she killed.
She deserved to be in jail for a very long time. I watched this trial. She killed that baby!!! And I believe her Mom knew it. Her Mom helped cover it up.
If you can’t see that this child had issues and needed help and that jail would not help her than something is wrong with you my heart goes out to this child!
I'm inclined to believe her mom knew, the morning sickness and other changes, her mom's reaction, 'now the neighbors know' ' , then the girl a few months later in court saying the same thing I'm soo sorry, same voice, same appearance, she probably has kids by now...
You can't put someone in prison because you think they did something, there has to be proof and there was zero
"She killed that baby!!!" There was no evidence to support that, you might believe she did, I might believe she killed the baby, but if you don't have evidence you have nothing. And that's a GOOD thing.
She got off too easily.
No proof, no crime.
Innocent until proven guilty.
Have a Bless-ed day.
She should never have even been arrested
She murdered her. Gave birth, baby was crying and she did not want her parents to hear anything. Horrible!
Zero proof of this
She must have choked being born as well.
Omg her mother doesn't care about anything but herself 🤬
JUSTICE wasn't served
That lady was right. The outcome of the trial, as well as the judge's sentence, would've been different had Skylar been a woman of color.
I'm a 'person of color' and would very much like to know just how you know that?
Stop 😂 you guys aren't very bright, she didn't do anything illegal besides not dispose of her stillborn legally, which isn't as seriously as murder
a women of color would have gotten off even easier. However, if a man did this he would face a life sentence.
@@phuck8627 it is murder and you are a disgusting person.
Mom trying to shame her for "what the neighbors will think" come on lady youre the reason she is this messed up in the head!!
I don’t know if she is guilty or not, we will never know. As mentioned in the video it seems that someone with a different skin colour would have probably been found guilty (19:50)
Is the justice equal for all ?
“An innocent naive girl”... bias much? She was pregnant (not all that naive) and killed her crying daughter(from her own words). She also said how sorry she WAS not is. She’ll be in the news again.
And texted how free she was after she buried IT ..as she said when talking to her mother not her baby girl but IT
Exactly a sympathetic judge based on looks the point is she did something wrong the law should treat everyone the same way...
Disappointed in verdict, she should of served some time in jail,for burying the baby..
When she said "mommeeee" in the interrogation room it was too much sickening for me.
Why?
@@invisiblecrane476 maybe cos she sounded about 5
@@stormblazer5165 Yeah, it sounded really manipulative to me. She was trying to sound like a kid so she could avoid punishment.
She should still be locked up. Certainly not trying to be a lawyer. Not many other people would get their parole sentence cancelled so they could go to law school. She killed her baby and buried it. I hope someone makes her pay on the outside.
She can not get her license to be an attorney with a felony.
What a joke! Terrible injustice!!
@@Paula-po9kx well that's good to know. But can she get her record expunged?
@@Daniellelp921 that I do not know. I hope not. I do not codon what she did but my heart breaks for her, she has some serious mental health issues. I do believe our government has failed horrible addressing mental health in our country. They dropped the ball and it is showing in our crime rate. As we saw in this video she continues to have mental problems and again the courts turn her lose. Only she knows what happened when she delivered that baby and she will have to live with that for the rest of her life. The one thing I do know is that baby is in heaven and not dependent on the mother or grandparents because the family has mental health problems.
"I hope someone makes her pay on the outside"
That's quite a damning statement. Are you advocating vigilante justice against a teenage girl?
Privileged. You have So So Many Other Options in the State's if you don't want Your Child, Even As A Minor "Planned Parenthood" will help you quietly. UnderTable adoption's, drop babe off at Fire Department.
And the Text with her Mother right afterwards about "I got my tummy back" & everything like Her Mother Made the doctor appt for her. Seemed to me her mother is Blind dumb or Involved.
Also seems that's why she wasn't Shocked about the Murder but about the reputation, getting busted.
Happy New Year 🎉
I read that she’s happily working to be an attorney and that people send her cards and she’s fine. I wouldn’t want to be NEAR her. She got away with murder.
Oh my. She found when she was 8 months. And no one could tell… and was anorexic the entire pregnancy Also look at how small the baby was. Psych wise she shut down. Tried to block it. It wasn’t real. She had no training. The birth hits and she doesn’t lack empathy. She states she wasn’t screaming or crying but gurgling. But not a huge sign of life. She tried to research to get rid of it. In her mind which is severely effected by how she views herself and the anorexia, she once again tried to believe it never happened. She was open with the doctor. She did not try to hide. Her interrogation both time is similar to a panic disorder/mania. More than likely from trauma. After the baby was gone, she held her. But still tried to bury her not hide her. The grave was shallow. Also in her backyard so she could be close. In her mind at that time she was doing right. Was it right? No. But she didn’t gruesomely murder her baby. Her baby was never burned. That explains how her mind was working. Half in reality half not. She also is in treatment last I’ve read. We also do not have to know whether she is in treatment, what kind, etc. it’s a private medical record. The only way to verify is if her lawyers, herself, family said so or if a judge ruled we have a right to know and we absolutely do not.
Agreed.
Absolutely was NOT justice! 😡 she got a slap on the hand!
Poor baby... I love my kids, I would die for them all happily
you'd be HAPPY to do it?🤣
I don’t have kids, but I have the same feeling like you. If I was lucky enough to have a kids, I would have loved them for death.
When and were in the world is murder a low level thing ? WTF? This judge needs to be called out on this one. This is a human being were is the justice for this human life that was taken.
Murderer....Makes me sick on how they try to make a sympton for the privileged . Keeping up the wholesome look to please others.
Privileged ***
@@daphuni249 fixed it
Oh it's her mother's fault she tried to cremate the baby "a little". There will always be 2 sets of justice in this country. And I don't need to say what they are either..
of course there is. Stereotypes don't come from nowhere.
She didn’t try to cremate the baby. She was coerced into saying that and they were able to forensically disprove that.
If one had to go in prison for a Annabelle, then it‘s Skylars mother!
it was all about her image, this is definitely one of the most obvious wrong outcomes in a jury decision
They had no proof the baby was alive
Thank goodness the justice system doesn't follow what is the "obvious" but rather the weight of evidence. You should look up for the definition of "not guilty" and you'll find out it was the correct verdict.
Cops should have told the parents the room was being recorded. Cops never should have told the father "No... she doesn't need a lawyer". Yet whenever a cop gets in trouble, they come in a day or two later with a lawyer or union rep - ALWAYS. What a double standard.
NEVER, ever talk to police about anything without a lawyer present. Not even a ticket.
I agree. I respect the police but anyone who thinks they're interviewing you to help you is incredibly naïve. If they hadn't talked to the police I bet charges never would've been brought.
No definitely Not
JUSTICE!!!!! She killed that poor baby.
What's baffling to me is the innocent girl charade during the interrogation. "I'm so sorry, that sounds bad. Am I going to be in trouble? I didn't mean to hurt her. Did I hurt her?" She talks like she's a little girl who accidentally stepped on someone's foot. Yet, she burned a newborn and buried her. I have a hard time believing someone who could perform actions so dark and disturbing is this fluffy and childlike in reality.
If it wasn't for her looks and her socioeconomic status, she would have been convicted. For life. The fact that she didn't even get convincted of child endagerment is grotesque. Baby Annabelle could have lived had she cared about the baby even a fraction as much as she cares about herself and her image.
You claim she burned the baby, based on what was said earlier in the video but did you watch later, when in fact there wasn't actually evidence of burned bones? There wasn't. What's really baffling is how the police was manipulating her into getting a false confession and telling her that she didn't need a lawyer. Even if she did it, what the police did have repercussions.
@@charlescole645 The results of the baby being burned was inconclusive, so neither of us can say for sure whether or not it factually happened. However, I firmly believe that she absolutely did it. I base it on her own words, and her behavior. And I watched the entire video. They didn't "break her down", they were extradoniarily kind, supportive, and sympathetic towards her during questioning. They used completely typical interrogation tactics. I've seen far harsher interrigations that put far more pressure onto the person being interrogated than what Skylar Richardson went through.
It's a child-like overly impressionable act to preserve an image of innoccence. She shows no remorse for what she has done, only concern for the consequences, and relief from being acquited. She isn't this incredibly impressionable, easily broke down little girl. She's cold and calculated. She had time to contemplate her decision, it was not heat of the moment. She made the active decision to kill a baby, instead of doing literally anything else - incluing using the Safe Haven Law to her advantage. Even if the baby was a stillborn, like she initially claimed, why wouldn't she call 911? Why would she not get any help if she actually cared about the baby? She didn't. She only cared about herself. What would happen to her if she had a child, or if someone found out she had a child. The texts she sent afterwards expressing joy about the loss of weight also supports the idea that she is extremely vain and image-oriented, as well as ice cold. It's a disgusting, blatant disregard for human life. Even a scared teenager under the same circumstances would call for help if they had even an ounce of compassion and empathy for others, especially for their own child. As far as I'm concerned, after being presented with the evidence available about the case, she's a murderer.
Furthermore, the legal ramification of her actions being so minimal, sends the message to others that its okay to make the same decisions as she did, and it absolutely is not okay. Actions like these need to be punished.
I still find it surprising how many idiots still believe she burned the baby... People who give opinions on things they know very little about are becoming a huge problem.
Those 2 detectives are manipulating the witness, and they're the reason why the case fell apart.
They advised her she didn't need an attorney? They shot themselves in the foot big time.
Disgusting outcome. So wrong she should have done time. She put on such a show these dummies felt bad for her
It was very obvious to me that she was pregnant in the prom photo. You might assume it's just fat, but if you look at her arms and neck, she shows zero sign of having extra fat. I'm not a female and if I can glance at that photo and see baby bump written all over it, I have no idea how the women in her family and life couldn't see it. 🤷♂️
Why are these killer mothers continuously being protected? Why are these killer mothers not held responsible for the fact they got pregnant and caused the baby to die. Because if she indeed has eating disorders and she never got medical treatment during her pregnancy and also didn't eat right....then she could be the reason the baby was still born (if the baby ever was) because of her own treatment of the baby in her body.
Why? well, there is a thing called "Evidence", look it up.
There is also the term: "Not guilty", you might have heard of but I bet you don't know what actually means. It doesn't mean "Innocent", the term gives the possibility of the defendant having commited the cime. But I'm glad for the verdict, the weight of evidence is more important and useful than our feelings, it IS a good thing.
Definitely no justice here.
My girls are the best gift God ever gave me.
No proof, no crime.
Innocent until proven guilty.
Have a Bless-ed day.
@@MohawkJonIs1311 baby being buried in the back yard is all the proof anyone needs. You have a good day as well.
Its very simple... If the child was born alive then this is not justice but if it was stillborn then it is. The state did not prove beyond a reasonable doubt that the child was ever alive outside of the womb, therefore, justice was served.
She admitted she moved and gurgled. She WAS alive.
funny (not really), i remember watching a true crime video of a young African American woman who did more or less the exact same thing and she got 20 plus years thrown at her, it's just so wrong and messed up that she got away with just a slap on the wrist ( more or less )
"more or less the same thing"... 🤣
Wow. And didn’t even do the full probation.
Never heard of that!
So just so we clear, in america you’re allowed to google how to kill ur baby, kill ur baby, smother your baby; bury ur baby, burn ur baby. move on with life.
Confess and then get one year probation no jail time, cause you have the condition of “liking to please your boss” keep in mind she doesn’t really have a job. Oh and she has an eating condition, cause she works out and is skinny. That makes way for murder …. This place is a joke!
She never googled his to kill a baby. There’s also clear evidence this forensic examiner was wrong in their determination. The body wasn’t burnt. It’s pretty messed up to take a naive girl and push her to the point of a fake confession. Hopefully you never find yourself there.. she was right in getting acquitted because we don’t know what happened that night
Zero proof she googled anything, zero proof it was smothered, and zero proof the body was burned. It's idiots like you that throw out moronic opinions without even knowing what your talking about that are the joke.
I watched the trial. I thought, and still think they got it wrong. I believe her baby face, tears, and fear were very distracting. There were the facts, set against this frightened, and upset baby faced child that was being accused. If they weren't able to see her baby face, crying, and shaking, I don't think they would have made the same decision. She literally looked like she didn't belong there, and just needed to be set free... 👀😶🙄
Also, the point is she is no child at 18 years old
@@Kyra_of_Kerkyra Exactly 🦋
I don't know either way, and I think Skylar could have been capable of the murder given her internet searches, but you have to prove that the baby was born alive and that Skylar then intentionally killed her, and the medical report could not confirm that. The evidence was non-existent. Beyond reasonable doubt is the criteria
Her interview is useless, because the police were clearly manipulating her, lying to the family, she didn't have a lawyer, she has a personality disorder that means she could incriminate herself just to appease the interviewing officers.
The police would have been better off reading her her rights and waiting for her lawyer, instead the police are left with their dicks in their hands.
This is why due process is important, it helps to convict.
@@hareecionelson5875 Right 🦋
You're so spot on with this assessment. She Weasled out of a sentence because of her acting and appearance. No justice for this infant. No justice here at all
This case makes me sick
A human life was taken because she was scare of her pathetic mother SMH
She got away with murder ....her mother knew she was pregnant.
So annoying. Why are these parents getting away with murdering their kids?
:I tried to cremate my baby a little?> What a mad mad world we live in
They coerced her into saying that
This was sad sad sad she did not get justice fir that poor baby
We don't know that she killed her baby.
Yes we do!!!! During her pregnancy, after she murdered her, (admitted she moved and she gurgled). THEN 🔥 burning and burying her baby girl.
@@muttsrus1919 she didn't burn the baby, that was a false confession due to the detectives manipulating her. The medical examiner after closer inspection realized she had messed up and there was no evidence of burning. So I think the baby was more than likely stillborn and this girl needed a lot of help which she was never going to get given who she has for a mother. Absolute tragedy, but I don't think she is a murderer and I definitely wouldn't have convicted her just on reasonable doubt.
It's a police station. What police station does not record what goes on in interrogation rooms?
Both of Skyler's parents and the police failed her. It seems to me like she felt she had to keep it a secret because of the conditioning of her abusive parents and then she was susceptible to abusive police. This is just disturbing on so many levels and this is not Justice. I do believe the jury got it right but I can't believe people aren't questioning the police tactics or her parents as much as they should.
Totally agree with you
The dad didn’t seem to be the problem.
Creepy mom. She did news interviews saying her daughter’s eating disorder was alarming and concerning, then ALLLL of her texts show her encouraging her daughter to lose weight. 🤮 Kim Richardson, we see you for who you really are.
Kim’s emotional well-being 100% depended on how good she looked, and how good her daughter looked by extension.
I do believe she murdered her child I also believe her parents made it impossible for her to approach them on this subject when she first realised she was pregnant and thereafter, due to their expectations of her.
The fact she felt unable to approach her parents and concealed the pregnancy tells us a lot about her parents.
Agreed
@@geoffpoole483 Especially her mom." What will everybody think?"
It's weird that psychologists have never linked dependant personality disorder and the cluster B disorders. To me they have common traits yet one is viewed much more compassionately
This was nowhere near Justice.
She might have killed that baby and that would have been appalling! Her Mother, however, should have been imprisoned for life! She made Skylar what she was! Ghastly, ghastly woman!
You guy’s trashing her and in reality she was a scared kid and if it was your kid you would be kinder I pray for her and hope she realizes her true worth these days.She’s not a monster just a kid.God’s forgiveness is our True Treasure
Edit: Watch the whole interrogation and you will see the cops were the bad guys in this situation
She intentionally tried to kill her baby. Murdered her baby, 🔥 burned her baby and then buried her baby. Are U for real?
How was the doctor able to break the hippocratic oath and not lose their license?
They use hippocratic oath only when convenient for them.
Ever notice when go to Dr. they have you sign about privacy act? Ummm shouldn't it be the Dr signing?
17:00 manipulation on the detectives part, so sad
Sorry IMO. It was murder
Love what the lawyer stated in the disparity in these cases. She definitely received the privileged punishment with no real rehabilitation. Still talks child like at 20 and still suffering from body dismorphia. A harsher sentence was needed here. Don't feel bad 4 the mother at all. The baby, the family of Trey Johnson who didn't even get an apology and Skylar father I send my condolences.
her getting a year is just her getting out of it
I watched this trial and was stunned by the not guilty verdict...and then the sentence was ridiculous!
Dependent personality. The judge played right into that one. He essentially ok'd her childlike behavior that obviously developed in her disfunctional family. I think it's going to be a long hard road for her to grow up and be a responsible person with people like the judge (an extension of her family) enableling her. Sad. She's got a lot of personal work to do. I hope someone is willing to pay for excellent therapy for her - Mom and Dad. Her parents need to do some serious therapy themselves. My God what a horrible case. Saddest of all is the baby.
I think the jury got it wrong, she did wrong to the baby she didn't want the baby if she did she would have gone to her parents or a friend, she didn't throw the baby in the garbage like her lawyer said but she did buried the baby without anybody knowing it, next she said after the baby how happy she was and she told her mother she got her stomach back now that's sick. She played innocent!!!
She will never ever get the help she desperately needs whilst her mother is drumming into her how image is so important
You can’t help a sociopath
What she said, "I DON'T THINK I killed her on purpose," says to me that she knows she did. This crap of what happened to her by another boyfriend, is no reason for killing any human or animal not to mention the fact that she squeezed the life out of her and then deliberately set her on fire and burned her little baby!!!!. She did a very evil thing and hope and pray that she has confessed her sins before the Lord and asked for forgiveness.
You know that the "burning" was recanted right?
Oh that's right Truth doesnt matter just perception.
Dont blame the plaintiff for the prosecution not proving their case.
No proof, no crime.
Innocent until proven guilty.
Have a Bless-ed day.
Christians! Always the most judgemental!!!
Baby killer got away...no justice at all...Mother knew about pregnancy I m sure 100 %
That mother was the problem as a young girl with that kind of support no wonder she felt she couldn't open up about whats happened
I watched the trial. The jury made the right decision. Why is this being brought up now? The moms reaction was horrible. The debunked the burning of the baby, people need to watch the trial, that was when my mind changed.
This is a very emotive case- just look at the comments. The defendant would be better off moving away from that mother of hers.
She is going to have to live with what she did for the rest of her life , is that punishment enough ?
Something tells me she doesn't care...she won't regret this for too long, no different than her forgetting the meal she had last week.
I don’t think she really cares
I don’t see a cold blooded murderer here , I see a highly troubled young woman who made a very poor decision.
Murder is not a poor decision.
Wow this little girl got away with murder.
If it was Jane joe from Chicago....she would be in prison
All you had to do is put it up for adoption, you dont have to raise it but it can still live
With a mother like that….who needs enemies?
The baby's skull was broke? It is extremely difficult to crack a baby's skull. The skull bones are very spongy.
Well it might if it slipped out into the loo like she said.
to the narrator; if she is 8 months pregnant i think she knows.
No
Personally, I think she IS guilty for killing her newborn baby.
There was no evidence she murdered her baby, the news caught wind that one of the coroners reported thermal changes and charring in the bones and decided this meant she’d burned her baby to death. Upon reexamination it was found there weren’t even thermal changes.
I feel bad for the girl but even worse for that poor husband.
1) She knew she was having a baby
2)She went to prom knowimg she was having a baby
3) There are txt messages to her mom showing how elated she was after she got rid of the baby
4) She was found to be lying about the state of the baby after birth
5) She admitted she tried to cremate the baby (a little....??)
This girl shouldve been charged with murder. I feel like the cops were way to nice to her as well. I did not buy the years. Im sorry i didnt. All she was thinking about was the trouble she was in and not the baby she buried in the backyard.
She didn't know she was pregnant until a week before birth and thought she has two months left and she only claimed she burned her baby because the police told her she couldn't have the baby's body back until after she admitted to trying to cremate her and there wasn't any proof that happened
Fair judgement. She is a victim as much herself from her mother as that newborn was.
The difference is she lives with it daily. Through death, that innocent little life was not exposed to such a torturous life as her.
no matter how or why it is a very sad case of two young girls one who passed away we cant lay judgement because we dont know the truth and probably never will i pray that she takes all the help and support she is offered and the mom doesnt pressure her to do things that are harmful to her wellbeing.
Real life: A baby is a blessing
Nonsensical Feminism: if you have a baby it will ruin your life
You seem very educated and well informed on feminism 🙄
@@moimeself1088 whatever
'Simple minded people like you make me laugh 😂
Yeah, all feminists hate babies and want them killed! No feminist anywhere is a mother herself; they just do not exist. No feminist anywhere has ever fought for the rights of women and children. 🙄
@@La_Ru-yg8es the rights of women to kill their babies ... sounds you like youre a feminist and I ain't got no time for you
Good show!
You like stuff like this?You are sick too old man.
This is bs ,she should be in jail
She’s guilty totally.