DrXFoXx He belittled the witness.. but he was effective from a defense standpoint. I’m not fond of his methods, but I believe they worked with this particular witness. He made her a liability to State’s case. She looks ignorant. Any physician knows that you cannot set a human being aflame with a simple lighter. She was stupid to deny that. They need to drop the entire “burned baby” claim. This chic is guiltyAF, but the state has NO evidence that she burned that baby and it’s moot to the charges. Based on this case so far.. I think she’ll get off simply because they -cannot prove- she killed the baby before burying her. The circumstances scream that she did, but they have no evidence. She’s a monster. But she’s gonna walk JMO
Think back to when you were a teenager. I am sure she was scared and in denial about being pregnant. Yeah she could have done a lot of things like abortion and adoption but i truly believe she was a terrified , immature child. Her parents should have demanded a lawyer be with their daughter from day one. I think there is more going on in that family.
She didn't have any reaction yesterday seeing the bones but wow today she does! Hum is there a little acting going on? Apparently she wasn't upset to go to the gym the next day after getting rid of her child and take pictures of bellies gone and texting it.
Wow, while I don't particularly like the tone of the defense attorney, but holy cow, his cross examination really made this witness, Dr Brown look like she was in the prosecutor's hip pocket. Those emails were gold.
1:26:51 Ironic that she chose to _ONLY_ pick and choose info she wanted to use... Nothing having to do with the other two Professionals who *DIDN'T* come to this conclusion.
Her mother is going to be fascinating to watch after what she said to Skylar about her life being over if she is pregnant (when the doctor's surgery email her mother in error), and then the callous way the mother behaved in the interrogation room. One evil, self-centred, vain, narcissistic bia.
Kim Richardson is a horrible mother. My kids have always known they could come to me with any issues, any problems, and we would fix them together. To this day, I have healthy and emotionally stable, happy young adults who *still* turn to their parents for advice, help, comfort. This is the pay-off. Kim is cold and shallow in her dealings with her daughter. Such a lovely young woman. I'd love Skylar as a daughter, and I can say right here that if she were mine, she would not be on trial.
@@meizkl Sadly, I agree with this. And, I usually cut a whole lot of slack to other parents, because I know I'm not a perfect one either, and it's a tough job.
@@donnacox8541 yes I'm a Scot living on the south coast of England ☺ and yes it sucks.. I've read crime since I was a young teenager and watched anything on TV. All we have is what's on the news with regards to local crime. They should try again with TV trials, there's a huge UK following now, if RUclips is anything to go by!
@@La_Ru-yg8es I agree, no one is/was a perfect parent, but there's getting it wrong and correcting our wrong, and giving the very basics expected and deserved to every child, and it seems this mother fails and keeps failing.
She’s a murder she didn’t go to the hospital she didn’t call 911 she lie to her parents everything she did before she had her baby proves that she was going to murder that child her defense team will never convince me that she’s innocent she’s a murder today she’s acting like she care doing whatever she can so she want go to prison she’s disgusting .
How is the forensic pathologist calling it a homicide if she can’t determine if the baby was born alive or suffered any injury while alive? She shouldn’t be allowed to make conjectures on anything but the physical evidence.
She explained several times and gave a fantastic example (an electrocution incident) that as per her job, she is required to look at ALL evidence provided to her. Not just the bones alone, but interrogation interviews, information from the scene, ect. If you had watched the interrogation tapes, and were in her shoes having to take ALL evidence into consideration, I'm sure you could arrive at the same conclusion. Skylar not only said, "IT was alive for about 5 minutes". "IT moved" and "IT made a gurgling sound". I'm not a forensic pathologist, but to me that sounds like a live baby.
Luxury Lover I think the defense did a good job showing how Skylar only said the stuff about the baby gurgling and moving in the 2nd interrogation, when the investigators said it first and lead her that why. The investigators were convinced the baby was alive because the doctor reported the baby was burned...which turned out to be wrong. So, imho, these pathologists failed at their job.
Jennifer Williams- I too believed the defense (however obnoxious and rude they were, especially with the cross of the pathologist who ruled the death a homicide- a VERY bright and educated woman who elder defense was determined to undermine) did thier job VERY well of creating doupt- the main job of any defense strategy. The burning/creamaton point ruined this entire case. I'm very surprised that it got brought up as much as it did at trial considering it was false info. The prosecution TOTALLY should have dropped that. They wanted that conviction so bad that they went for something that didn't even happen. If I was prosecuting this case, I would have focused all that cremation nonsense on the fact that she never in any way, shape or form prepared for a live birth. The police should have asked more about her plan/s were if the baby had survived. She never expected it to. In my opinion, she knowingly took those birth control pills to damage the baby inutero. That was admittedly part of her research, and there would be no way, 3 months later to inventory those pills to ensure she didn't take a fatal dose/s for the baby. I do agree that considering the 2nd interview was quite forced (this is why, even if you are innocent, you ALWAYS have council present!) that shouldn't have weighed so heavy on the determination of death. I'm sure in that "bigger picture" the pathologist also considered the lack of preparation, but just couldn't admit it. Sorry for the novel!
Black P Exactly! That's why this turned into the mess it did. Let's say the baby was in fact stillborn- there would have been no trouble. She may have faced disappointment from her parents (especially her wacky mother who she desperately sought affection, acceptance, and love from), but if the baby wasn't alive, it wouldn't have "ruined her life" (like the mother said) and she could have gone on to live a normal life. I'll give Skylar the benefit of the doupt she wasn't thinking clearly and was in a panic. She was said to be a "pleaser" and again IF the baby wasn't alive, she probably blamed it on herself for lack of prenatal care. From moment of conception to the moment she came clean at the doctors, nothing this girl did makes sense! Also if the baby was stillborn, she surely blamed herself from lack of prenatal care. Mentioned this in another comment, but I believe, due to her admitted "research", she took a fatal dose of birth control that killed the baby. 3 months later, there would be no way to inventory those pills. Brooke is a very sneaky girl.
I think she (Dr. Brown) kept her composure very well. I am not quite understanding why the defense becomes so aggressive against her. She was answering the questions and was not even making it seem as though Ms. Richardson did something to the baby intentionally. Unless I missed something.
I agree! I kind of felt bad for her because he was so harsh. Maybe trying to make his point? I just don’t get why he had to be so aggressive when questioning. I think he would’ve been more effective without the attitude.
Respectfully, I think the defense lawyer is justifiably adamant with getting the facts straight. It does seem obvious to me that there was some biased testimony given by Dr. Brown based on omissions of expert opinions and facts that opposed the prosecutions basic foundations of their case. If she were truly objective in presenting the findings of the case she would have included all sources she utilized to examine the evidence. Instead, when the expert sources she accessed to help make her determination were opposite of popular prosecution opinion she suddenly reneges and says I can only go on what I saw or was capable of doing with my own expertise/equipment Well you can't have it both ways, you can't say you make a determination based on multiple sources and then not include others when it doesn't fit a judgment you have already made about this case . Very biased and or coerced testimony.
im from cincinnati and only a year older than her... and no matter how 'naive' they try to male her seem. NO ONE in their right mind would do the things she did. she came from a nice family. she went to great lengths to conceal her belly and hide from her parents. she knows she's wrong. I hope she pays for what she did. I hope the jury sees right through her. the act is over young lady you need to pay.
What's really sad she talked about feeling the baby move insider her. Seen her baby on a sonogram, alive and moving. This little girl act she did was so fake. On video above this one her dad words 25:46 it sounds like she's been PG before. He says something along the line "you know this has happened before and you hid it". If this is true she definitely knew about pregnancy.
You could be my daughter...I can't imagine my child ever doing something this horrid at eighteen! I got married at nineteen! I can't figure this young woman out!!
@@wowlife2169 I didn't hear "and you hid it." I think he was saying, "You are in trouble because other women have done this before and they went to prison." If she had done it before, why were they so oblivious this time??
The pathologist is excellent....I agree with her Skylar had no intention of having that baby, she even told Dr Andrew she couldn't have the baby, hence she didn't bother going for her next appointment. She knew damn well she was almost full term, and yet was taking birth control pills? What is all that about.
This chick is a terrible human being period, and should be held accountable. It isn't her parents fault, she was so afraid of her parents she couldn't tell them, but she wasn't so afraid to lie and be sneaking around screwing a guy to get pregnant. No one wants to disappoint their parents, and for teenage girls your mother can seem like the worst person ever. But your mother knows what the world has waiting for you, and try as she might she really wants you to learn from her mistakes, unfortunately to grow up you have to make mistakes of your own, which is very parent's nightmare! So it isn't her parents faults for being strict, clearly they weren't too strict if she managed to get pregnant. She could've dropped that baby off at any fire station, ER, church so many options besides this.
My thoughts exactly. She was taking bc pills thinking it would terminate the pregnancy just like the morning after pill. She's THAT dumb. Plus, do you go on to prom and baseball games knowing you might be going into labor with all that pain? Really? This whole case is insane. If you are old enough to have sex, get pregnant, have the baby ALL ALONE, then bury a dead body...you are old enough to face the music and deal with this pregnancy. She wasnt a scared little frightened child but a selfish spoiled brat who didnt want this "problem" to ruin her pretty perfect future. If she was planning on keeping the baby wouldnt you tell the guy that you are madly in love with and can't live without that he is going to be a step daddy in the future? That in itself is VERY telling. She had no plans of keeping that baby. On the flip side however, the prosecution has not proved she maliciously murdered the baby. This case is a tough one! I feel she needs to be held accountable for her actions/inactions.
people are always so quick to judge and condemn. They may ultimately be right but what about trying to empathize first and then make your judgement. Seems to me there is room for both.
This defense lawyer is definitely hammering the doctor!!! The defense is doing a good job of getting under the doctors skin !!! The prosecutor is just horrible, she is botching this case !!! Yikes 🙄🙄🤦🏻♂️🤦🏻♂️🙅🏻♂️🙅🏻♂️🤷🏻♂️🤷🏻♂️
I love her defence lawyer, he hits everything right on the head, he says it how it is, I love it, just a yes or no, is that a yes or a no easy question. I think this doctor was going to pin this on Skylar no matter what, like the defence said she only focused on the bones and the 2nd interview with the police ignoring other doctors who said anything else to what she knew she was going to say for the outcome. Doctors like this should be struck off as you cannot testify under oath when all the facts have not been taken into evidence. She high lighted the darkened bones in the state questions but under defence cross examination she crumbled. I would have asked her, “ so doctor, you state the course of death is homicide with trauma, without the police interview, please tell the jury how you get these findings? Because you have reports stating no post trauma to the head no burning that is clear, so how did you find your homicide findings, just on the bones alone” setting a baby alight with a lighter come on that’s common sense which she could not answer with every yes or no answer she wants to give a lecture I’m surprised how cool the defence remained with that. Overall Skylar had a very good defence lawyer the state had no case really.
So much for the ME being unbiased. I don't care if you think a person is guilty or not; you don't tell people to lie. Thank goodness for the honest forensic anthropologist.
How do you not have the correct tools (microscope), pictures of the gravesite etc and base your decision on "all" the evidence which kept repeating and repeating and you are a "forensic pathologist" and leaving out critical information on her report...tisk tisk open to other evidence ya right get your story straight. Get real lady!
How do you ignore the findings of the forensic anthropologist hired by the prosecution or prostitution in this case. This is not only a dirty case but it's shabby.
Head bone question. She placed a dirt-filled pot that held a plant on the grave top. How heavy was that pot, and could the weight have caused the head bones to separate?
I've seen it was twenty-five pounds? And she used a gardening trowel, not an actual shovel, to bury the baby, so it couldn't have been too deep. What I don't understand is, why didn't anyone notice that big pot was moved??
I was wondering the same thing,it was probably one of those big ones you would put out on your deck. I'm also curious as to her purpose of squeezing the baby,was that the "gurgling" , her squeezing the only little bit of air or the fluids they usually suction out before handing your baby over to you..did she literally squeeze the life out of that poor little baby? 💔
How strange that the baby was discovered right around the time she would have been born if full term as if she was meant to be known about after all ...how sad this all is
For me the issue is not whether she killed the baby or not but the fact that she involuntary killed the baby due to her negligence of not obtaining prenatal care or getting help either during or after the birth. She may not have killed the baby but all of her actions leading up to and after birth contributed to the baby’s death.
Doctor should not be allowed to make her conclusion based on anything other than her own speciality, the police interview etc is nothing to do with her. Not sticking up for the defendant, I just feel that this kind of summary is unfair to anyone on the stand.
I'm for the defense in this case, but, I disagree with your statement. A good forensic pathologist has to take into consideration the big picture, including the non-medical evidence, the scene, any facts gathered, etc.
They always use outside information to determone cause and manner of death...If someone is suspected of committing suicide, the doctor will ask if there was a suicide note. That's outside information...
If the interrogation is proven to show Skylar was coerced in any way.. This doc has nothing else. I agree on the kind of external info you all mention and maybe some other influences not mentioned. But an interrogation is a manipulation to get information out of a witness by lying if necessary.. So for me that should not be used by this or any doctor, sorry.
This woman has essentially testified that she knows nothing but decided it was a violent homicide contrary to the forensic evidence she willfully disregarded.
Exactly..... there's no way if the mother was as detailed about daughters "weight ", that she didnt notice all the prego changes.... stomach, boobs, hormones, etc. W regard to when she got pregnant.. the father clearly stated it was in August not 1st wk or July that they had sex. Why isn't his testimony being reread...
Rather the mom is a cold hearted person, this young woman is responsible for her actions. She and only her made the decisions she did. Now if it comes out mother assisted then mother becomes part of what happened with this baby.
@@wowlife2169 This young woman obviously was still highly dependent upon her parents. She was seemingly terrified of her mom, and when the email was accidentally sent to her mother, she found out exactly how much support she would receive if she were to come clean about her pregnancy. The mom has a lot to answer for.
Perhaps you should watch the interrogation again. Even the main detective referred to the baby as Annabelle. The only time that Skylar called the baby "it", was when her parents were in the room with her. Throughout her statement to the detectives, she referred to her baby as she and her.
If the prosecution wanted the truth on if the bones were burned or not they would have them looked at under a microscope, they didn't want to know for sure so they could have the jury wonder if it was true or not.
I wish more young people knew about the Safe Haven Law. I’m surprised Skylar’s doctor didn’t tell her about it. In Ohio, you can anonymously relinquish your baby at a hospital or fire station up to 30 days after birth. (In some states you only have three days, but Ohio it’s 30). You will not get in trouble or be prosecuted. I can’t help but wonder if she knew about this, if her baby would still be alive 😕.
When, exactly, did they name the baby Annabelle? I think the defense is making a mistake calling her that! It humanizes that baby more than they would want to...
A baby that is loved or wanted is named. I watched a few different documentaries about couples that wanted a baby and lost the child or had to terminate the pregnancy because it would put the mothers life at risk/the baby was not healthy. In those situations the mothers named the baby. There are support groups for women that lose babies at birth and they are told to name the baby and grieve the loss. I think if there was no name it would make the baby seem unwanted by Skylar. I see how it could backfire but I think the jury would hold it against her if she didnt name the baby.
Wow!! Based on all this information this woman wasn’t telling the whole truth. When you are a professional you have to state the facts and she definitely sugar coated her “facts”
I disagree, she wouldn't be in this position had Brooke not been a liar. The defense attorney wants someone to say that the baby wasn't alive, with no lungs you can't prove inflation or if there was dirt in the baby's lungs. How is that the medical examiner's fault. If the baby is still born the charges are significantly different, he's doing his job. What was Brooke going to do with the baby, she knew she was pregnant! You grown enough to lay down and make a baby you need to be grown enough to take the responsibility of raising a baby.
No she stated her professional opinion on those facts and that being that she does not know if the baby was alive because she only had the bones. This woman has spent 12 years in her position, probably another 10-15 in training for this position. How are you going to say whether or not her facts are sugar coated?
@@jeaninepetty4923 Yes, her parents were more worried about their image and what people would think, than what actually happened. Although Skylar says she didn't know she was PG, then buried her daughter in the backyard is just evil. Even if her daughter was a stillborn, she should have told someone. However, I just don't understand how nobody heard her give birth. She still needs to be held accountable. JMO.
I’ll admit.. defense made a great point that makes pathologist look biased. Still can’t help hating the venom defense always uses with witnesses from other side and wish they didn’t do that .. feel it would be more effective not to drip hate from every orifice..
how did she come to homicidal violence exactly? i didnt know that it was her job to review all the info and decide if it was homicide.... isnt that the point of the jury? Shes clearly presumed guilt.... how can you say there is no evidence of it but it is homicide for sure? then she dances around yes or no answers.....
I think the ME is doing the best she can under the situation. If only there had been an entire body to examine, so let's hold the ME examiner accountable for there only being bones. Brooke is a grown up, yes 18 is grown, who thinks taking birth control pills while you are pregnant is the right thing to do. We should rely on her judgement as to if the baby was still born, yep no thanks. She was sneaky enough to get pregnant and got caught in her on lies, I have no sympathy for her. Of course she's going to say the baby was still born, a screaming baby would've gotten her parents attention for sure..
I would love to know when was she going to tell her parents that she had a baby. A living baby, was she just going to hide it in her room or go down for breakfast with it the next morning? I understand she was afraid to tell her parents but she could have went to them when she knew she was in labor.
I feel for Skylar, I really do. It just seems odd to me that she hadn’t told her parents. The chance a baby being alive is higher than a baby being stillborn. She must have known going into labour that there was a really high chance she’d have a living baby. How was she going to hide a baby who was alive? Did she have plans to secretly put the baby up for adoption? Had she even thought that far ahead?
Lori Crabtree I think they prepped her on showing emotion. She clearly doesn’t shed a tear in anything I’ve seen thus far (I’ve been further than just this day) but I think she was coached..
@@marysmother1152 It's 'couldn't care less' not 'could care less' otherwise you are stating you care too much and could actually care less than you do right now. It all plays a part in this case, I was just stating facts. I'm well aware what the case is about, we are watching the same case. It's not so easily determined, hence the jury trial. I was all against her in the beginning but after seeing the holes in the prosecutions case I'm not sure how they can prove murder without a shadow of doubt.
This Medical Examiner is clearly biased against the defendant. I would give her testimony zero credibility solely based on her emails and demeanor towards the defendant! The defendant won't win any humanity prizes but that does not make her guilty of aggravated murder.
She didn't have to attach the amendment, the defence can have their witness give their own version. Their person is to give their opinion, their facts after exsamining the baby, she doesn't have to share their persons version. He is acting disgusting to make her seem less. Slamming papers, scribbling loudly, raising his voice all to make him seem stronger than her. Defence doing that doesn't make his person anymore right. The girl said, baby gurgled, babies arm frailed, baby cried. Think, if she didn't want parents or brother to hear, what would she do? Hum. Go to mom and dad, call 911? She also never told anyone about the baby.
Wow life I'm glad someone else here is tracking with how expert testimony works. Only experts are allowed to give narrative answers and their opinions. The defense can try to discredit the witnesses expertise, or their opinion, but they cannot discredit her for not changing her mind because some other experts disagree. The defense is allowed to bring that opinion forward. Also, please understand the prosecution has no duty to bring up potentially exculpatory evidence. All they MUST do is provide it to the defense. In this case they have absolutely done this.
She’s trying SOOOOO her to appear innocent, confused, and terrified while pressing her brows together and she looks to be trying to cry really hard by blinking more than normal.
Of course...if you give birth & you hide the body of the infant , ...you get caught ...you are done.....! You must be very very scared! Something is very very wrong!
No this monster is a covert narcissist who was happy her baby was gone so she could be skinny again. Read the disgusting text between her and her evil narcissistic “Mother”. They are both sick individuals
Wow. I don't know how you think you are able to read all that from her. Confirmation bias, perhaps? To me, she looks absolutely terrified. You can be guilty and be terrified, or innocent and be terrified. At her age and upbringing, i could understand why she's terrified, whether she is guilty or not.
I find it very sad when a child feels so scared to be able to confront a parent when they in trouble or anything for that matter. Skylar is a nervous wreck around her parents, yearning for their love and acknowledgement, in her interview she kept asking will you forgive me do you love me I need your support, if she had a healthy relationship with her parents she would know without a shadow of doubt that they would and support her. She was so afraid to tell them she was pregnant, speaks volumes, my heart went out to this girl, she went through it all alone no support no help, and in the very part where she really needed that support her mother turns round and says “you going to jail for what you did, you not coming home” and that wasn’t even said in nice manner either. Not once did she get up to console her daughter, Skylar had to ask her to hold her hand, her dad got up later on in the interview to console his daughter but just nothing from the mother, no wonder this poor girl felt all alone and felt she couldn’t tell her parents. Heartbreaking
@Alida de Bruyn, I agree 100% and I truly appreciate your comment. I also think there seems to be such a disconnect between many parents and their children when it comes to the whole, "You can tell me anything," speech and everything that surrounds it, "I will love you no matter what," et cetera. I am not sure what the answer is, but something is missing, oftentimes, in even some of the most caring and loving parents' households where children are too afraid to speak up about problems they are facing for fear of letting parents down. Anyway, it's a very sad case and I do hope the world has a bit more compassion for one another sooner than later..
I find it incredibly strange that this professional forensics person can make such a blunder. 12 years experience and that huge of a mistake. How many people are sitting in jail because of things like this? But it raises another point, did the back yard show no signs of disturbance of grass dug up? This story is just odd.
This defence attorney isnt gaining much empathy, he's coming across as a complete arsehole, but kudos to the pathologist for keeping her composure and coming across as completely professional in the light of this interrogation.
He's the defense attorney, notice the disgusting tone he uses with a very credible professional woman while trying to get a little psycho off the hook for murdering her own daughter so that she can still go to college? Both of the soulless men sitting with the homicidal maniac are her attorneys.
@@americanmeteoritefan9670 You call that credible? Wow you also need to Just Say No to jury duty. And dat old bag is sweatin in her old ass drawers! How many innocent ppl has she gotten put away? All she does is call her anthropologist friend when the evidence doesn't fit. That bitch could burn in hell for all I care, getting innocent ppl locked up for how many years? The bitch needs to be fired and promptly put on trial for perjury. Verdict: guilty! sentence...? Electric chair!
@@aprilhubbert9915 Haha yeah i saw that, she ripped him a new one and rightly so making assumptions without even having any concrete evidence of that baby being stillborn.
Awwwww. We are upset looking at the bones. A BIG change from yesterday when the Coroner was showing all the bones as he dug them up. She went from nonchalant to pitiful shivering after bring coached.
I get that people were outraged I really do but how did they not expect this to come out? It just makes the prosecution look vengeful, spightful and bad. 1:06:14
I can’t stand this ME, she sleazily will say whatever the prosecutor wants, I mean her own person told her she could not say for sure cause of death, and neither could the other two experts, but she supposedly is smart enough to see everything clearly
All you people criticizing skyler should take a minute and think about what she had to go through. And how unfair it is that the guy who got her pregnant can just go about his life. In general it's such a shame only girls have to go through hell. There so much wrong in this society.
There is another side to the story; some men actually want their baby and really have no choice if the mother decides that she doesn’t. Can you imagine being a woman who wants a baby desperately and the father can decide to abort it against your will? I’ve had 5 children and realize that the mother carries the baby, so the situation is not equal, but I do have sympathy for the father’s who really want their babies and have no say in matter
I'm literally getting so anxious, annoyed and furious at how he is speaking to her! I know his job is to create "reasonable doupt", but I don't think this is the proper way to go about it. She handles it like a pro though! I've tried to stick with only facts when commenting on this, but here is my opinion on this guy... He is speaking (in a rotten tone) to a woman who is highly educated. He (in my opinion) wants to undermine her. He spoke to the male officer (the day prior) quite poorly also, but no where near as bad as he did this majorly educated, qualified and bright woman. He's an ass hole imo.
@@ginar.4881 I totally agree. She did handle herself well. I would not have done so well unfortunately. I would have demanded respect which probably would not have gone over well😐
If the Dr's Office hadn't of made a Boo Boo and texted the Mom. They would of gotten away with killing that little girl - no remorse or guilt of murder.
1:18:00 In what professional courtroom is this allowed?? Also referencing beating a dead horse is in extremely poor taste considering the case is about a defenseless, dead infant .
@@kirstinpurcell6619 Unfortunately there is plenty of circumstantial evidence that this mother is likely to have done that. Her admission to detectives is supported by this evidence.
I wonder the same thing about the dr’s office. I wonder if she was just dumb and didn’t think about going to another dr or if she was feeling remorseful and had to get it off her chest. I bet she thought a dr wouldn’t be able to tell the cops. She comes off as pretty daft.
Even a child would want to tell there parents there hamster died and have a proper burial. I think Skylar knew ..... She did her research... but I still pray for her and her baby Annabelle. May God shelter Annabelle in heaven forever.
So, so so very much reasonable doubt in this case! It was waaaaay overcharged, and actually, I am surprised they are even trying it. I could not vote guilty on any of the charges were I on the jury. (And, I'm usually highly pro-prosecution.)
@@kirstinpurcell6619 I think the prosecutors should be investigated. They're clearly lying. This would be like a Monte Python film if it weren't so tragic. It's a case study in prosecutorial misconduct, concealment of evidence, lies presented to the Grand Jury about burned bones, a coerced interrogation, and really highlights the fact that our system is a joke.
Great job by pro at getting out there reasons why sr is on trial for killing the baby. It's unfortunate Dr. Brown has to answer for the other pathologists mistakes.
I wonder how upset you’d be if this Dr Brown and the Prosecution tried to lie on you or your family. They are playing with this girls life! They have to give the Absolute Truth!!! They lied They deserved to be talked to in the way he did. As for disrespecting the Dr. she is lying!! She is disgusting!!
This poor woman was also the forensic in the recent case of the couple killing their baby and putting his body in a well. Seems to be extreme in Ohio. Her job must be scaring.
This guy needs to “vacuum” up his career! Maybe I’m wrong, but I feel like his demeanor/act would be extremely off putting to the jury. He’s acting like a complete moron....sweet game play sir 🙄
Idk much about this trial.. just seen a bit here and there .. but it does seem to be a real question as to whether that baby would even likely be born alive given the lack of prenatal and the measurements indicating the girl had much more time than she ended up with before the baby was born. That and all the abuse she seems to have inflicted on her body as a result of mommy issues -/ mom sounds absolutely awful and I kinda wish she had some culpability here - at this point gives me reasonable doubt. I will try to watch everything still though I don’t know if all of it is available or not because I keep finding videos all over .. I usually can see clear guilt pretty quickly although I try to remain neutral -it’s hard .. I’m jaded af!! - but for once .. I feel like this was a perfect storm of horror for this girl.. although her texts or media posts look so bad so awful so flippant that I can see how people doubted her.. idk.. I’d love someone to give me there thoughts in response to mine.. ;)
I don't see why people are blaming her parents especially her mother, perhaps mom was a bit cold but how do you begin to process you gave birth to a person, raised and made sacrifices for and at 18 they could just bury their own child in the back yard like a damn dog! As a parent you have to wonder, was I too strict, was I not strict enough. As a parent there are no right answers you try your best. Aside from this, Brooke seemed like a well adjusted popular young lady, so her mother must've done something right. But Brooke was 18 when this happened and should be held accountable, what happens if she only does a few years, she could get out and do it again. This isn't a crazed stalker or a serial killer that has to "hunt" their victims, she's making her very own! So yes, the fact that this young lady seemed to be terrified of her parents is lost on me, because she wasn't too terrified to sneak around having sex and lying, so no I don't believe in this day and age this young woman thought she had no other option. I think the fact that she was so flippant on social media is very disturbing, especially since she worked with babies at a damn day care. That kind of behavior is very disturbing, telling her parents at age 18, what could they do to her. Throw her out? Her mom clearly seems concerned with what other people think, so that probably wouldn't have happened. The fact that she did not seek any prenatal care, had not contacted any adoption agencies really means she had no intention on having a live baby. Babies are going to be born, did she think the baby would just stay in there forever. If she wouldn't tell her parents she was even pregnant I doubt very seriously, she was going to walk up to the breakfast table the next morning with a screaming newborn and use that moment as the time to tell them.Keep in mind you bond with your baby before it is born, from the very first flutter of movement you wonder, is it a boy or girl, who will they look like, what will they become. This was a whole baby with developed bones, so she moved around and kicked, despite her very own mother not wanting her in her body, no prenatal care or vitamins, she made it to full term, she was a fighter! But lost her fight to the very person who was supposed to protect her!
I think she was a coddled, spoiled brat who didnt want this "problem" to interfere with her perfect little life plan. Her behavior shows total selfishness/self absorbtion/narcissism. Everyone keeps pointing out she was too scared to tell her parents but what about telling her bf that she loved so much and couldnt live without that he was going to be a part of this baby's life if she really planned on keeping the baby and having it? She already knew it was too late for an abortion- her doc told her so. I also think she was taking the bc pills "thinking" it would terminate the pregnancy like the morning after pill. She's THAT dumb. And why go to prom and a baseball game knowing you might be going into labor with all that pain? Shouldnt you be addressing the pain and be concerned if you really cared about your baby and didn't mean any harm to it? Do you just go on and have your fun little dates as if nothing was wrong? You don't just ignore labor pains and think your baby is just going to be fine....i dont care how dumb you are. If she is old enough to have sex, get pregnant, have a baby all by herself, bury a body, you are old enough to know better and do the right thing. Shes not too scared to have a baby by herself or burry it but shes too scared to tell someone or plan for having a baby when you know how far along you are? Come on people!!!!! There is no definitive proof she murdered the baby but there is no proof she planned on having the baby either so by default what else can one think???? I think she may walk which is awful! I really feel she should be held accountable for her actions/inactions.
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Wow.
This witness really had her a$$ handed to her by the defense team.
She ultimately comes off as very biased and unprofessional.
Not a chance. This defense attorney is ignorant and his only professional attribute is how to belittle witnesses. The jury sees right through him.
DrXFoXx
He belittled the witness.. but he was effective from a defense standpoint.
I’m not fond of his methods, but I believe they worked with this particular witness. He made her a liability to State’s case. She looks ignorant. Any physician knows that you cannot set a human being aflame with a simple lighter. She was stupid to deny that.
They need to drop the entire “burned baby” claim. This chic is guiltyAF, but the state has NO evidence that she burned that baby and it’s moot to the charges.
Based on this case so far..
I think she’ll get off simply because they -cannot prove- she killed the baby before burying her. The circumstances scream that she did, but they have no evidence.
She’s a monster. But she’s gonna walk
JMO
Jen Kelly
Exactly!!!
Does Skylar’s mom testify? I can’t find a video but I thought she did since her husband was on the stand.
If Casey Anthony was not found guilty, then Skylar will walk free.
Ok folks. Those saying the shaking is fake. She’s swinging her leg in nervousness. Try swinging your leg and not moving your entire body.
No worries, v.......its all good...
Think back to when you were a teenager. I am sure she was scared and in denial about being pregnant. Yeah she could have done a lot of things like abortion and adoption but i truly believe she was a terrified , immature child. Her parents should have demanded a lawyer be with their daughter from day one. I think there is more going on in that family.
She couldn’t have an abortion. She was 32+ weeks pregnant
@@nataleehulingqhs7252 When she first became pregnant.
What is the defense attorney's problem ? Change your attitude
beth adkins he’s the WORST. I would hate to be a witness in a court room with him!
She didn't have any reaction yesterday seeing the bones but wow today she does! Hum is there a little acting going on? Apparently she wasn't upset to go to the gym the next day after getting rid of her child and take pictures of bellies gone and texting it.
she was shaking yesterday, so pretty much the same
She seems confident in the defense team that her family hired.
Acting at its finest!
Horrible actress. 🙄
Defense attorney is showing his passion for THEATER! Especially love the meaningful pauses followed by labored SIGHING!!!
HE IS A WEASEL!!!!
Wow, while I don't particularly like the tone of the defense attorney, but holy cow, his cross examination really made this witness, Dr Brown look like she was in the prosecutor's hip pocket. Those emails were gold.
She was in their pocket. Often are in your country.
DanaBanana - I don’t doubt she’s paid off by the prosecutor’s
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Love this part!
1:26:51
Ironic that she chose to _ONLY_ pick and choose info she wanted to use... Nothing having to do with the other two Professionals who *DIDN'T* come to this conclusion.
He absolutely gutted her! Good thing too. That is very critical data in this case. I loved watching it.
BINGO!!! I’m thinking this defense attorney is on the RIGHT track!! In my opinion! 👍
Her mother is going to be fascinating to watch after what she said to Skylar about her life being over if she is pregnant (when the doctor's surgery email her mother in error), and then the callous way the mother behaved in the interrogation room.
One evil, self-centred, vain, narcissistic bia.
Kim Richardson is a horrible mother. My kids have always known they could come to me with any issues, any problems, and we would fix them together. To this day, I have healthy and emotionally stable, happy young adults who *still* turn to their parents for advice, help, comfort. This is the pay-off. Kim is cold and shallow in her dealings with her daughter. Such a lovely young woman. I'd love Skylar as a daughter, and I can say right here that if she were mine, she would not be on trial.
@@La_Ru-yg8es she's not a natural mother.. or an emphatic human. It's likely she only had kids just be like her friends, no nurturing from this woman.
@@meizkl Sadly, I agree with this. And, I usually cut a whole lot of slack to other parents, because I know I'm not a perfect one either, and it's a tough job.
@@donnacox8541 yes I'm a Scot living on the south coast of England ☺ and yes it sucks.. I've read crime since I was a young teenager and watched anything on TV. All we have is what's on the news with regards to local crime.
They should try again with TV trials, there's a huge UK following now, if RUclips is anything to go by!
@@La_Ru-yg8es I agree, no one is/was a perfect parent, but there's getting it wrong and correcting our wrong, and giving the very basics expected and deserved to every child, and it seems this mother fails and keeps failing.
She’s a murder she didn’t go to the hospital she didn’t call 911 she lie to her parents everything she did before she had her baby proves that she was going to murder that child her defense team will never convince me that she’s innocent she’s a murder today she’s acting like she care doing whatever she can so she want go to prison she’s disgusting .
She also researched how to get rid of a baby. Then lied said she never looked up anything in police interview.
How is the forensic pathologist calling it a homicide if she can’t determine if the baby was born alive or suffered any injury while alive? She shouldn’t be allowed to make conjectures on anything but the physical evidence.
She explained several times and gave a fantastic example (an electrocution incident) that as per her job, she is required to look at ALL evidence provided to her. Not just the bones alone, but interrogation interviews, information from the scene, ect.
If you had watched the interrogation tapes, and were in her shoes having to take ALL evidence into consideration, I'm sure you could arrive at the same conclusion.
Skylar not only said, "IT was alive for about 5 minutes". "IT moved" and "IT made a gurgling sound".
I'm not a forensic pathologist, but to me that sounds like a live baby.
Luxury Lover I think the defense did a good job showing how Skylar only said the stuff about the baby gurgling and moving in the 2nd interrogation, when the investigators said it first and lead her that why. The investigators were convinced the baby was alive because the doctor reported the baby was burned...which turned out to be wrong. So, imho, these pathologists failed at their job.
If the baby was stillborn why not call the police...you can't get in trouble for having a stillborn baby...
Jennifer Williams- I too believed the defense (however obnoxious and rude they were, especially with the cross of the pathologist who ruled the death a homicide- a VERY bright and educated woman who elder defense was determined to undermine) did thier job VERY well of creating doupt- the main job of any defense strategy. The burning/creamaton point ruined this entire case. I'm very surprised that it got brought up as much as it did at trial considering it was false info. The prosecution TOTALLY should have dropped that. They wanted that conviction so bad that they went for something that didn't even happen. If I was prosecuting this case, I would have focused all that cremation nonsense on the fact that she never in any way, shape or form prepared for a live birth. The police should have asked more about her plan/s were if the baby had survived. She never expected it to. In my opinion, she knowingly took those birth control pills to damage the baby inutero. That was admittedly part of her research, and there would be no way, 3 months later to inventory those pills to ensure she didn't take a fatal dose/s for the baby.
I do agree that considering the 2nd interview was quite forced (this is why, even if you are innocent, you ALWAYS have council present!) that shouldn't have weighed so heavy on the determination of death. I'm sure in that "bigger picture" the pathologist also considered the lack of preparation, but just couldn't admit it.
Sorry for the novel!
Black P Exactly! That's why this turned into the mess it did. Let's say the baby was in fact stillborn- there would have been no trouble. She may have faced disappointment from her parents (especially her wacky mother who she desperately sought affection, acceptance, and love from), but if the baby wasn't alive, it wouldn't have "ruined her life" (like the mother said) and she could have gone on to live a normal life. I'll give Skylar the benefit of the doupt she wasn't thinking clearly and was in a panic. She was said to be a "pleaser" and again IF the baby wasn't alive, she probably blamed it on herself for lack of prenatal care. From moment of conception to the moment she came clean at the doctors, nothing this girl did makes sense!
Also if the baby was stillborn, she surely blamed herself from lack of prenatal care.
Mentioned this in another comment, but I believe, due to her admitted "research", she took a fatal dose of birth control that killed the baby. 3 months later, there would be no way to inventory those pills. Brooke is a very sneaky girl.
I think she (Dr. Brown) kept her composure very well. I am not quite understanding why the defense becomes so aggressive against her. She was answering the questions and was not even making it seem as though Ms. Richardson did something to the baby intentionally. Unless I missed something.
I agree! I kind of felt bad for her because he was so harsh. Maybe trying to make his point? I just don’t get why he had to be so aggressive when questioning. I think he would’ve been more effective without the attitude.
Respectfully, I think the defense lawyer is justifiably adamant with getting the facts straight. It does seem obvious to me that there was some biased testimony given by Dr. Brown based on omissions of expert opinions and facts that opposed the prosecutions basic foundations of their case. If she were truly objective in presenting the findings of the case she would have included all sources she utilized to examine the evidence. Instead, when the expert sources she accessed to help make her determination were opposite of popular prosecution opinion she suddenly reneges and says I can only go on what I saw or was capable of doing with my own expertise/equipment Well you can't have it both ways, you can't say you make a determination based on multiple sources and then not include others when it doesn't fit a judgment you have already made about this case . Very biased and or coerced testimony.
Wow those emails are damning to the prosecution. “Game plan” “ain’t gonna lie”.
This should become part of sex ed for teens. Sex has consequences.
I have seen Dr Brown testify in other cases. She is great.
Agreed!
im from cincinnati and only a year older than her... and no matter how 'naive' they try to male her seem. NO ONE in their right mind would do the things she did. she came from a nice family. she went to great lengths to conceal her belly and hide from her parents. she knows she's wrong. I hope she pays for what she did. I hope the jury sees right through her. the act is over young lady you need to pay.
What's really sad she talked about feeling the baby move insider her. Seen her baby on a sonogram, alive and moving. This little girl act she did was so fake. On video above this one her dad words 25:46 it sounds like she's been PG before. He says something along the line "you know this has happened before and you hid it". If this is true she definitely knew about pregnancy.
You could be my daughter...I can't imagine my child ever doing something this horrid at eighteen! I got married at nineteen! I can't figure this young woman out!!
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I didn't hear "and you hid it." I think he was saying, "You are in trouble because other women have done this before and they went to prison." If she had done it before, why were they so oblivious this time??
Vayghn Greenland he says" Unfortunately it's happened before (pause) and you hid it." To me sounds like she may have been pg before.
@@wowlife2169
UGH, now I have to listen to it again! 😂
The pathologist is excellent....I agree with her Skylar had no intention of having that baby, she even told Dr Andrew she couldn't have the baby, hence she didn't bother going for her next appointment. She knew damn well she was almost full term, and yet was taking birth control pills? What is all that about.
This chick is a terrible human being period, and should be held accountable. It isn't her parents fault, she was so afraid of her parents she couldn't tell them, but she wasn't so afraid to lie and be sneaking around screwing a guy to get pregnant. No one wants to disappoint their parents, and for teenage girls your mother can seem like the worst person ever. But your mother knows what the world has waiting for you, and try as she might she really wants you to learn from her mistakes, unfortunately to grow up you have to make mistakes of your own, which is very parent's nightmare! So it isn't her parents faults for being strict, clearly they weren't too strict if she managed to get pregnant. She could've dropped that baby off at any fire station, ER, church so many options besides this.
My thoughts exactly. She was taking bc pills thinking it would terminate the pregnancy just like the morning after pill. She's THAT dumb. Plus, do you go on to prom and baseball games knowing you might be going into labor with all that pain? Really? This whole case is insane. If you are old enough to have sex, get pregnant, have the baby ALL ALONE, then bury a dead body...you are old enough to face the music and deal with this pregnancy. She wasnt a scared little frightened child but a selfish spoiled brat who didnt want this "problem" to ruin her pretty perfect future. If she was planning on keeping the baby wouldnt you tell the guy that you are madly in love with and can't live without that he is going to be a step daddy in the future? That in itself is VERY telling. She had no plans of keeping that baby. On the flip side however, the prosecution has not proved she maliciously murdered the baby. This case is a tough one! I feel she needs to be held accountable for her actions/inactions.
Why not just have an abortion then?
What's that all about? She's a child.
The devil is crying? Such an actress
She's not acting.
@@davemckay4359 she is going away for a long time. Hope she spends the rest of her natural life behind bars..she is a baby killer.
people are always so quick to judge and condemn. They may ultimately be right but what about trying to empathize first and then make your judgement. Seems to me there is room for both.
Those emails were huge.
those emails are gold
This defense lawyer is definitely hammering the doctor!!! The defense is doing a good job of getting under the doctors skin !!! The prosecutor is just horrible, she is botching this case !!! Yikes 🙄🙄🤦🏻♂️🤦🏻♂️🙅🏻♂️🙅🏻♂️🤷🏻♂️🤷🏻♂️
I love her defence lawyer, he hits everything right on the head, he says it how it is, I love it, just a yes or no, is that a yes or a no easy question. I think this doctor was going to pin this on Skylar no matter what, like the defence said she only focused on the bones and the 2nd interview with the police ignoring other doctors who said anything else to what she knew she was going to say for the outcome. Doctors like this should be struck off as you cannot testify under oath when all the facts have not been taken into evidence. She high lighted the darkened bones in the state questions but under defence cross examination she crumbled. I would have asked her, “ so doctor, you state the course of death is homicide with trauma, without the police interview, please tell the jury how you get these findings? Because you have reports stating no post trauma to the head no burning that is clear, so how did you find your homicide findings, just on the bones alone” setting a baby alight with a lighter come on that’s common sense which she could not answer with every yes or no answer she wants to give a lecture I’m surprised how cool the defence remained with that. Overall Skylar had a very good defence lawyer the state had no case really.
So much for the ME being unbiased. I don't care if you think a person is guilty or not; you don't tell people to lie. Thank goodness for the honest forensic anthropologist.
The person who appears ethical in this case is the forensic anthropologist. Refreshing.
I wonder if this pathologist has lied in other cases.
How do you not have the correct tools (microscope), pictures of the gravesite etc and base your decision on "all" the evidence which kept repeating and repeating and you are a "forensic pathologist" and leaving out critical information on her report...tisk tisk open to other evidence ya right get your story straight. Get real lady!
How do you ignore the findings of the forensic anthropologist hired by the prosecution or prostitution in this case. This is not only a dirty case but it's shabby.
Head bone question. She placed a dirt-filled pot that held a plant on the grave top. How heavy was that pot, and could the weight have caused the head bones to separate?
I've seen it was twenty-five pounds? And she used a gardening trowel, not an actual shovel, to bury the baby, so it couldn't have been too deep. What I don't understand is, why didn't anyone notice that big pot was moved??
I was wondering the same thing,it was probably one of those big ones you would put out on your deck. I'm also curious as to her purpose of squeezing the baby,was that the "gurgling" , her squeezing the only little bit of air or the fluids they usually suction out before handing your baby over to you..did she literally squeeze the life out of that poor little baby? 💔
@@veegee916 I almost feel like emailing her attorney :) this question.
The flower pot was more than likely put over the baby to keep the dog from digging up the baby.
life good call. I bet you're right
How strange that the baby was discovered right around the time she would have been born if full term as if she was meant to be known about after all ...how sad this all is
She got pregnant in august. The baby was found in july. That is 11 Mos later.
Doesn't matter if i got the dates wrong she is still now acknowledged and will eventually have a proper burial
Seems like a well paid /hi maintenance defense lawyer
No, it looks like lying prosecutors.
Thank you for letting us see the photographic evidence. We are grown-ups here so don't need to be shielded
For me the issue is not whether she killed the baby or not but the fact that she involuntary killed the baby due to her negligence of not obtaining prenatal care or getting help either during or after the birth. She may not have killed the baby but all of her actions leading up to and after birth contributed to the baby’s death.
LaToya Sharday Women gave birth for thousands of years without any prenatal bs!
Doctor should not be allowed to make her conclusion based on anything other than her own speciality, the police interview etc is nothing to do with her.
Not sticking up for the defendant, I just feel that this kind of summary is unfair to anyone on the stand.
I'm for the defense in this case, but, I disagree with your statement. A good forensic pathologist has to take into consideration the big picture, including the non-medical evidence, the scene, any facts gathered, etc.
They always use outside information to determone cause and manner of death...If someone is suspected of committing suicide, the doctor will ask if there was a suicide note. That's outside information...
@@veegee916 exactly! The bigger picture is always crucial in determining manner and cause of death.
If the interrogation is proven to show Skylar was coerced in any way.. This doc has nothing else. I agree on the kind of external info you all mention and maybe some other influences not mentioned. But an interrogation is a manipulation to get information out of a witness by lying if necessary.. So for me that should not be used by this or any doctor, sorry.
This woman has essentially testified that she knows nothing but decided it was a violent homicide contrary to the forensic evidence she willfully disregarded.
Has anyone else noticed how cold and angry mom was on tape... also where's the mom in court..
She's testifying so she can't be in court...She's out in the hallway...
Yes, the mother was extremely cold and detached!
@@veegee916 Self-interested is the take I got.
Exactly..... there's no way if the mother was as detailed about daughters "weight ", that she didnt notice all the prego changes.... stomach, boobs, hormones, etc. W regard to when she got pregnant.. the father clearly stated it was in August not 1st wk or July that they had sex. Why isn't his testimony being reread...
Rather the mom is a cold hearted person, this young woman is responsible for her actions. She and only her made the decisions she did. Now if it comes out mother assisted then mother becomes part of what happened with this baby.
@@wowlife2169 This young woman obviously was still highly dependent upon her parents. She was seemingly terrified of her mom, and when the email was accidentally sent to her mother, she found out exactly how much support she would receive if she were to come clean about her pregnancy. The mom has a lot to answer for.
Skylar only referred to her as "it". Defense is saying Annabelle to plant in jurors minds
Perhaps you should watch the interrogation again. Even the main detective referred to the baby as Annabelle. The only time that Skylar called the baby "it", was when her parents were in the room with her. Throughout her statement to the detectives, she referred to her baby as she and her.
I have listened to ALL of it. It’s evident that she didn’t want to talk about her at all.
IT, it It....she called they baby IT...not annabelle...IT...got that..IT.
Michelle Montgomery wrong. It was always “It “
if you notice, she said "her" and "baby" to the officer but to her parents it was just "it"
I haven't seen the mother in court yet! 🤔 Bet she's disgusted that she can no longer portray the perfect little family! Me, me, me, me, me....
No shes a witness, she cant be in the courtroom so shes in the hall.
@@sarrco9927 oh, ok. I take my comment back!
Keep the comment up... the me me me me me part is spot on for both the mom and the daughter!
Can't stand defences voice 😑
That's a very important piece of evidence.
Sounds like the judge is fed up with the prosecutors BS
I would be livid with this prosecution.
Right!
Doctor brown sunk the prosecution's case imo.
Defense attorney remind me the movie my cousin Vinny how his tone to answer the questions to dr brown yes or no
I’ve never watched a case where a medical examiner based something solely on an interrogation
If the prosecution wanted the truth on if the bones were burned or not they would have them looked at under a microscope, they didn't want to know for sure so they could have the jury wonder if it was true or not.
Well, if the jury hasn't wondered, they should be investigated.
I wish more young people knew about the Safe Haven Law. I’m surprised Skylar’s doctor didn’t tell her about it. In Ohio, you can anonymously relinquish your baby at a hospital or fire station up to 30 days after birth. (In some states you only have three days, but Ohio it’s 30). You will not get in trouble or be prosecuted. I can’t help but wonder if she knew about this, if her baby would still be alive 😕.
I don't know who she thinks she can lead, but I'm afraid she plays the innocent and knows the difference between right and wrong.
I feel for this pathologist, she had to testify almost back-to-back in this case and the Dylan Groves case.
When, exactly, did they name the baby Annabelle? I think the defense is making a mistake calling her that! It humanizes that baby more than they would want to...
Vaughn Greenlee shows remorse and that she really loved the baby. They want the jury to think the baby was stillborn and she’s upset about it.
@@MrsMrMoney
I'm not so sure...
A baby that is loved or wanted is named. I watched a few different documentaries about couples that wanted a baby and lost the child or had to terminate the pregnancy because it would put the mothers life at risk/the baby was not healthy. In those situations the mothers named the baby. There are support groups for women that lose babies at birth and they are told to name the baby and grieve the loss.
I think if there was no name it would make the baby seem unwanted by Skylar. I see how it could backfire but I think the jury would hold it against her if she didnt name the baby.
Nicely Done Brooke named her Annabelle, everything she says about her child is in the interrogation videos.
Have you seen the horror movie? It's called Annabelle.
Skylar is the double of her grandad!!
Wow!! Based on all this information this woman wasn’t telling the whole truth. When you are a professional you have to state the facts and she definitely sugar coated her “facts”
I disagree, she wouldn't be in this position had Brooke not been a liar. The defense attorney wants someone to say that the baby wasn't alive, with no lungs you can't prove inflation or if there was dirt in the baby's lungs. How is that the medical examiner's fault. If the baby is still born the charges are significantly different, he's doing his job. What was Brooke going to do with the baby, she knew she was pregnant! You grown enough to lay down and make a baby you need to be grown enough to take the responsibility of raising a baby.
No she stated her professional opinion on those facts and that being that she does not know if the baby was alive because she only had the bones. This woman has spent 12 years in her position, probably another 10-15 in training for this position. How are you going to say whether or not her facts are sugar coated?
Only someone so evil and selfish could do this to a newborn baby. I hope she gets the maximum under the law. RIP baby Richardson.
Also someone scared shitless with a narcissistic mother
@@jeaninepetty4923 Yes, her parents were more worried about their image and what people would think, than what actually happened. Although Skylar says she didn't know she was PG, then buried her daughter in the backyard is just evil. Even if her daughter was a stillborn, she should have told someone. However, I just don't understand how nobody heard her give birth. She still needs to be held accountable. JMO.
I’ll admit.. defense made a great point that makes pathologist look biased. Still can’t help hating the venom defense always uses with witnesses from other side and wish they didn’t do that .. feel it would be more effective not to drip hate from every orifice..
how did she come to homicidal violence exactly? i didnt know that it was her job to review all the info and decide if it was homicide.... isnt that the point of the jury?
Shes clearly presumed guilt.... how can you say there is no evidence of it but it is homicide for sure? then she dances around yes or no answers.....
I think the ME is doing the best she can under the situation. If only there had been an entire body to examine, so let's hold the ME examiner accountable for there only being bones. Brooke is a grown up, yes 18 is grown, who thinks taking birth control pills while you are pregnant is the right thing to do. We should rely on her judgement as to if the baby was still born, yep no thanks. She was sneaky enough to get pregnant and got caught in her on lies, I have no sympathy for her. Of course she's going to say the baby was still born, a screaming baby would've gotten her parents attention for sure..
Cause of death should b undetermined pending police investigation
Anyone remember Tupac's 'Brenda's got a baby's? " she didn't know what to keep and what to throw away..."
Colleen Lally-ross yeah but that song was about a little girl. This is a grown woman
@@carmenalexis4787 correct but mentally/emotionally that girl is friggin clueless! Must run in the family.
@@carmenalexis4787 she was 17...
I thought of that song, when I heard she had the baby on the bathroom floor!
Yup
I would love to know when was she going to tell her parents that she had a baby. A living baby, was she just going to hide it in her room or go down for breakfast with it the next morning? I understand she was afraid to tell her parents but she could have went to them when she knew she was in labor.
I feel for Skylar, I really do. It just seems odd to me that she hadn’t told her parents. The chance a baby being alive is higher than a baby being stillborn. She must have known going into labour that there was a really high chance she’d have a living baby. How was she going to hide a baby who was alive? Did she have plans to secretly put the baby up for adoption? Had she even thought that far ahead?
This guy thinks he’s Jack Nicholson and he’s waiting for his big break in Hollywood!
Hes star of his own Movie of the Week. Poignant
Dr Brown being stripped of her arrogance.
The judge should admonish that defense attorney for using that disgusting tone with the witness
I agree i found that tone quite condesending
It’s like he’s watched too many tv shows and thinks he’s starring in his own movie!
Very disrespectful!
@@kirstinpurcell6619 Using an overtly contemptuous tone with witnesses is not part of his job
He’s such an ass! He was terrible the last time as well! Candles in the CLOSET!!!!😂
I’m guessing Father and Son lawyers....
Looks like she has been practising that shaking for quite awhile lol
It does seem really strange it’s actually cringey
She has an eating disorder, it appears she's losing to anorexia. She's been in and out of treatment since she was 12 I think they said?
Lori Crabtree I think they prepped her on showing emotion. She clearly doesn’t shed a tear in anything I’ve seen thus far (I’ve been further than just this day) but I think she was coached..
@@LoriCrabtree31 I could care less about her partially self-inflicted anorexia. I care more about the dead infant they found in their familial land.
@@marysmother1152 It's 'couldn't care less' not 'could care less' otherwise you are stating you care too much and could actually care less than you do right now.
It all plays a part in this case, I was just stating facts. I'm well aware what the case is about, we are watching the same case. It's not so easily determined, hence the jury trial. I was all against her in the beginning but after seeing the holes in the prosecutions case I'm not sure how they can prove murder without a shadow of doubt.
I want that old man as MY lawyer if I am ever in a jam!!!! 😂
This Medical Examiner is clearly biased against the defendant. I would give her testimony zero credibility solely based on her emails and demeanor towards the defendant! The defendant won't win any humanity prizes but that does not make her guilty of aggravated murder.
The ME is lying and willfully disregarded evidence. It's unfortunate no one in the justice system can be held accountable.
Dr. Brown is making a fool of herself... @59.00
What's with her shaking and staring straight ahead with an agonising look on her face? Is she desperate for the toilet or something.
That's something you can tell us about
She didn't have to attach the amendment, the defence can have their witness give their own version. Their person is to give their opinion, their facts after exsamining the baby, she doesn't have to share their persons version. He is acting disgusting to make her seem less. Slamming papers, scribbling loudly, raising his voice all to make him seem stronger than her. Defence doing that doesn't make his person anymore right. The girl said, baby gurgled, babies arm frailed, baby cried. Think, if she didn't want parents or brother to hear, what would she do? Hum. Go to mom and dad, call 911? She also never told anyone about the baby.
Wow life I'm glad someone else here is tracking with how expert testimony works. Only experts are allowed to give narrative answers and their opinions. The defense can try to discredit the witnesses expertise, or their opinion, but they cannot discredit her for not changing her mind because some other experts disagree. The defense is allowed to bring that opinion forward.
Also, please understand the prosecution has no duty to bring up potentially exculpatory evidence. All they MUST do is provide it to the defense. In this case they have absolutely done this.
They need to call Murray- get her on the stand- get some answers.
The defense attorney acts like Columbo.
Wow those emails.......
She’s trying SOOOOO her to appear innocent, confused, and terrified while pressing her brows together and she looks to be trying to cry really hard by blinking more than normal.
Of course...if you give birth & you hide the body of the infant , ...you get caught ...you are done.....! You must be very very scared! Something is very very wrong!
No this monster is a covert narcissist who was happy her baby was gone so she could be skinny again. Read the disgusting text between her and her evil narcissistic “Mother”. They are both sick individuals
Wow. I don't know how you think you are able to read all that from her. Confirmation bias, perhaps? To me, she looks absolutely terrified. You can be guilty and be terrified, or innocent and be terrified. At her age and upbringing, i could understand why she's terrified, whether she is guilty or not.
This annoying version of Kelsey Grammar is treating this doctor like she's on trial. He'd be pretty good if he wasn't so condescending.
Haha, he is a little bit condescending, but he's good at his job.
I find it very sad when a child feels so scared to be able to confront a parent when they in trouble or anything for that matter. Skylar is a nervous wreck around her parents, yearning for their love and acknowledgement, in her interview she kept asking will you forgive me do you love me I need your support, if she had a healthy relationship with her parents she would know without a shadow of doubt that they would and support her. She was so afraid to tell them she was pregnant, speaks volumes, my heart went out to this girl, she went through it all alone no support no help, and in the very part where she really needed that support her mother turns round and says “you going to jail for what you did, you not coming home” and that wasn’t even said in nice manner either. Not once did she get up to console her daughter, Skylar had to ask her to hold her hand, her dad got up later on in the interview to console his daughter but just nothing from the mother, no wonder this poor girl felt all alone and felt she couldn’t tell her parents. Heartbreaking
@Alida de Bruyn, I agree 100% and I truly appreciate your comment. I also think there seems to be such a disconnect between many parents and their children when it comes to the whole, "You can tell me anything," speech and everything that surrounds it, "I will love you no matter what," et cetera. I am not sure what the answer is, but something is missing, oftentimes, in even some of the most caring and loving parents' households where children are too afraid to speak up about problems they are facing for fear of letting parents down. Anyway, it's a very sad case and I do hope the world has a bit more compassion for one another sooner than later..
I find it incredibly strange that this professional forensics person can make such a blunder. 12 years experience and that huge of a mistake.
How many people are sitting in jail because of things like this?
But it raises another point, did the back yard show no signs of disturbance of grass dug up?
This story is just odd.
This defence attorney isnt gaining much empathy, he's coming across as a complete arsehole, but kudos to the pathologist for keeping her composure and coming across as completely professional in the light of this interrogation.
He's the defense attorney, notice the disgusting tone he uses with a very credible professional woman while trying to get a little psycho off the hook for murdering her own daughter so that she can still go to college? Both of the soulless men sitting with the homicidal maniac are her attorneys.
@@americanmeteoritefan9670 You call that credible? Wow you also need to Just Say No to jury duty. And dat old bag is sweatin in her old ass drawers! How many innocent ppl has she gotten put away? All she does is call her anthropologist friend when the evidence doesn't fit. That bitch could burn in hell for all I care, getting innocent ppl locked up for how many years? The bitch needs to be fired and promptly put on trial for perjury. Verdict: guilty! sentence...? Electric chair!
@@aprilhubbert9915 Haha yeah i saw that, she ripped him a new one and rightly so making assumptions without even having any concrete evidence of that baby being stillborn.
@@aprilhubbert9915 It was so good.
@@Pigeon-Hands shes terrible. Way outside her expertise. Stick to science lady, stop playing judge, prosecutor, police and GOD.
She actually has a sign of emotion today...
I bet her attorneys encouraged that.
@@JenKelly of course she is coached by the blood sucking defense team. I hope she gets life in prison.
Fake its all fake u can tell shes forcing herself to act that way I'm sorry but not sorry
Yet if she was showing emotion you people would say she is showing too much emotion or it's fake. Either way she can't win with you.
Debbie MacPhail whoa slow down now..... I simply just made an observation that she has some sign of emotion.
Awwwww. We are upset looking at the bones. A BIG change from yesterday when the Coroner was showing all the bones as he dug them up. She went from nonchalant to pitiful shivering after bring coached.
She’s really working that grief muscle
The defense is getting a bit emotional. Not very professional. This Dr. Brown is keeping her cool in a very professional manner. Good for her!
Defendents cannot show emotion during preliminary examination or trial due to inflammation of the jury at least I'm sure it is in michigan
The Defence SHOULD be emotional: a young girl's whole life is at stake.
CECI CEO she killed a newborn and buried her in a back yard.... F her life....
shady prosecution
Totally shady. They belong in prison.
Calm down Mr Defense!! It sounds desperate!! 🤯
Perry Mason, Jr...
They are......
@@Ice-FoxXx
The defense and DA are sparring! This is good!!
@@kirstinpurcell6619 Really! What trial are you watching and we will watch it too!
@@kirstinpurcell6619 yup.....lucky for her....
I get that people were outraged I really do but how did they not expect this to come out? It just makes the prosecution look vengeful, spightful and bad. 1:06:14
I can’t stand this ME, she sleazily will say whatever the prosecutor wants, I mean her own person told her she could not say for sure cause of death, and neither could the other two experts, but she supposedly is smart enough to see everything clearly
All you people criticizing skyler should take a minute and think about what she had to go through. And how unfair it is that the guy who got her pregnant can just go about his life. In general it's such a shame only girls have to go through hell. There so much wrong in this society.
There is another side to the story; some men actually want their baby and really have no choice if the mother decides that she doesn’t. Can you imagine being a woman who wants a baby desperately and the father can decide to abort it against your will? I’ve had 5 children and realize that the mother carries the baby, so the situation is not equal, but I do have sympathy for the father’s who really want their babies and have no say in matter
I would not go for this defense attorney talking to me like that
I'm literally getting so anxious, annoyed and furious at how he is speaking to her! I know his job is to create "reasonable doupt", but I don't think this is the proper way to go about it. She handles it like a pro though!
I've tried to stick with only facts when commenting on this, but here is my opinion on this guy...
He is speaking (in a rotten tone) to a woman who is highly educated. He (in my opinion) wants to undermine her.
He spoke to the male officer (the day prior) quite poorly also, but no where near as bad as he did this majorly educated, qualified and bright woman. He's an ass hole imo.
@@ginar.4881 I totally agree. She did handle herself well. I would not have done so well unfortunately. I would have demanded respect which probably would not have gone over well😐
She lied on the stand. She deserves it
@@JesusisLRD Why should pathologist lie?
been waiting all day for thissssss
Me, too, sweetheart!
Just got here, now!!!
When are folks going to learn,be wary of what you say and how you phrase emails. They are not private. Eventually someone else will read them.
If the Dr's Office hadn't of made a Boo Boo and texted the Mom. They would of gotten away with killing that little girl - no remorse or guilt of murder.
I hope those tiny bones haunt Skylar for the rest of her life!
Where did I miss Brooke saying the baby was gurgling, breathing or that she squeezed her???
Is the second interrogation video on this video? I'm still at the beginning...
I thought she said that in the second interrogation...
@@veegee916 yes. But they're saying that she said this under police coercion..
@@meizkl can you link the video? I've watched all the videos I could find of the interrogation but didn't here her say that.
@@tparrettify the defense said this in their opening statement.. It is within the Law & Crime Network.. Second video I believe.
The video with her parents in the interrogation room, she says to her father, “Maybe I squeezed the baby too hard.” Or something to that degree.
1:18:00 In what professional courtroom is this allowed?? Also referencing beating a dead horse is in extremely poor taste considering the case is about a defenseless, dead infant .
1) Backyard burial
People bury pets in their back yards all the time. I wonder if her family had ever done this.
@@kirstinpurcell6619 Unfortunately there is plenty of circumstantial evidence that this mother is likely to have done that. Her admission to detectives is supported by this evidence.
@@kathleenamatangelo3713 I buried a cat once.
@@kirstinpurcell6619 Apparently you haven't watched her entire interrogation.
I wonder the same thing about the dr’s office. I wonder if she was just dumb and didn’t think about going to another dr or if she was feeling remorseful and had to get it off her chest. I bet she thought a dr wouldn’t be able to tell the cops. She comes off as pretty daft.
What Dr Brown did is unethical...
Even a child would want to tell there parents there hamster died and have a proper burial.
I think Skylar knew ..... She did her research... but I still pray for her and her baby Annabelle. May God shelter Annabelle in heaven forever.
So, so so very much reasonable doubt in this case! It was waaaaay overcharged, and actually, I am surprised they are even trying it. I could not vote guilty on any of the charges were I on the jury. (And, I'm usually highly pro-prosecution.)
I agree.
Agree as well!
Wow to all of y'all
She is an adult n killed her child n buried it for no one to find, she deserves life...u take a life she must give her life this is not normal at all
@@kirstinpurcell6619 I think the prosecutors should be investigated. They're clearly lying. This would be like a Monte Python film if it weren't so tragic. It's a case study in prosecutorial misconduct, concealment of evidence, lies presented to the Grand Jury about burned bones, a coerced interrogation, and really highlights the fact that our system is a joke.
Great job by pro at getting out there reasons why sr is on trial for killing the baby.
It's unfortunate Dr. Brown has to answer for the other pathologists mistakes.
She reminds me of Jodi Arias every time she answers she looks at the jury.
I wonder how upset you’d be if this Dr Brown and the Prosecution tried to lie on you or your family. They are playing with this girls life! They have to give the Absolute Truth!!! They lied They deserved to be talked to in the way he did. As for disrespecting the Dr. she is lying!! She is disgusting!!
@@lisazanelotti6758 , this pathologist is very unqualified. She did no forensics what so ever.
Lisa Zanelotti Watch the second interview with police and you will see dr brown did not lie!
Travel 2 Eternity What was left to do forensics on.. a few tiny bones???
Cause of death should have been undetermined
At 1:24:33 did the defense just say oh my god
1:24:24 I heard that too. Also heard him tossing his glasses down on the podium lol
Special place in hell for dr brown. Trying to ruin that girls life
Idiot
How does she live with herself?
That "girl" ruined her own life by her poor choices. None of this would have happened if she did the right thing off the bat.
1hinojosaajuan Evil bitch ruined her own life
Why is she doing the shaking crap now when she’s sees the bone pictures ? She didn’t even react while they picking them out of the ground . Lying ……
Exactly. She’s showing signs of grief in her forehead, yet doesn’t cry. Very common, in ppl acting grief struck, but it’s just an act!
I hope she doesn't get pregnant again!
Sadly, she most probably will have as many children as she wants. Life is not fair.
And I hope God will forgive you.
This poor woman was also the forensic in the recent case of the couple killing their baby and putting his body in a well. Seems to be extreme in Ohio. Her job must be scaring.
This guy needs to “vacuum” up his career! Maybe I’m wrong, but I feel like his demeanor/act would be extremely off putting to the jury. He’s acting like a complete moron....sweet game play sir 🙄
Why is the guy soooo angry 😤 like chill 🥶tf out man😬
Idk much about this trial.. just seen a bit here and there .. but it does seem to be a real question as to whether that baby would even likely be born alive given the lack of prenatal and the measurements indicating the girl had much more time than she ended up with before the baby was born. That and all the abuse she seems to have inflicted on her body as a result of mommy issues -/ mom sounds absolutely awful and I kinda wish she had some culpability here - at this point gives me reasonable doubt. I will try to watch everything still though I don’t know if all of it is available or not because I keep finding videos all over .. I usually can see clear guilt pretty quickly although I try to remain neutral -it’s hard .. I’m jaded af!! - but for once .. I feel like this was a perfect storm of horror for this girl.. although her texts or media posts look so bad so awful so flippant that I can see how people doubted her.. idk.. I’d love someone to give me there thoughts in response to mine.. ;)
I don't see why people are blaming her parents especially her mother, perhaps mom was a bit cold but how do you begin to process you gave birth to a person, raised and made sacrifices for and at 18 they could just bury their own child in the back yard like a damn dog! As a parent you have to wonder, was I too strict, was I not strict enough. As a parent there are no right answers you try your best. Aside from this, Brooke seemed like a well adjusted popular young lady, so her mother must've done something right. But Brooke was 18 when this happened and should be held accountable, what happens if she only does a few years, she could get out and do it again. This isn't a crazed stalker or a serial killer that has to "hunt" their victims, she's making her very own! So yes, the fact that this young lady seemed to be terrified of her parents is lost on me, because she wasn't too terrified to sneak around having sex and lying, so no I don't believe in this day and age this young woman thought she had no other option. I think the fact that she was so flippant on social media is very disturbing, especially since she worked with babies at a damn day care. That kind of behavior is very disturbing, telling her parents at age 18, what could they do to her. Throw her out? Her mom clearly seems concerned with what other people think, so that probably wouldn't have happened. The fact that she did not seek any prenatal care, had not contacted any adoption agencies really means she had no intention on having a live baby. Babies are going to be born, did she think the baby would just stay in there forever. If she wouldn't tell her parents she was even pregnant I doubt very seriously, she was going to walk up to the breakfast table the next morning with a screaming newborn and use that moment as the time to tell them.Keep in mind you bond with your baby before it is born, from the very first flutter of movement you wonder, is it a boy or girl, who will they look like, what will they become. This was a whole baby with developed bones, so she moved around and kicked, despite her very own mother not wanting her in her body, no prenatal care or vitamins, she made it to full term, she was a fighter! But lost her fight to the very person who was supposed to protect her!
I think she was a coddled, spoiled brat who didnt want this "problem" to interfere with her perfect little life plan. Her behavior shows total selfishness/self absorbtion/narcissism. Everyone keeps pointing out she was too scared to tell her parents but what about telling her bf that she loved so much and couldnt live without that he was going to be a part of this baby's life if she really planned on keeping the baby and having it? She already knew it was too late for an abortion- her doc told her so. I also think she was taking the bc pills "thinking" it would terminate the pregnancy like the morning after pill. She's THAT dumb. And why go to prom and a baseball game knowing you might be going into labor with all that pain? Shouldnt you be addressing the pain and be concerned if you really cared about your baby and didn't mean any harm to it? Do you just go on and have your fun little dates as if nothing was wrong? You don't just ignore labor pains and think your baby is just going to be fine....i dont care how dumb you are. If she is old enough to have sex, get pregnant, have a baby all by herself, bury a body, you are old enough to know better and do the right thing. Shes not too scared to have a baby by herself or burry it but shes too scared to tell someone or plan for having a baby when you know how far along you are? Come on people!!!!! There is no definitive proof she murdered the baby but there is no proof she planned on having the baby either so by default what else can one think???? I think she may walk which is awful! I really feel she should be held accountable for her actions/inactions.