GUILTY IN - Skylea Carmack, 10, Gas City, Grant County, 31 Aug 2019 *stepmom arrested* *appeal filed 2022*

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Shortly after Burgess dropped Amanda Carmack off, ISP detective Joshua Rozzi said he received a set of notes that Skylea Carmack’s biological dad, Kevin, found earlier that day.

“Once you read the notes – and the way the investigation was going – things were not looking good as far as finding Skylea alive,” Rozzi testified.

The notes described her exhaustion of being lied to and her perception of being bad at lying.

“I’d rather tell the truth and deal with it,” a snippet from one note stated.

“I’m sorry, Mom,” another note read. “You wanted me to take care of them, and I couldn’t do it … I love all the kids … I’m broken. I’ve always been broken, haven’t I? Why can’t I remember?”

One note was dated Aug. 22, the same day Amanda Carmack made a post to Facebook that read, “I’m really at the end of my rope with this one,” after sharing that Skylea was hiding food in her pants and candy in her bed.

He and Kevin Carmack were essentially pleading with Amanda Carmack by that point, Rozzi said, but their pleas weren’t answered until she walked to the police station around midnight.

In the early morning hours of Sept. 4, 2019, Carmack hyperventilated as she recounted “images” that would later prove to be true.

“I remember sitting on her … putting something around her neck,” Carmack said in the taped confession broadcast to the jury.

She told detectives Skylea Carmack’s body might be in a trash bag on the left side of a white shed behind her home. That is exactly where police found her – tucked inside three black trash bags stuffed with dryer sheets, a piece of clothing tied in a double knot around her neck – so tight forensic pathologist Scott Wagner testified he couldn’t get his finger under it.
 
MassGuy said:
Father of missing 10-year-old from Gas City speaks out

Skylea’s father, Kevin Carmack, said he’s grateful for the support of the community.

“It’s been amazing. I couldn’t have asked for a better turnout,” said Kevin.

He said he was at work and Skylea was home with her stepmom when she went missing Saturday. He believes his daughter ran away because she was grounded and upset about it.

“And it just went a little too far and she got stuck and now she’s just scared to come home cause she’s afraid now she is going to be in even more trouble,” said Kevin.

If that’s the case, he wants her to know she won’t be.

“We’re not even mad at this point we are just worried about her being OK just want her to come home,” said Kevin.

Father of missing 10-year-old from Gas City speaks out
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I dunno -- this was the strangest case ever. I think if Dad and Stepmonster would have given consent to search when she was first reported missing they would have easily located the child inside the shed. When fielding a missing child report, officers look in the closets, sheds, under the beds, etc!

Since they had to wait for a search warrant, I think they missed searching the shed on the return visit. No reason this child wasn't found in the first hours -- shouldn't have been days later. :eek:

Guilty verdict reached in trial of Gas City woman accused of killing stepdaughter | WANE 15
 
Just a bump; this came across the local news this am:
In case someone wants it, here's her case number 21S-LW-00471
snip:
NDIANAPOLIS — The Indiana Supreme Court has decided to consider the appeal of an Indiana woman convicted of killing her stepdaughter.

fox59.com

Indiana Supreme Court to consider appeal for Gas City woman sentenced to life for killing stepdaughter

INDIANAPOLIS — The Indiana Supreme Court has decided to consider the appeal of an Indiana woman convicted of killing her stepdaughter. Amanda Carmack of Gas City was found guilty of murder, n…
fox59.com fox59.com
 
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FrostedGlass said:
Just a bump; this came across the local news this am:
In case someone wants it, here's her case number 21S-LW-00471
snip:
NDIANAPOLIS — The Indiana Supreme Court has decided to consider the appeal of an Indiana woman convicted of killing her stepdaughter.

fox59.com

Indiana Supreme Court to consider appeal for Gas City woman sentenced to life for killing stepdaughter

INDIANAPOLIS — The Indiana Supreme Court has decided to consider the appeal of an Indiana woman convicted of killing her stepdaughter. Amanda Carmack of Gas City was found guilty of murder, n…
fox59.com fox59.com
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Thanks, @FrostedGlass for sharing this link. The defense is arguing stepmom should be charged with involuntary manslaughter instead of murder.

While it is confirmed Indiana Supreme Court justices will discuss the appeal, no timeline has been set on the ruling.

I respect that the SC is gave the defendant her right to be heard, and I trust it will end here.

Stepmom does not get a break because she had too many kids at home and her husband, the victim's father, did not respond fast enough to allegations that Skylea stole a bracelet!

When asked in court why she did it, Carmack reportedly said, “Things happen.”
 
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