GUILTY NC - Teghan Skiba, 4, Smithfield, 19 July 2010 #1

[gracielee]

Ugh. I don't know if I can watch this

I'm here, listening to opening statement now. I'm here for Tegan and all the other children. Yes, it's hard to listen to, but Teghan had to live it, alone. Been away for awhile, good to see many friends here for this one.

 

[gracielee]

Anybody know yet if this will be streamed. I so wanted to see this trial.

 

[seattlechiquita]

Started listening to opening statements just now. Don't even know what to say.

 

[gracielee]

Okay, during the defense opening, attorney said 'Jonathan was told he couldn't go to work and leave a 4 year old alone'. Who told him that? Who knew that child was there alone with him? Was it his grandparents? Who knew this child was there? This is the first time I heard of this.

 

[seattlechiquita]

Wait. This piece of #$@% RECORDED this? Again, no words.

 

[gracielee]

I posted on WRAL FB asking for coverage of this trial. How about some more of you asking too. Maybe we could get them to live stream it?

 

[Skittles]

I posted on WRAL FB asking for coverage of this trial. How about some more of you asking too. Maybe we could get them to live stream it?

Gracie, I think it's the judge who has not given permission yet for any more of the trial to be recorded.

 

[Ann-Tx]

I posted on WRAL FB asking for coverage of this trial. How about some more of you asking too. Maybe we could get them to live stream it?

I just posted a request for "Live" streaming of the Jonathan Richardson capital murder trial on WRAL facebook.

I hope others here at WS post a request on Facebook too.

I will also e-mail the WRAL News Director (Production), Web Director., and call WRAL in the morning.

https://www.facebook.com/WRALTV
WRAL - Raleigh, NC -- Facebook

 

[zelmajane]

I just posted a request for "Live" streaming of the Jonathan Richardson capital murder trial on WRAL facebook.

I hope others here at WS post a request on Facebook too.

I will also e-mail the WRAL News Director (Production), Web Director., and call WRAL in the morning.

https://www.facebook.com/WRALTV
WRAL - Raleigh, NC -- Facebook

Tweet them. They're very responsive that way. Try @nsj he's their head internet guy.

 

[Ann-Tx]

Tweet them. They're very responsive that way. Try @nsj he's their head internet guy.

Thanks, zelmajane, but I don't tweet.

I hope you and others that tweet will tweet the request.

I am behind in technology . . . lol

Phone calls and e-mails for me; rarely Facebook. At least, I'm not using Pony Express (as in mail). :floorlaugh:

 

[Ann-Tx]

Trial begins in Smithfield child torture case

Posted 5:54 a.m. today
Updated 2:26 p.m. today

WRAL - Raleigh, NC

Smithfield, N.C. — Opening statements and testimony began Monday in the capital murder trial of a Smithfield man accused of torturing the 4-year-old daughter of his girlfriend more than three years ago.

In July 2010, Jonathan Douglas Richardson, of 750 Old Sanders Road, took Teghan Skiba to a Smithfield hospital, claiming she had fallen off a bed.

Doctors discovered Teghan had bite marks, head trauma and evidence of sexual assault. They transferred her to UNC Hospitals in Chapel Hill, where she died three days later.

Snipped:

Because of the publicity that surrounded Teghan's death, jurors were selected from Harnett County. They will be bused to Smithfield each day for the trial.


Read more:

http://www.wral.com/trial-begins-in-smithfield-child-torture-case/13422670/

 

[Ann-Tx]

http://charlotte.twcnews.com/content/news/triangle/705040/opening-statements-underway-in-jonathan-richardson-trial
TWC News - Charlotte, NC -- 2/24/14

Opening statements underway in Jonathan Richardson trial

 

[Ann-Tx]

Trial opens for man accused of torturing, killing 4-year-old girl in Smithfield

February 24, 2014 Updated 5 hours ago

News & Observer
Raleigh, NC

Snipped:

Prosecutors say that in those 10 days, Richardson tortured Teghan in a shed behind the Johnston County home of his grandparents, where the couple and Teghan had been living. Prosecutor Paul Jackson told jurors that when it was over, Teghan had been sexually assaulted, bitten more than 63 times and flayed with a split extension cord that left little bits of copper embedded in her body.

Richardson’s trial, Jackson said, is “about the 10 days that he inflicted grievous pain and suffering on this 4-year-old child through deliberate, repeated acts of sadistic abuse.”

Read more:

http://www.newsobserver.com/2014/02/24/3651442/trial-opens-for-man-accused-of.html

 

[Ann-Tx]

~ ~ ~ Justice for Teghan Skiba ~ ~ ~

Photo courtesy: WRAL - Raleigh, NC

 

[Ann-Tx]

<MODSNIP>

Per the WRAL comment on Facebook, it appears there may not be wall to wall coverage ("live") streaming of the trial.
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Snipped:

<modsnipped>

WRAL TV Given the gruesome nature of the testimony in this case and other coverage commitments, we can't promise wall-to-wall, live video from the court room. We will stay on top of it and update you both online and on TV.
Like · Reply · 7 hours ago

<modsnip>

Source:

https://www.facebook.com/WRALTV
WRAL - Raleigh, NC -- Facebook

 

[Ann-Tx]

I was not able to watch the "Opening Statements" streamed by WRAL - Raleigh, NC on Monday, 2/24/14. I can not find it archived on their website as of this time.

I did find this and if you missed the "Opening Statements", you can watch it here:

Video: Opening Statements - Jonathan Richardson trial -- 2/24/14

http://www.whoopwhoop.tv/richardson.htm
Whoopwhoop - Richardson Trial

 

[Ann-Tx]

I finally found the archived video of "Opening Statements" on WRAL's site.

http://www.wral.com/news/video/13422985/
WRAL - Raleigh, NC 2/24/14

Video: Opening statements: Richardson murder trial

Feb. 24, 2014, opening statemetns in the capital murder trial of Jonathan Douglas Richardson, a Smithfield man charged with torturing and killing the 4-year-old daughter of his girlfriend in July 2010.

 

[minor4th]

I guess no streaming today

 

[Harmony 2]

Reyes also faces a charge of negligent child abuse in the case.

Investigators said in the warrants that they determined the physical abuse, which included forcing her to consume alcohol, started before she left town.

http://www.wral.com/trial-begins-in-smithfield-child-torture-case/13422670/

 

[LAMARQ]

http://www.wral.com/trial-begins-in-smithfield-child-torture-case/13422670/

Makes me wonder if she knew what was going to happen and participated before leaving. Very sad.