GUILTY OH - Annabelle Richardson, newborn, found in grave , 7 May 2017 *GUILTY OF ABUSE OF CORPSE ONLY* *resentencing 2022* #4

[Wishbone]

I don't know who she was, but she was AMAZING. On Fox 19, they said she is a national reporter.

She's a real tiger! Wish I could read the article she's going to write on this presser.

 

[Hope4More]

Thanks Gardenista (and Geevee) for posting the link to Fornell's full post-verdict news conference in the thread just closed.

What a performance. It's one thing for a DA to say he disagrees with a verdict but respects the jury that delivered it, but it's quite another to assert he's sure the entire jury knew Skylar killed her baby. And that the only question they might have disagreed on was if the State could PROVE the baby was born alive, but the jury knew the only reason the State couldn't prove that was because Skylar got away with concealing the remains for long enough to make a medical determination impossible.

Not content with speaking for the jury about it's homocide-related deliberations and verdicts, without having spoken to a single juror, Fornell slips into one of his replies that Skylar was convicted on the abuse of a corpse charge because the jury believed she did burn her baby.

Unreal. But in keeping with how the State brought the charges, attempted to taint the jury pool, interrogated Skylar, and prosecuted their case.

 

[osu]

She'll spend a night in jail. But will Skylar Richardson avoid doing time?

Will Skylar Richardson avoid doing time?

 

[Tillicum]

I still think the sentence for abuse of a corpse is way too lenient. Not just in this case but in general. Very few people abuse a corpse without a criminal motive behind it IMO. We have so many missing person cases that have gone cold and for years they're families have suffered immensely by not knowing if their child or sibling, spouse or parent are still alive.

 

[dizzychick]

I wish someone would mail them the movie Juno and demand they all pop some popcorn and watch it together. I'm 58 and probably considered an old fuddy-duddy but even I saw this very hip and cool film about teen pregnancy. If you have not seen it you should. Even my hubby got into it and my teenage son LOL I have the whiney butt's address just in case lol just kidding and wishing lol

 

[ReillyElizabeth]

Did anyone else watch the Court tv interview with the defense attorneys yesterday late afternoon? It was pretty interesting. Among other things, they were asked if a plea deal was ever discussed with prosecutors. They said no plea deal was ever formally offered but prosecutors floated a deal for Skylar to plead guilty for manslaughter and all the offenses below it in return for the aggravated murder charge being dismissed. Skylar was not willing to plead. I’m sure she’s glad she didn’t now!

 

[cherrymeg]

Your lucky day!

https://storage.googleapis.com/www-...-transcript-july-20-2017-police-interview.pdf

Det. Carter had monologues going on and BSR had short answers and then agreements. I would have confessed or begged to go to jail to get away from those cops. They talked and talked and dismissed her statements and insisted on ludicrous ideas and didn't let up. I wouldn't have lasted 20 minutes. I didn't when I knew I was innocent and the victim with a bleeding head wound, but the cops wouldn't listen. They used my dog as a bargaining chip. The one turned his body cam off and told me what he needed me to say. I was like "You promise my dog will be okay? You have to promise if anything happens to her, I will hold you responsible. And I will go to jail after I get stitches not have to endure your company anymore? What do I say?" I had to admit to cutting my own face and assault on my attacker. If I had endured hours I would have confessed to anything.

 

[osu]

Do you know the name of the journalist?

Not sure of her name but a couple of local reporters tweeted about her when they were asked who she was?


48 Hours correspondent. I don’t know who she is.

Karin Johnson WLWT on Twitter


She's with 48 hours. Very aggressive. Other reporters dislike her.

Derek Myers on Twitter

 

[Mariposa]

If he was going to violate HIPAA why not call and set up an ultrasound appointment. A coded medical bill to another person possibly in denial seems doesn't seem like the best way to let someone know their kid is pregnant. Was the doctor compelled to talked about BSR and her words in the original visit? I get having to call police if someone admits to burying a stillborn baby. During her first visit when she found out she was pregnant what she said and asked about should have remained private.
When you are 18 and live at home as a high school student, so many things are intertwined with your parents. Filling out college applications sometimes requires information from them, financial statements stuff you might not have a clue about. If most of what you have is paid for by your parents they probably have access to your devices. It could have been accidental, it could have been the mom checking up on BSR. If you suspect your kid is pregnant and receive a document proving it but aren't 110% sure why not call and pretend to be your daughter? I don't know if that is a crime. lol

I think part of the reason the trial was delayed to this year was litigation over whether the Hilltop Ob Gyn witnesses could testify despite physician patient privacy- this article wss from last year
Date set for appeals hearing in Carlisle buried baby case
The appeals court ruled yes

 

[dixiegirl1035]

She wasn't found guilty of murder how can he presume to know what the jury was thinking? He trashed BSR personally about her "good girl" persona. He seems to be having fun. Is he hoping the publicity will boost his career? He admits to knowing this case wasn't a sure thing two years ago, he wasted money that could have gone towards crime prevention or testing rape kits or something useful. He compares her case to a capital one as far as pricing. That's not even on the same scale. Capital cases cost a fortune because the state is responsible for making sure the person convicted has representation for appeals (at least in many states). They have to pay more for experts and it's a long process. BSR's case looked like a witch hunt.

I will say one of the major things this has done as to this case is that it has educated a lot of parents that they perhaps need to have a conversation with their children.

And I think that is one of the good things that has come out of the case.

The results of this case could actually be saving some babies.

Moo

 

[Hope4More]

I think you’re right. I noticed she composed herself pretty quickly and then was talking to the deputy who was handcuffing her. Not sure what she was saying though?

JMO

She reacted to the judge revoking her bond, and asked Riddel -what does that mean? The DT explained in their post-verdict conference that this judge revokes the bond of anyone who has been convicted, even on a misdemeanor. Not every judge does.

She braced herself for going to jail for the night, apologized to the deputy for not putting her hands behind her back just where he needed them to be, and repeated to herself OK, OK, OK. To me, it couldn't have been any more obvious that she was trying to calm herself down & do what was expected, while trying to process what had just happened.

As for her response to the verdicts. I really don't understand what the expectations of Skylar must be for anyone to believe she had no genuine emotional response to being told she wasn't going to prison for the rest of her life.

 

[Hope4More]

Did anyone else watch the Court tv interview with the defense attorneys yesterday late afternoon? It was pretty interesting. Among other things, they were asked if a plea deal was ever discussed with prosecutors. They said no plea deal was ever formally offered but prosecutors floated a deal for Skylar to plead guilty for manslaughter and all the offenses below it in return for the aggravated murder charge being dismissed. Skylar was not willing to plead. I’m sure she’s glad she didn’t now!

She had good attorneys. Thankfully.

 

[BeckyF]

She's a real tiger! Wish I could read the article she's going to write on this presser.

I loved it! She did NOT back down no matter how many times he tried to shut her up!

 

[Jewels53]

Not sure of her name but a couple of local reporters tweeted about her when they were asked who she was?


48 Hours correspondent. I don’t know who she is.

Karin Johnson WLWT on Twitter


She's with 48 hours. Very aggressive. Other reporters dislike her.

Derek Myers on Twitter

I think I saw Erin Moriarty in the audience yesterday. That could be who they are talking about.

Erin Moriarty honored with Lifetime Achievement Award from the Alliance for Women in Media Foundation

 

[Sweetsbeach]

Throwing up during a pregnancy and having a long turn eating disorder are two completely different things.

I didn't say it was the same thing. I was saying even with extreme nutritional deficiencies the placenta often still develops normally and does it's job. It's really a moot point because stillbirth is experienced by plenty of healthy women who do everything by the book.

I'm also not saying prenatal care and good nutrition isn't advantageous to giving birth to a living baby. But I don't believe SR's eating disorder caused her baby to be stillborn because I believe she witnessed signs of life coming from her daughter like she said she did.

I think the baby needed immediate medical attention and was left dying in a toilet while her mother was busy figuring out how to get her own self out of the situation. JMO

 

[Wishbone]

Not sure of her name but a couple of local reporters tweeted about her when they were asked who she was?


48 Hours correspondent. I don’t know who she is.

Karin Johnson WLWT on Twitter


She's with 48 hours. Very aggressive. Other reporters dislike her.

Derek Myers on Twitter

Taken from his page



Derek Myers

@DerekMyers



T.V. reporter | Catch me on @YourNewsNet, @CourtTV, @BBCWorld, and @lbc | Formerly a Sheriff’s spokesman | Interim EIC @SValleyGuardian | Honorary British





His comment makes sense as he is a former sheriff spokesman. Wonder how envious the other reporters he talks about are because they weren't as tenacious.

 

[Gardenista]

Thanks Gardenista (and Geevee) for posting the link to Fornell's full post-verdict news conference in the thread just closed.

What a performance. It's one thing for a DA to say he disagrees with a verdict but respects the jury that delivered it, but it's quite another to assert he's sure the entire jury knew Skylar killed her baby. And that the only question they might have disagreed on was if the State could PROVE the baby was born alive, but the jury knew the only reason the State couldn't prove that was because Skylar got away with concealing the remains for long enough to make a medical determination impossible.

Not content with speaking for the jury about it's homocide-related deliberations and verdicts, without having spoken to a single juror, Fornell slips into one of his replies that Skylar was convicted on the abuse of a corpse charge because the jury believed she did burn her baby.

Unreal. But in keeping with how the State brought the charges, attempted to taint the jury pool, interrogated Skylar, and prosecuted their case.

He also smeared the first OB who saw Skylar. Hoping the bar will censure him at the very least.

 

[Wishbone]

I will say one of the major things this has done as to this case is that it has educated a lot of parents that they perhaps need to have a conversation with their children.

And I think that is one of the good things that has come out of the case.

The results of this case could actually be saving some babies.

Moo

IMO
The major things that came out of this case are the not guilty verdicts. That the jury could see through the false confessions is a sign the public is waking up to the tactics used by some detectives to get what they want.

 

[Wishbone]

I think I saw Erin Moriarty in the audience yesterday. That could be who they are talking about.

Erin Moriarty honored with Lifetime Achievement Award from the Alliance for Women in Media Foundation

If I'm not mistaken, I believe I have seen her there almost everyday of the trial. Usually with her head down busily typing or writing.

 

[Gardenista]

I think I saw Erin Moriarty in the audience yesterday. That could be who they are talking about.

Erin Moriarty honored with Lifetime Achievement Award from the Alliance for Women in Media Foundation

That's exactly who it is. I just re-listened to the PC on CourtTV and there is no doubt in my mind it is her voice blasting him. Love her.