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Brooke Skylar Richardson, the Ohio woman accused of killing and burying her newborn daughter, was found not guilty of aggravated murder, involuntary manslaughter and child endangerment in acontroversial verdictin September.
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On April 26, 2017, shortly before her prom, Richardson’s mom took the teen to her first gynecologist appointment, according toCosmopolitan. It was there that Richardson learned she was 32 weeks pregnant, news she says she chose not to share with anyone.
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She also told police that she looked into an abortion, but it was too late to have one. She denied that she performed an abortion on herself.
She danced at prom on May 5, avoiding drinks and still choosing not to disclose her pregnancy. She’d tell someone soon after, she thought. The next day, she claimed she had intense cramps and made her way to the bathroom because she felt that “something needed to come out.”
Brooke Skylar Richardson and family.Greg Lynch/The Journal-News via AP
Richardson said that during her trial she became depressed, wishing she “could have died in place of Annabelle.”
Last month, Richardson’s family buried Annabelle in a plot far from their town, she toldCosmopolitan.
“It is such a relief to know that Annabelle is now in her final resting spot,” Skylar said. “I visit every week.”
“In this case, what they were relying on were statements that she made during police questioning that either implied, indicated or sometimes inferred the child was alive,” he said.
source: people.com
