Witness Testifies to Hearing Brenda Powell's Murder

“A very loud thud, accompanied by a loud scream.”
Witness testifies in the #MotherStabbedMurderTrial that she was on the phone with #BrendaPowell when she overheard #SydneyPowell allegedly bludgeoning her mother with a frying pan.
Powell is accused of stabbing her mother to death after she was notified about Powell being expelled from college.
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[@jathanportis8432]

She is not crazy...I liken this case to the Chandler "Chaz" Halderson case, where he was living a lie and when his lie was about to be exposed, he murdered his parents. This is exactly what she did. To say she is schizophrenic or suffers some mental health issue is disrespectful to those that truly suffer from psychosis

[@markjoke3069]

Umm she is evil stop making excuses for her

[@Gabriel-hf1yy]

I think because the court is giving sympathy towards her by letting her leave the court cause its upsetting her.. that she will get off the murder charge I think if she was male it would be different like chandler he got no special treatment...

[@LLace]

Schizophrenia isn’t just made up of psychosis ….The illness has many more complicated symptoms ….

[@peppercat8718]

👍

[@NuraCaicedo-xh2ok]

No she's not she knew what she was doing and she could have stopped at any moment

[@mindaelliott9576]

She isn’t schizophrenic, she is a habitual liar.

[@cassandrawestfall60]

I took care of schizophrenia patients had a neighbor that was biopolar/schizophrenia she does not have this but in murder cases you will read this alot hoping to get a lesser charge

[@amityislandchum]

Are you her psychiatrist?

[@at7418]

@@amityislandchum psychologist

[@Quinnbaby]

I agree

[@Arttrue86]

I believe her

[@MercyOnMySoul]

If she were willing to go as far as killing her own mother in order to hide her failure and keep it from being exposed, one can only imagine the extent of harm she could inflict upon a stranger. Without a doubt, she poses a significant threat to both the public and society as a whole.

[@tinkerbella4605]

She is a petulant, spoiled brat. She never had to deal with consequence. This time around she did as she didn’t know how to handle it. Getting expelled from college is not a big deal. She could’ve easily fixed herself and went back to school. Maybe she can get a degree in jail. But she is not crazy. That’s why they found her guilty on all counts. May her mom rest in peace because nobody defended her mother. Her family want her to get community service and probation because they didn’t believe that she killed her mother.

[@mom2babygkaterad946]

Absolutely

[@nullroblah1946]

@@tinkerbella4605exactly bro. College is somewhat serious depending on the person but it’s a lot less detrimental to the rest of your life compared to high school. Obviously if you get kicked out of high school you shouldnt kill anyone like what

[@maryskinner1329]

or father

[@forpetessake3532]

killing her mother would expose her failures and present THE ULTIMATE failure - shame the brain can’t grasp that

[@sparkiki]

IF she can snap that quickly on her own mother than she ABSOLUTELY could snap on ANYBODY else ANYTIME. She is dangerous.

[@pattiollweiler2496]

Exactly what my concern is. Not helped too much that she could get out of prison at 40! Hopefully, she'll end up staying in there, because I shudder to think what she'd do to anyone she perceived a threat, socially, professionally, a love rival, a child. She's evil, you can SEE it!

[@rosemadder5547]

I wouldn’t even call it a snap… she was level headed enough to answer the phone and pretend to be her mom to immediately cover her tracks and then come up with a break in story and break the window. Then pretend to her dad that her mom was on the phone, until he said the police were on the way. Then she suddenly becomes hysterical and says there was a break in. I think she planned this a bit. I’m surprised she didn’t go after the sorority girls or the college official me honestly… pure narcissism.

[@forpetessake3532]

@@rosemadder5547you do realize she wasn’t acting like she was in REALITY ……. all these keyboard DOCTORS ! BTW i’m not supporting her

[@tamaramtl2024]

Yes like a future husband...

[@KrisD007]

@@forpetessake3532and you keyboard warrior know she wasn’t in reality how? 😂😂😂😂

[@Itsjustme115]

Amazing how her manic episode of schizophrenia kicked in right at the exact time her mother was being told her daughter was suspended

[@l.l.storrie3851]

Ha, good point! The prosecution should use your idea,

[@taratrudeau2029]

Yes EXACTLY. Her crying is because she's being exposed as not the perfect girl . Also that she's gonna do time.

[@seriousorganizer]

She didnt make it to hear that.,,,

[@lightfountain]

​@@taratrudeau2029 That girl is not crying nearly as many times as she's looking at someone and then squinting her eyes pretending to cry... when the subject changes, she pops her head up and you see she never was crying..little manipulator.. even when dad lost it and cried..they showed her fake crying, but turning to look specifically at someone..then it was gone..reminded me of amber heard..mmho

[@ruthjames4769]

My son has schizophrenia, and it doesn't work this way. He becomes incoherent and seeing people, situations. Hallucinations of their surroundings. Noone that was associated with this girl has reported any of these actions.

[@lorriof6737]

If you notice when a witness is about to answer a question, that she knows is going to sound bad for her case, she begins to cry. She’s a trip! Spoiled manipulator!

[@undisputedtruth6176]

Lock her up she is not crazy

[@antiafrosvengalis]

She's fake crying. Gimme a break.

[@tanyaaldridge9695]

100% Spoilt and calculated. Very sad for the family.

[@phuchyouh7171]

Not seeing any actual tears either

[@Juke582]

Glad the jury saw it the way we did! She is a murderer and must pay for that heinous entitled bad act!

[@Sam.IAM2]

Someone should tell her SHE'S NOT FOOLING ANYBODY BUT HER POOR DAD

[@ajordan1976]

And Grandma who probably makes her bed for her every morning after making her breakfast. Spoiled little sh!t.

[@melaniel7121]

And her grandmother, the mother of her deceased mother Sydney killed.

[@Sam.IAM2]

@@melaniel7121 oh yeah, true

[@michellejohnson3491]

Insane. The whole family is nuts

[@KrisD007]

Dad seems very passive

[@indiragandhi6445]

She's an actress... she's pretending to hurt and cry but no tears ever comes out

[@cassandrawestfall60]

Not once from the beginning has this girl shown any remorse in her actions!

[@limeybean8537]

My sister was diagnosed with schizaphrenia (sp?) She battled bravely with it, from late teens until her death at 55 and I do not believe this girl was suffering from a mental breakdown, she shows no evidence of previous mental illness and her actions at the scene should evidence of guilt by making up a story about a break-in.

[@spicyirwin5835]

Sydney got mentally ill after killing her mom yet before she was fine & a great liar!

[@LilKimster2005]

Not every case of schizophrenia are the same. Your sister could’ve been suffering from a dual diagnosis. Females usually don’t show symptoms until they are 18-20, sometimes 22 years old. It creeps up slowly and that’s exactly what hers did per her school reports. She was a top A student all her life. As soon as the voices start, she will also start failing in school. This is exactly what was happening with her. She has the tale tell signs of typical auditorial schizophrenia. She never told anyone, which is also typical. Without medication they have no hope.

[@fredithegeroo906]

She isn't fooling anybody with those crocodile tears! How could she go this far, keep up the lies for so long, and have the wherewithal to do all of this while in a so called breakdown??? Answer me that one!

[@cassandrawestfall60]

Exactly

[@cassandrawestfall60]

​@@LilKimster2005 I would argue that in the field that the mother worked in I really think the mother would of seen the flags if that was true and got help.for her daughter.Specialist testified before and after the crime does not lead to schizophrenia. Nowhere have I read she had any issues prior to the crime.

[@MomBoss369]

Her lawyers should tell her the crying with no tears and face wiping makes it so much worse

[@We4redev0]

The defendant keeps acting like she's the victim. It's disgusting. Max sentence 🙏🙏

[@katysmith-n2y]

the family is also acting like she is a victim

[@gailmorra]

​@@katysmith-n2yespecially, the grandmother.

[@beatricethomas412]

She not crazy.

[@beatricethomas412]

​@@katysmith-n2yb

[@beatricethomas412]

Something aint right. There all behind her

[@Sandi-ke9mi]

Ms Gaffney is a superb witness. 🙏🏻 RIP Brenda. I’m so sorry for your loss. 💔

[@theprogressiveway]

yeah she is

[@KarenanneT]

Ms Gaffney was a superb witness….she spoke so well. I really liked her ☺️

[@Sandi-ke9mi]

@@KarenanneT Me too. 🙌🏻

[@thuandao4243]

So heartbreakingly sad for Brenda last moments of life ambushed by heavy pan, then witness her own heartless child stabbing killing her ….senseless pure evil. Rip Brenda , Sydney should spend full life, society is not safe with her release at anytime. Sickening case.

[@nj8215]

She is soo embarrased people have to hear about her messed up school situation. She doesn't care about her mom

[@taragatorade]

I'm surprised no one commented on your comment - so true. her first emotional reaction where she hides her face is when the witness is reading her suspension letter out loud. It just breaks lil Sydney's heart.

[@Skummyemo]

She could literally give crap but the moment that suspension letter came out…

[@GenX1968]

Horrific crime. Hope she goes away for life.

[@Juke582]

It will be 30 years anyway in a prison or a prison mental hospital either way! She will pay for the murder!

[@sarahb2731]

why

[@Juke582]

@@sarahb2731 murder that’s why and she was in her right mind with all the coverup and lies! She has emotions, schizophrenics do not! She has very organized thoughts and actions, schizophrenics do not! Not ever! All fake!

[@AirQuotes848]

Seems she was very spoiled

[@Juke582]

@@AirQuotes848 her father keeps enabling her narcissism and likely blames the wife for getting murdered I bet!

[@cynthiahagerman5718]

I too am a severe bi polar. And i never ever want to harm anyone. Mental disease DOES NOT EQUAL VIOLENCE. makes me very upset. Prayers for your daughter. Can be very challenging

[@brendamcdonall5798]

As a social worker, I worked with some clients who had bi-polar and none had ever been violent because they simply did not have that behavior in their psychological make-up.

[@LizaFergison]

@@brendamcdonall5798 I can't help wondering why she had so much fear about telling her parents. I'm not excusing Her, but I had a similar experience. My older sister was transferring to a new school for her higher education. My parents had received the letter and decided I should transfer to complete my lower schooling. I was terrified. I loved school and was quite shy. I had no choice as my uniforms and everything I needed were bought in a mad rush. I hated my new school. I was smallest in my class, but academically gifted. It led to bullying. I didn't tell my mother how I felt. It took two more weeks before my teacher contacted her. It all came out about how I missed my friends and teachers from my old school. It was my father who said to my mom "okay, she's going back". I went back to the school I loved and went to the high school 2 years later. We need to keep open conversations with our children and recognise when they are unhappy.

[@Juke582]

True not always violent but my bipolar sister is always acting very dangerous as if she could kill anyone ….. Espec ME who she is very viscously jealous of! They can snap! This girl snapped.

[@jennifert2953]

I had depression and anxiety after my babies were born. I can’t go in for a cold without someone asking me about my mood. I’m so tired of this too! It makes those of us with issues look terrible.

[@lesleyhughes3174]

You cannot compare illnesses and sufferers. It is idiotic to even think about trying to. Everybody's system is entirely different.

[@CGriffinGo]

It's amazing how Sydney is continuously Crying Without TEARS. It's all for show.

[@robyn874]

This is most likely what she’s done all her life for attention & to get her own way

[@patriciagazey4693]

Show

[@SimoneNC]

As real as Susan smiths was.. 🙄

[@LostSoulsmusic22]

Wild how she has one tissue the entire day.. lol

[@judydyer]

BIG Baby!

[@Beechnut2U]

I first went to college in '76. My first semester sucked. Grades were sent to parents(no privacy "rights"). Yeah, I was anxious about my probation, but NEVER thought of any violence. I returned and made the Dean's list until I graduated. NO EXCUSE! RIP BRENDA!❤

[@tishwitch]

Right?! Two of my grandparents passed away weeks apart when I was in my first semester... I failed. I was on academic probation. And I'll be honest, I knew my parents may be disappointed but I didn't even think about it. I was disappointed in myself and I went back in January with a new lease on life, earning my degree a couple years later. I am not sure where "I should kill my mom" would have factored into there. It wouldn't. And I have awful mean parents. I have never once even thought about hurting them back.

[@Cove_Blue]

Well you are a different person from the woman on trial.

[@tmcurly]

Same I studied harder, tried harder and harder and ended up with really good grades !! 😎😎

[@tishwitch]

@@Cove_Blue you're right. I took the failure personally and worked to do better for myself. On the flipside, this gal hid the truth from everyone and in the seconds before it was going to be told to her mom, she stabbed her to death. We are very different people. I've never once in my entire life even considered stabbing as a way out of my problems.

[@sya286]

Esp with the parents paying. I think if you pay tuition you have a right to see the grades

[@iyq2..]

As a juror I would ask: if she is not stable enough to sit through trial, how can she be stable enough to be out in society?

[@ajordan1976]

How about asking yourself if she can brutally murder her own mother is she safe to be out in society?

[@chiricanita6697]

💯 %

[@iyq2..]

@@lb-ky2ut So, somehow you know that I’ve only read about it and have never dealt with it? Hmmm…Is that because if I have/am dealing with it, it’s not possible for me to have made my comment? Are you suggesting her illness must have made her do it and anyone would know that? Because, as you and many others imply, those plagued with mental illness are volatile individuals who can snap and murder another at any moment - mentally ill people just can’t control themselves, right? I would suggest you’re the one who should read about it. More humans without mental illness commit crimes. Vast majority of those with mental illness DO NOT hurt other people. There is no data to support the stigma that mental illness and threat/danger go hand in hand. It is that very attitude in society that causes many with illness to be ashamed, not to tell anyone, get help, or seek treatment. Thanks for keeping the myth alive. Signed: someone who must not know what I’m talking about because I would know the mental illness made her do it.

[@Faux.P]

I’d say a murder trial is a little more stressful then just living life but I do get ur point Lol

[@Dawnmay-I-Say]

Yes! Exactly! Zero "schizo episodes" before & zero after.

[@bettysback6560]

Ms Gaffney seems like a really understanding lady. She asked multiple times if she needed help talking to her parents. Also, getting suspended wasn’t a done deal. She could go back and redo classes. I wish she would have taken Ms. Gaffney’s help and advice. She wouldn’t be in this mess. She should have just pleaded guilty if she is truly remorseful.

[@KnottingWithMe]

She’s the only person I’ve ever seen who can cry for hours and her nose and eyes never turn red 🤷‍♀️

[@ENFPerspectives]

I read a bunch of comments that said this & as I am watching the video, I see what everyone means. It appears she is crying hard but then she looks up, and nothing. It appears odd.

[@butterflylofu]

This is an act of her realizing and being reminded of what led to her murdering her mom. It’s her hearing it in real time and knowing everyone including her dad is going to know the truth.

[@Juke582]

Just because the girl is paranoid about her parents finding about her failures doesn’t make her schizophrenic!!!! I think that is a farse defense. I hate psyche docs who go into trials with a agenda to fit the crime and really are not accurate! I don’t feel this girl is crazy. The child may be coddled too much and put on pedestal to succeed and fear of failure was big because of her parents high expectation. I don’t believe her mom was a best friend either! It’s a mom she feared disciplinary from if she told the truth! I am curious if this girl just has a personality disorder instead like Borderline or bi-polar with anti-social disorder too.

[@Dustandfuzz]

I agree. She didn’t want to face her mother and see and hear of how disappointed her mother was. Her mother was either domineering or the girl was put on a perfection pedestal. She didn’t think death was worse than disappointment.

[@angelwings7930]

A coddled sociopath.

[@lesleyhughes3174]

Just who is it whose not qualified? Not her. Consider that maybe you have no clue what you are talking about.

[@lesleyhughes3174]

​@@angelwings7930🤔🤐

[@Juke582]

@@lesleyhughes3174 perhaps with my psychology degree I do!

[@cloisterene]

When she refused to move out of the dorm, instead of being coddled and enabled she should have been warned once and then arrested and made to leave. And the arresting officer could then decide whether to have a mental evaluation done on her. It might have saved her mother's life. For the parents to be left out of the communication loop with the school, particularly when their daughter clearly exhibited abnormal behavior, after paying for her education, is terrible. And it was neither fair to nor safe for the other students to have someone living in the dorm whose presence was unauthorized.

[@CountessKitten]

🙄

[@Mel__21]

They did call her parents about not being enrolled anymore and the dad did just confronted her she said she still was and he believed her and went back to work so 🤦‍♀️

[@ajordan1976]

I'm outraged on so many levels! The audacity of the family is beyond comprehension! Asking she not be punished. Wtf?!? She is an adult. She committed an egregious crime with No mitagating circumstances. There's no reasonable doubt either. Put her in prison and throw away the key.

[@tanyaaldridge9695]

Well.... She maybe able to get some psychological help when she is inside having to mull over her actions. At the end of the day, she brutally killed her mother

[@DonHeber-eq8sb]

You are a dangerous, angry person with no compassion or intellect.

[@ajordan1976]

@@tanyaaldridge9695 indeed

[@stephaay8437]

toxic spoilage of their children because nobody can seperate their identity from their kids nowadays - PATHETIC!

[@The_Red_Pill__]

@@stephaay8437this may be one of the worst examples of blaming the victim I’ve seen in quite some time. Many people do a good job with their children and the kid can still end up a disaster. There are families that have two great kids and one bad one. Your judgment is inappropriate.

[@paulalyus9237]

Sydney puts me in mind of a mixture of Chandler Halderson for the double life and Jodie Arias for the way she’s looking through her fingers to see if anyone is seeing her supposedly crying

[@christina5kids16grands]

Reminds me of Jennifer Pan a little bit.

[@bettyconaway]

I guess she thinks crying will help her case . Wicked and evil girl .

[@GenX1968]

Cold blooded

[@ilearnedsomethingnewtoday6193]

The crying just tells me that what this witness is saying is accurate

[@angelwings7930]

I agree. She’s a sociopath not schizophrenic.

[@carleyerichsen864]

Yep spoiled phycopath

[@annazaman9657]

Is she crying? I haven't seen a tear

[@angelwings7930]

WHY all the preferential treatment ?! Disgusting ! This freak isn’t in jail. She was allowed to stay out of the courtroom today as well ! So she wouldn’t get upset ?! WTF ? It’s still being debated that’s she’s even truly “schizophrenic”. But she’s being treated like a small child. No jail. Allowed to take time out from the courtroom. Treated like a #%^* baby. She slaughtered her own mother. Why is she allowed all this special treatment ? Give me a break. 👺

[@iamhis1952]

This judge is sympathetic and shows unusual privilege towards her. Extreme preferential treatment from the judge.🤔🤔🤔🤔🤔 I'm not going to be too surprised if judge sentences this murderer to a mental health facility for 6-12 months for treatment. AND gives heavy consideration of timed served to the current outpatient therapy she is receiving will home. This will be a prime textbook example of how a budding narcissistic personality escapes evil. And will no doubt consider herself above the law. She is evil personified. 23 stab wounds to her " best friends" upper trunk neck and head. Incredible!!!😢

[@angelwings7930]

@@iamhis1952. Yes. I agree, I’m sure she’ll get just a slap on the wrist. And they’ll numb up her wrist first. 🤮. The judge is totally signaling to the jury “this poor child is helpless and must be treated lightly”. It’s maddening. Countless mentally ill people are in prison. And they attended every day of their own trials. I hope the judge gets into some sort of trouble for this.

[@tishwitch]

It's a double edged sword. If she stays in court freaking out crying and whatnot, she's also getting sympathy from the jury... And it's already hard for humans (for some reason) to convict a young "innocent looking" girl. So I think it's a balance for the judge not to taint the jury with her explosive crying too. If she's sentenced to a psych facility, it's not with a specified time. So no one can say she'd only get 6 months... A judge doesn't set that time. Personally, I think she can get treatment from prison just fine. I'd find her guilty.

[@Blake1720]

@@tishwitchshe could have been reprimanded to try and keep it together at least a couple of times before not allowing her to show. They make everyone else do so, but I get what you’re saying.

[@susankeene2785]

You suck! Your a freak!

[@raider7829]

What??? She killed her mother when the school called???!!!! Shes a complete psycho! She needs off the streets!

[@thetruth5914]

Yep

[@kentuky1233]

????????

[@raider7829]

@@kentuky1233 The lady from the school was on the phone with Mom when her daughter started to Stab her. Its because the Mom was just about to find out she's not been in school that they were paying for. This proved the monster knew what she was doing because she had the thinking capability to hide things and manipulate her parents. She a creep

[@pitbullmom6323]

If she was so close to her mother, why didn’t she talk to her mother about what was going on with her?

[@sinclairreed5367]

I think Brenda working with gravely ill children made her extremely aware of the blessings her daughter was given. She had to be tough to endure the patients fright and parents sadness. She would have been angry to have been lied to,considering the sacrifices her and her husband endured to ensure this kid had the best advantages. Only to be lied to again and again. I believe she had had it,and Sydney knew the jig was up.

[@emmyemmy8669]

yah. and i don’t believe that their relationship was perfect and “they never argued”. sydney couldn’t even be honest with her mom. her dad purposely left his phone at work so sydney wouldn’t flee. he knew sydney was avoiding being confronted… he also didn’t want to confront sydney so left the hard part to his wife - maybe he even knew sydney would act up??

[@Juke582]

Exactly! They were not close! That father lied! He enabled that brat!

[@oooh19]

@@sinclairreed5367 we’ll just bc she wasn’t gravely ill doesn’t mean she didn’t have struggles but yea it can be tough adjusting to college for some people

[@sinclairreed5367]

@oooh19 Absolutely agree that any changes can be tough,but in her mom's perspective, she saw ill children and their families go through the worst and for her daughter who was given the world didn't even tell her parents she was struggling, she just lied over and over again,I'm certain her mother would have helped her,but Sydney chose to betray her parents, the schooling cost,the housing cost,the car and insurance, the sacrifices the parents did,must have been disheartening to find she lied for months.

[@videoettaceo8900]

The very notion of striking my own mother with a cast iron skillet is appalling.

[@cassandrawestfall60]

Let's not forget the 30 stab wounds to her morhers neck after the skillet is sickening

[@bmcc12]

This lady is a PERFECT witness!

[@allaboutcrime1972]

This girl definitely has a problem with the reality of the consequences of her mistakes. She thinks if she covers her ears or cries that it will go away. She seems very immature. So sad.....

[@Char_43]

Exactly, she pouts like a 3 year old.

[@LizaFergison]

@allaboutcrime1972 It does concern me that she couldn't share what was happening with her parents. She is very immature in her behaviour, but I wouldn't rule out a deep depression.

[@allaboutcrime1972]

@@LizaFergisonagree 💯

[@caterinascarcella]

And the constant fake crying

[@ir9567]

Yeah she's a brat. Daddy's girl. A Narc.

[@IntrovertGoddess]

Even if someone is genuinely remorseful, the "tears" would have run out by now. Not because a person doesn't care, but because they would be emotionally tapped out/mentally exhausted. So her attempts of trying to make herself cry aren't helping, in my opinion, and probably aren't winning over the jury.

[@lydialutz]

I don't agree. Why would the tears have run out by now? This is probably the first time she has had to face all these people involved...could easily trigger tears. I believe she is guilty of murder and should go to jail AND that she has real tears.

[@lesleyhughes3174]

​@@lydialutzThank you. Someone thankfully with some common sense. So rare to see on these threads.

[@purplepixie274]

​@@lesleyhughes3174she isn't really crying. Tissue is dry.

[@EarthUSA]

@@lydialutz, I am not on any body’s side because I was not there to witnesses the family’s life but yes tears dried out, it always happened to me and it’s the worst feeling when it happened, you would be so hurt inside without single tear. We don’t really know what is going on inside a home, sometimes there are even things that is going on in a household that isn’t disclosed to every one. Being fearful to disclose her academic situation to he parents is telling me something but there is no excuse on killing any one specially a mother, this case is very sad and full of mystery to me.

[@purplesodapop]

I think she really is crying, but she's crying for herself. You can tell she's kicking herself for answering that phone, she could have had a much better defense if she hadn't.

[@BabyBoomer71]

I feel sorry for the poor Dean! Imagine being on the phone with someone who is being murdered.

[@texasrefugee7888]

I don't feel a bit sorry for her. I feel sorry for her mother. It makes my blood boil she mrdrd her mother with a skillet her mother used to cook her meals, nuture her to adulthood. She's a narcissistic sociopath hell no she's not schizophrenic. Have you ever worked with schizophrenic patients? Her behavior is much too deliberate. And I know from working years in psychiatry you can go to 5 different mental health professionals and get 5 different diagnoses.. Especially when you're selling your services as expert witness for big bucks from defense lawyers.

[@daniburke9452]

Narcissist raise other Narcissist

[@lesleyhughes3174]

​@@daniburke9452her mother was no narcissist. She was a very loved and admired member of society. How much of this case have you actually bothered to watch?

[@taratrudeau2029]

It's true. My dad was diagnosed with schizophrenia. He was NOT SCHIZOPHRENIC. He had studied it and the doctors believed HIM. He got housing and check every month.

[@cassandrawestfall60]

Specialist stated before and after the crime does not lead to schizophrenia

[@S_8-]

She lied and manipulate everyone on campus, at home. She was offered help at multiple time to tell her parents the truth but chose to keep lying. Very truth worthy witness, by the way, unlike the defendant! I'm very curious to hear the testimonies about her psychosis because until now, everything says: guilty.

[@crystalhanson1483]

I agree. The College has SOOOOO many avenues to HELP these [struggling] students. ARTICLE; JUSTIA Insanity Defense in Criminal Law Cases 4 Types of Insanity; the M'Naghten Rule, the "IRRESISTIBLE IMPULSE" Rule, the Model Penal Code Test, the Durham Rule. ARTICLE; FORENSIC Psychologist in Determining Insanity and Competency to Stand Trial. FORENSIC Psychologist TESTS; Slobogin Mental Screening Evaluation. Rogers Criminal Responsibility Assessment Scales. I checked HOW MANY people plead Insanity? I don't know IF Court TV filmed any of THOSE Cases? ? ? I AM SURPRISED SHE IS STAYING WITH GRNDPARENTS. . .not in the "home" with her FATHER and BROTHER? ? ? ? ? ? ?

[@simonwilson1211]

She was an immature student.. She lied and it snowballed..@@crystalhanson1483

[@IAmSuperStick]

Wow. It sounds like this girl had all the help and support available to her that she could have wanted/needed. Too bad she chose not to take advantage of it. What a way to ruin your life and the lives of so many others. Total waste. Lock her up and give her Chandler's contact info. They're perfect for one another.

[@pman2916]

Narcissists hate being exposed and abandoned. When she realised she was going to be exposed and possibly abandoned by her parents, she ensured to stop it. Her poor mother never saw it coming.

[@Juke582]

I know but those parents enabled her to become that monster child! Nobody deserves to be murdered for any reason though! This girl is a entitled spoiled monster 👺 and should go away 30 years to think about it and repent her horrible actions with huge remorse before any parole!!!!

[@forpetessake3532]

@@Juke582many parents spoil their kids - MANY ! THEY DONT KILL - you are no doctor

[@justtisha3730]

Mrs Gaffney looked so emotional when she was glancing at Sydney in that brief moment of silence, you can tell Gaffney is genuinely a kind and caring person

[@msmee0079]

Looks like she can cook a good soup too😊

[@est1989x]

😂🤣​@@msmee0079

[@Buttie2003]

My Daughter has Bipolar and is an Angel caring and loving we live together as a happy family. No excuse for murdering your parents using Mental illness it’s happening more and more. Heartbreaking for the family left behind to cope with. 💔

[@sarahb2731]

Boring

[@Gabriel-hf1yy]

It's the family that dont want her charged or have a trial even they think it's too upsetting for her...

[@markjoke3069]

@@Gabriel-hf1yy If that's the case I want to see her dad locked up for allowing his daughter to kill his wife

[@deanmonty4854]

I totally agree! I loving family would never turn their back on their child. This is absolutely the most horrible option to select. Harming your family or anyone is never the answer. I don’t know why this is happening more and more. I attended several colleges and changed majors several times before I finally finished college and I lived to tell the story and my parent understood I was trying to find the best path

[@daisymaisy4877]

You're talking rubbish and I know because my son also is suffering from bipola, don't class your situation as everyone else's.

[@tinaward100]

This girl is too much. Crying when they present the suspension letter? Really? She is too over the top! This seems more like manipulation versus true emotion.

[@judydyer]

She feels SO sorry for herself.

[@taratrudeau2029]

She's embarrassed because it shows she's not perfect and doesn't want people to know.

[@blitzmom2674]

no remorse for her mother. She's crying for herself. It is all about herself.

[@cassandrawestfall60]

​@@blitzmom2674exactly

[@cassandrawestfall60]

​@@blitzmom2674exactly

[@Willowtree53]

Mental illness diagnosis is not an excuse for criminal behavior.

[@Barbie_All_The_Way]

I LOVE this Comment. THANK YOU! I'm so sick and tired of people claiming Mental Illness for why they committed a Crime. Plus they are ruining it for the people who ACTUALLY ARE Mentally Ill.

[@Sam.IAM2]

I totally agree and I think "Mental Illness" is USED WAY TOO FREELY

[@kingplaya]

Maybe not, but she is a Junkie MF.

[@mindyk4]

I agree, except for Andrea Yates. She had severe postpartum depression, postpartum psychosis, and schizophrenia. But she's where she belongs - institutionalized. Hard to believe it has been over 20 years already!

[@nikkimclay5474]

wrong its not an excuse but it is a REASON

[@iveyglezyiaglen3116]

I don’t feel sympathy for this mother’s killer. She actually annoys me. Her childish, immature and egocentric attitude just tell me that she doesn’t feel any kind of remorse of what she had done to her entire family.

[@angelwings7930]

I can’t stand the sight of her. 👍. Gross murderer.

[@It-is-me...Melsie]

I could... it sounds dreadful the lies she twisted herself into, and I can understand the shame of not doing well academically and how desperate she would have felt. But I can't get past how she murdered her mother. Her mother died brutally and frightened and in pain and it was a hard death. I can't get beyond how she could do that to anyone let alone her own mother. It would take such an empty person.

[@cherie623]

Right! She'd do it again if she could

[@lydiakinnaman3679]

She's cring for herself.

[@ladyserenity5]

I've been through literally the same self inflicted, shameful (my perspective) experience, and was terrified to tell my parents. But not ONCE did I ever think about murdering them. I mean, I literally did all the same things trying to hide my school status. I understand the pressure 1000%, but it's still no excuse to commit such a crime. 😢

[@sharon2419]

Every single hour of every day I miss my mother, can't imagine the sheer hatred this girl displayed towards the one who gave her life...😢

[@ShannyShan20]

Yep! And the defense just sounds pathetic, stating how her mom was her 'best friend'! They need to give that a rest, it just sounds cringe and is categorically untrue...or, in other words, a lie, but that sounds about right considering the spoiled little brat on trial here! It's disgusting! And I agree on the other thing you said, about your mother, because I feel the same way and I would give ANYTHING to have my mom still here with us! I will NEVER UNDERSTAND these punks who kill their own parents!

[@sinclairreed5367]

I'd give up everything I own,to spend an hour with my mom. I say all the time,if you met my momma,you'd understand. The sun does shine like it used to. It's a bit grayer every winter. I couldn't imagine ever betraying my mother like this. I invision our mom's one upping each other saying their daughters were better because..... I pray both love us more from heaven.

[@ShannyShan20]

@@sinclairreed5367 ❤️

[@bluschke52]

I feel the same way about my mother. I miss her every day of my life. She died when I was a teenager. She didn't give birth to me but she gave me a beautiful family, love and a home.

[@ShannyShan20]

@@bluschke52 ❤️

[@MrBetc]

Another brat who murdered a parent cause they didn't get their own way. Off to prison with her, lets see her get her own way in there.

[@Scorpio-unicorn14]

Funny how she didn't start attacking her mom until she was on the phone with the school. That proves to me she wasn't legally insane at the time.

[@judyskinner254]

How the heck does she do all that crying without shedding one single tear and her eyes NEVER getting red....AMAZING.

[@XxDyneXxFreeEnergyx]

Most people commented about the fact she was heavily medicated which reduced the activity in her tear ducts hence would explain why your seeing sobbing without the release of fluid.

[@mirkawessels5978]

Fake upset, she is putting it on.

[@LisatheGreatest]

Grow up. You did this. Covering your ears. Gimme me a break

[@lindaaitken7679]

I know - she's 23, not 13

[@kellysheridan3149]

@lindaaitken7679 wow I didn't think she Was that old

[@GGma2020]

Sydney what were you thinking was going to happen, girl? Now she’s crying for herself!

[@HardlyAMemory]

She spent her entire life crying. The body cam footage of when her father showed up on the scene, shows a young child pleading with her father to get out of a lie. It was practiced her entire life. Kids do what works. Sadly a child who learns how to manipulate her parents will continue to do so into adulthood, and have child-like tantrums when it doesn’t work. Child-like tantrums by adults are often very violent. I’m so sorry for her dad who is now without his partner, his love. And for the college administrators who had to listen to the the murder of Brenda Powell and forever have the memory of those sounds.

[@Juke582]

Well said!!! I wish that doormat father would realize he is enabling his monster 👺 creation

[@Roswell33]

Agreed, my neighbour is in her 50's with kids and is the epitome of this. I've just met her parents over a boundary issue (they bought her house) and it all makes sense now. I thought they would be horrid but she has them wrapped around her pinky finger. It's SO obvious it drives me mad, she can do no wrong! The worst part is other people fall for it too and I'm the only one who seems to notice her lies don't even make sense!! My other neighbours said they don't like her either but they choose to see the best in people - which is just playing into it aaaaaaahh. Pray for me 😂

[@rebeccacampbell8020]

I’m thinking that the mother tried to hold her accountable and the father spoiled her, otherwise, why would she be worried about her mother knowing about the expulsion.

[@caterinascarcella]

Oh my Lord covering her ears - like a 3 year old being scolded!

[@lynguy8824]

Narc crying because her failure in school is being exposed in detail to the world.

[@ritaeichler2066]

Doesnt matter why she attacked& stabbed her mother..she is 100% guilty.

[@melissa87543]

This wasn't done solely to cover up her lies. This was punishment. She thought her parents should accept whatever lie she told and when they didn't there was gonna be hell to pay.

[@Scorpio-unicorn14]

Excellent point

[@stephaniec0625]

Oh my God. I had no idea they were on the phone live and heard the murder. These people must be traumatized as well

[@michellejarrett1826]

I bet she doesn't cry outside of the courtroom, where are the tears

[@katjay3125]

The police asked her dad at the scene if she had any mental issues and he said no no so she is screwed with her lying now

[@justmeinhere5905]

When people cry, their nose begins to run and most likely one will blow their nose. I haven't seen her do this at all. One cant control this action of the nose to begin to run. Shes not even wiping her nose.

[@katjay3125]

Mom disciplined....,Daddy spoiled....this is why she was whining I want my dad when arrested

[@roxie30673]

or because her mom was dead was why?

[@It-is-me...Melsie]

Quite the assumption there.

[@gailmorra]

Is that spoiled defendant plugging her ears? Make her listen to the witness.

[@preciousgem6506]

Anyone that kills a family member especially anyone of your parents needs to go to jail without parole. If you could kill your flesh and blood you will kill anyone that comes in front of you. She will kill again for sure

[@jeanettecoleman-mz7ie]

Whenever someone of authority is on the stand who know this scheming/ devious killer, she cries, because she knows they can see through her LIES

[@sinclairreed5367]

Sydneys sneering at this lady at 5:39 for about 10 seconds. Disgusting.

[@carmenhernandez1321]

I don't see any tears.

[@susanstricker5416]

Kids an absolute brat, her lawyers need to tell her to quit the acting.

[@Cheeseman1717]

She could have mental illness, but that will never be an excuse for murder

[@thetruth5914]

My niece and nephew both had medical scholarships, and within 2-3yrs symptoms came out & they couldn't control and found themselves at home. It does come out around about time the same time as she did.

[@angelwings7930]

Right. I can’t believe she’s not in jail and is being treated with kid gloves 🤮👎🏻

[@Juke582]

She could have a personality disorder too instead!!!!!

[@lesleyhughes3174]

​@@angelwings7930get a job.

[@Gabriel-hf1yy]

​@@thetruth5914a lot of people have schizophrenia that dont make u kill ur own mother or anyone.....

[@kathleensnyder388]

She’s only pretending she’s crying and covering her ears hoping the jury has pity on her…she’s not sorry one bit about what she did.

[@cassandrawestfall60]

I agree

[@HallieElizabeth-no1dw]

Does anyone else notice when Sydney glances in the other direction the look of sheer evil on her face? Dark, evil eyes. I can’t even look at her. 🤮 Makes me sick, and it’s unacceptable how they are allowing this vile creature to be babied and enabled. She is not fooling ANYONE. She is spoiled, entitled, evil and heartless. You can see absolutely zero remorse in her eyes, and nothing but dramatic, failed attempts at pretending to cry and be a poor little victim. I am sure her attorneys told her to dress the way she did. She is attempting to play the role of the sweet little innocent victim. The colors she chose….the ribbon in her hair. The fake crying. This is all just further manipulation tactics. May she rot in prison and never have peace.

[@hollydoll2905]

Yes! She shows a ton of micro aggressions related to rage and defiance in her body language. Often she wiped her eyes or nose in an angry manner. Then she catches herself and goes to try to cry. Also she drops the facade briefly for those angry looks. She did that a lot of the beginning of this gal's testimony. She is angry that they called this witness who is testifying to her failures as a student. And it shows all over her. You see her body is giving her away. 💯

[@OliveYoo864]

Well said!! She deserves nothing but hard time. They need to lock her up and throw away the key. Don’t worry Sidney, the Devil has a nice place for you in Hell🔥🔥🔥

[@pattiollweiler2496]

Not to mention the way she cuts those evil eyes when people testified about her, and she didn't like it. She looked at them like she'd kill them too!

[@Nam-pm5wi]

Her whole face looks evil. I think the same, those are crocodile tears. Anyone who kills their mother should automatically receive the death sentence.

[@CUNEXTTUESDAY76]

Yes. I can't believe she is making faces like that it's like she is threatening everyone

[@mad7fisher]

Flunking out of college is not a life or death situation. Why did Sydney feel so desperate & crazed when her mom found out she was flunked? This case makes no sense ! I hope the family can somehow recover from this tragedy. 💔

[@betsymartin4709]

This family was far from ideal .I guess they were hiding a lot of stuff all their lives .

[@mad7fisher]

@@betsymartin4709 it certainly looks that way😐

[@karenstieglitz3443]

@@betsymartin4709 So well said. The girl was terrified to tell her parents. Not condoning what happened whatsover. But something over many years caused her to snap and erupt in rage.

[@jaynellewellyn7628]

Here we go again, all these bouts of crying, tissues and not a tear in sight!

[@Carol-D.1324]

Oh what a tangled web we weave, when first we practice to deceive.

[@Char_43]

Oh, she can hide and pout when it suited her, but she did go to Sorority meetings…. Smh

[@ismaelalvarado8746]

Oh so now ur regretting your crime?

[@ir9567]

Yes because the camera is on her and their are Jurors to her right.

[@theresapowderly6526]

Crying so the jury's fell sorry for her she lied lied lied went in to the kitchen got pan and killed her mum WTF.

[@JeMy569]

Parents should know their child’s grades!!! The parents are paying $$$$ for their educations & need to know. It’s an indication of how their child may be doing mentally, as well… if the child pays for the college, then they don’t need to share the grades… this rule needs to change!!!

[@ABab-jf2jb]

I totally agree.

[@cassandrawestfall60]

I think due to the age of syndney at the time 19 yrs old perhaps they felt she's adult and did not need to tell the parents.But I agree the law needs changed and if parents are paying for schooling they should be notified.

[@lp6196]

Dang straight they should have access to their child's grades if they are paying their tuition. If the student is working and paying for it themselves that's a different story.

[@jodiosborne5056]

Oh my gosh… the way she waits for the camera to pan towards her to start her “act” of crying 😡

[@TiggersTuna]

enough with the fake sobbiing

[@emo_penguin420]

Love that Syndey had no trouble showing up for sorority meetings and pretending she's a student... but when it came down to actually taking responsibility and doing the work college requires, she's suffering and being picked on. This is coming from someone who earned 2 college degrees AND experienced academic suspension and was a student athlete (swimmer). It's not a surprise when you get kicked out. You're given a bunch of warnings, you know the time and quality of work you're putting in. College is incredibly transparent. The school and your professors offer tons and tons of help, THEY WANT THEIR STUDENTS TO SUCCEED! College is more than fun and parties. It's an adult choice that requires an adult level maturity. I didn't get it when I was 19-20 and I wasn't mature enough so I quit and worked. When I went back, I made the choice to try and I still wasn't ready and I flunked out. Was it embarrassing? Yes. Did I want to die rather than telling my parents? Yes. But again, MOST parents want their child to be successful and I can tell Syndey's parents would have done anything to help her get on her feet. And so did my parents! Were they mad and disappointed? Of course! But they did everything they could to help support me get back into school and succeed? Again, yes! Sydney Powell and Chandler Halderson and the like never gave their parents a chance to help them! They decided for them and ended their lives. Absolutely sickening and maddening.

[@suzannenichols6900]

You did all the right things when you knew you were wrong and that's great I'm hoping for you to have continued success. You're absolute proof that what they did was totally avoidable. I think there was a lot of evidence that their parents were very understanding people too.

[@emo_penguin420]

@@suzannenichols6900 ❤️ I sincerely appreciate your kind comment. I find the whole offing your parents because they caught you in a bunch of massive lies to just be so unfair. Thank you for being a kind human ❤️

[@janeen70]

I can't imagine hearing a brutal murder taking place. I would be scarred for life.

[@taratrudeau2029]

How about seeing it with your own eyes like I did. 12 gauge shot gun to the stomach...... ya lives with me forever!

[@janeen70]

@@taratrudeau2029 Sorry that you had to go through that. I hope you can find some peace.

[@shamina1908]

The lady sitting next to this murderer looks like she is sick of her crying antics.

[@kringkrung0926]

A murderer outside jail/prison? Wow!

[@roxyfur]

Too bad she didn't take this woman up on her offer of help to speak to the parents, mom might still be alive.

[@carlosdeno]

Totally unhinged and pure evil. The nervous energy escaping as she sits and is shaken to the core, constantly. Lock her up forever, she has no worth, absolutely none and society doesn’t need her.

[@angelwings7930]

She’s grotesque 👍

[@sarahb2731]

She was afraid so murder her. Happens everywhere

[@bonnienelson7373]

I believe every child who is born is worthy because they are a child of God. However, if you don't understand that or believe it, you may forfeit some of the benefits of that position. Jesus died on that Cross for every person... if you choose to accept it.

[@sarahb2731]

@@bonnienelson7373 shutup. Observe her crying and forgive

[@lindamateri9906]

@@bonnienelson7373bet you are busy knitting her slippers by now also

[@kathleenamatangelo3713]

A word to any parent who is helping with college expenses. Tie those expense helps to the right to see all grades at any time. Get it is writing with a witness signature.

[@pattishea2289]

smart good advice

[@thetruth5914]

You nailed it.

[@dzlart]

It doesn’t work that way, unfortunately. A parent can see the student’s grades if the the student waives their privacy rights. It’s a FERPA release.

[@kathleenamatangelo3713]

And I highly recommend that if a parent has a financial investment in the college education they tie that investment to a FERPA release. No release=No money from a parent.

[@dzlart]

@@kathleenamatangelo3713 Exactly.

[@ridingtheroad185]

wow, she does a LOT of "visual" sadness but then I see no "water" actually falling from the eyes. Rub your eyes so they "look" like you've been crying. WOW

[@pattiollweiler2496]

Oh my God! She is FAKING IT BIGTIME!

[@sarahb2731]

shutup. You talk nonsese lol

[@FoNgThOnG]

"After 6 or 7 thuds" This girl bashed her Mom's head in 7 times!

[@sheiladiaz2359]

Or the thirty times she stabbed her also !

[@athensmajnoo3661]

​@@sheiladiaz2359👹👹👹👹👹👹👹

[@evg70grl]

Who is that little girl giving dirty looks too. 🤔 Kids having tantrums murdering a parent bc things dont go "his/her" way. Look at the case girl poured draino on her father bc he didnt give her money for her bday party. Disgusting..when will justice change charge them with a harsher punishment.

[@LizzieMc]

Not one tear. My goodness this young lady must pay for the life she deliberately took from her mother.

[@PrincessCashmonie]

Why doesn’t she want to hear what the witness has to say? The defendant was involved in the incident.

[@NuraCaicedo-xh2ok]

She's scared of the truth

[@angelwings7930]

She’s being given a lot of preferential treatment. It’s disgusting.

[@lesleyhughes3174]

​@@angelwings7930so, you have experienced this? 🙄

[@lesleyhughes3174]

​@@angelwings7930just who is disgusting. You are making too much of a habit getting on the internet simply as an attention seeker making nasty comments.

[@ir9567]

@@lesleyhughes3174 Experienced HER personal treatment Lesley? How can we? We're like you, commenting-as is our right and yours under the law-on a public Court TV KZbin video. We're not hanging with Princess Sydney in court. We're just watching the news and following what is going on. If this upsets you Lesley.......?(?!??)

[@wendycornett879]

I don't know how Miss Gaffney stayed so poised. You can just see on her face toward the end of her testimony how hard she's trying to hold it together. What an awful situation. I kept thinking the whole time ... Sydney could have done this to another student. It's bone chilling to think about how long she was just hanging around on campus.

[@tinkerbella4605]

I’m so sorry you had to go through that. There’s no way that doesn’t replay in your mind over and over again.

[@michellejarrett1826]

My daughter had to repeat a year at uni, she was messing around not doing what she should but she talked to me and I sorted it out easily and trust me I'm no pushover, this little madam is pure evil 😈

[@Swansong321]

Yeah..this nearly I nearly dropped out..but my dad told me to take a break, maybe it wasn't for me?..reverse psychology maybe..but I went back..my mum was cross at me..but it's NOT the end of the world

[@GH-oi2jf]

It seems the mother-daughter relationship here may have contributed to her breakdown and violent reaction. I’m not saying it excuses violence, just that it could have been a contributing factor.

[@bornfree0507]

I flunked out my first year of college and it caused me a lot of anxiety about telling my parents. But I eventually did and went back to school much later in life when I was way more mature.

[@joeblogs5163]

Sounds like she must have known for months prior to her suspension.

[@wendicarpenter5635]

This daughter is so mad because all her lies are being exposed. Shes not upset that she murdered her own mom the person who gave her life an loved her. But shes upset about her lies coming to light. That's just sad.

[@leeggz2008]

Parents are killing their children and children are killing their parents....what's going on????

[@calligraphyfairy6693]

It's always happened. The only difference is we can watch it in real time so we can feel overwhelmed by it.

[@pattishea2289]

Is a Godless society more apt to kill or a God loving society?

[@countrygirl1128]

This is definitely going to be a Lifetime movie, I don't feel sorry for Sydney...

[@NuraCaicedo-xh2ok]

She's just trying to blame it on mental health. So that she doesn't have to spend the rest of her life in prison for stabbing her mother's 27 times. a person who's insane does not do all this. she knew what she was doing she knew right from wrong, she's knew that she could have stopped at any moment. or she knew that she didn't have to do this. she could have called the therapist, went to a hospital, and talked to somebody about how she felt. she killed her mother because she was angry she's a cold-blooded killer. I hope the jury finds her guilty on all counts..

[@crystalhanson1483]

Her Defense Lawyer stated on Court TV, he's calling (some) a Teacher? ? Her "friends" to say "she wasn't acting right"? ? ? ? LOTS of Doctors who are diagnosing ALL HER MENTAL problems. So far THREE Psychologists have said NOTHINGS wrong with her and ONE with ? ? ? ? diagnosis? ? ? ? This is a new-one; "FORENSIC PSYCHOLOGIST(S)" who Screen/Tests for Insanity. No Doctor Shannon Curry this time :) :)