The Case Against Brooke Skylar Richardson | Full Episode

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[@patrinajasso5689]

SHE GAVE BIRTH KILLED HER BABY. SHE HAD TO BECAUSE HER FAMILY WOULD OF HERD THE BABY CRY. I CANT BELIEVE SHE PLQYS VICTIM. SHE HAS MADE IT ALL ABOUT HER.

[@patrinajasso5689]

TO THE MOM AND DAD. U DO NOT WANT TO SEE HAT THE PROB DRESS WAS VERY TIGHT AND THAT HER BREAST WERE FLOWING OVER. WHEN SHE FIRST GOT THE DRESS IT FIT HER SHE HAD NO BREAST. IM SURE SHE RAN THE WATER WHEN SHE GAVE BIRYH. SHE HONESTLY GOT AWAY WITH KILLING HE BABY. WHAT A SCK WORLD W LIVE IN.

[@patrinajasso5689]

SHE NOWS THAT SHE KILLED THAT BABY.

[@Sn0wShepherd]

The only real mistake that they made was trusting the corrupt system that focuses more on money and law than it does on achieving justice. This poor girl is poor deer precious young woman and her family were tortured and the entire idiot Facebook mob is complicit with their pain. And I hope they come to feel and understand the hurt they caused in the name of guilt by Authority

[@roslynnaude1933]

@Edmond Morin ¹

[@chromer05]

My dad was a lawyer for over 4 decades and we were always taught even if you know and are 100% sure you are innocent never talk to police without a lawyer present.

[@demeraragold4644]

People must comply with the police

[@kmoore3]

@@demeraragold4644 you’re missing the point

[@demeraragold4644]

@@kmoore3 point? Nah. I'm repeating the narrative "they should comply" or that's just for black people?

[@justinkooker1460]

@Demerara Gold never talk to police during an interrogation always invoke your fifth amendment and request a lawyer everything you say can and will be misconstrued and used against you. I have a Bachelors in criminal justice before receiving my education I would have cooperated now I won't.

[@kmoore3]

@@demeraragold4644 uh yeah the point of the mans original post

[@i.am.heather]

This case was a HUGE reason why I’ve explained to my kids that they can come to me about absolutely anything and I’ll never get mad and I will *always* love them. No matter what. As far as grooming goes, this is a huge tactic used to isolate their victims. I do constant check ins with my kids. I ask about visits, friends, outings, etc. and who they’re with. If it makes them feel weird or icky, listen to that feeling and to do what they can to get out of that situation & call me. My teens have been very honest with me, I’ve held true to my words, and we have a very, VERY good relationship. They’ve called me quite a bit to get out of sticky situations. No, I am not “besties” with my kids, but I also never want something unfortunate like this. Having an open relationship eventually fosters a friendship later in life, but letting them know you’re there for them NOW encourages an open conversation to have with your kids.

[@chapsteronetime2000]

Same here so far so good 26-18 and 16yts old

[@angel030582]

Aiming for that

[@lindab6093]

Good advice xx

[@tobybuckwheat9270]

I have done the same thing with my 6 chdren because my parent's did it with me

[@ernest186]

All people have a mind of Their Own and the kid growing up under their pants are much more brighter than you may believe they give you just what you want and know how to manipulate and they'll tell you everything that'll make me think they're perfect especially the ones feel like they're not treat a family and smiling your face and stab you in the back every chance they get as far as what you thinking they are or who they are

[@abigailsmith6000]

They say she had a "perfect life" but I wouldn't describe a young lady with an eating disorder as having a perfect life...

[@jeffreygreen1254]

Yeah, because having a mental disorder makes your life perfect 🤦‍♂️

[@purplementhol3388]

So many girls & woman compared to boys & man, that judge Ruch or Popular person don't really Suffer from anything because they have something to use to get better, said by so so many girls and woman these past few years. Dumb logic right? As a woman, I hate that it's mostly Female that talk shts & judge Negatively to both Genders especially Female although they never meet or know anything.

[@MellifluousMelody]

same thoughts.

[@kathyramos2924]

Seriously

[@ghiovannabernal]

I would…a perfect life is built on the biggest lies so yeah they did have the perfect life.

[@peacelove7706]

I’m a police dispatcher of 25 yrs, have police officers in every generation of my family as well as military all the way back 7 generations. I was not only “friends” with my local police, but worked directly with them, worked on raising funds for them, and much more. But when my son was friends with another teen boy that the police “wanted to bring the hammer down on” . They proceeded to USE ME AND My TRUST in them to ARREST MY SON ON TRUMPED UP CHARGES TO GET HIM TO GIVE UP INFO ON HIS FRIEND …. BOY oh boy did I LEARN my lesson….NEVER EVER EVER TALK TO ANY PD WITHOUT A LAWYER…FOR ANY REASON…PERIOD. I left my profession shortly after and will NEVER look at the police the same again.

[@KAnderson2020]

You're exactly right! I learned the hard way, too. My daughter was sentenced to 8 years in prison for using drugs. She was never a dealer, a thief, or violent. I will never talk to police again. They manipulate and they lie. They can be very violent. I have instructed my other children and grandchildren to never talk to the police. I taught them their rights. I used to "back the blue" 100%. Now I know better.

[@ginnicronin4916]

That is awful! 😢

[@corymccollett1427]

It’s really sad, we’ve created a situation where things like arrests and convictions are viewed as stats and like in any profession, the best stats the better the career prospects.

[@chefranklin8374]

cops are the biggest offenders!

[@3BK235Y]

And why did the the police want "to bring the hammer down on” your son's friend? You seem to forget that police does not deal with angels. Most of the time they deal with dangerous, cunning blokes, who commit, or have committed crimes (some of them horrible), and will do everything in their power to deceive everyone and escape the consequences of their deeds. The police cannot talk to them with a Bible in their hands. And despite your apparent distrust of the police - based on a singular and personal incident - I am very sure that, if you arrive home today, and see that your house was broken into, and your wife is missing, you call 911. I think that looking at the police with suspicion is a distorted view of reality. I don't know where you live, but just imagine what would be if the police force, the whole of it, went holiday for one whole month. No police at all, nothing, no sign of their presence in the streets. Cam you imagine would it would be?

[@emilyhodges3255]

I’m sorry but that medical examiner should be fired. She ruled it a homicide when there was no scientific evidence of it. Like how do you retract saying bones were burned? She says “based on autopsy results alone I cannot determine if it was a live birth” - she literally had one job, and that’s all she could speak into. How they took her word beyond the evidence is mindblowing.

[@Timhey0912]

not only for her original "conclusions" but due to what was disproved by the defense team, when she testified in court. She is the one that should be put on probation at the very least.

[@Stevehboy]

A lot a things happen in America that are kept a Big secret

[@Elizabeth-uj8vn]

They should’ve hired Dr G for this job. This examiner is a disgrace to society.

[@steviegee8413]

What I read into her statement that about the autopsy alone was the same as the Judge. "We don't have the physical proof but we think you did it." The pair of them are Far Right bootlickers that think everyone is guilty of the crimes they're accused of.

[@fabiolaflores8919]

Why did she give the baby the name Ana 🔔? 👀⬆️ up the 🎬 with that name.

[@MCTominator]

There are only two times you never ever say a word to the police when your lawyer is not present: 1. When you are guilty. 2. When you are innocent.

[@Q-nt-Tf]

Well, this time it was good because that crazy b killed a newborn. Life in prison or the penalty of loosing your right to live.

[@DJMarcO138]

100% this. The one time I was arrested, my layer asked me "why are you here seeing me?" I began to explain the situation, and he stopped me and said "NO. You're here seeing me because you talked to the police. NEVER talk to the police, even if you know you're a billion percent innocent. Say nothing except 'I want my lawyer.' ."

[@marleysankor]

Anything you say can and will be used against you in a court of law meaning... It absolutely will. Law Enforcement are allowed to lie and coerce.

[@NickdeDrummer]

@@marleysankor If you are innocent, and the cops know you're innocent, they'll still work as hard as they can to take you down anyway. That's the most important reason to never do it, they are NEVER on your side.

[@junacebedo888]

@@marleysankor Law Enforcement can even empathize to make you talk which happened here.

[@melmc9672]

NEVER EVER NEVER NEVER under any circumstances talk to cops without AN ATTORNEY PRESENT

[@sissy9393]

That is exactly what should happen. People think they are helping or they are being honest and it will make it easier, just like the police claim. It is NEVER OK. They tell you….”your words can and WILL be used against you.” This is such a shame. It shouldn’t have been such a public event. I agree police should be involved. The girl was pregnant. It makes argument for not having an honest relationship with her Mom. Everyone deserves a loving and trustworthy relationship with their parents. Especially Mom. I hope these people learned how to communicate snd stop shaming their child. Know your rights snd stay quiet. Nothing is black and white. Some people are evil. Some people are scared like this girl. Her parents were shocked. Also the girl had a horrible eating disorder. This girl was really messed up. I hope they all got their lives together.

[@Nephthys-ness]

And just possibly "Never Never have s3x w/o protection." ○~○ It takes 2. Then it takes headlines. The "grotesque disregard for life actions" were perpetuated by many. There were more 'womb' rights during this trial than there are now and this Still happened! ... 😶‍🌫️ Skylar tried her best to be "no problem", and she did seek advice from a doctor //& also tried to please LE & her parents & society & not make waves for the Penis with the sperm going to college. I hope we get better at talking for real, and not in finding dirt pits, trashcans, dumpsters & bridges 🙏

[@queenofno6055]

AMEN! they will coerce you and twist everything

[@barrettorth8413]

@@Nephthys-ness "it takes 2" "the penis with the sperm going to college"?! It sounds like you're blaming the biological father for this mess. We know nothing about him, their relationship, why they broke up, and whether he even knew about the pregnancy (doubtful considering how secretive she is). The fact is that this young woman suffers from severe mental illness, which ultimately was the root cause of this entire tragic chain of events.

[@Anita_Backrub]

NEVER!!!!!

[@jeffdeangelis-realtor]

The first 1.5 minutes you can tell how much the mom cares about appearances.

[@adamfindlay7091]

Hell yeah.

[@Kookoo347]

So what? There’s nothing wrong with being well put together. If she wasn’t well groomed, we’d all judge her on that too.

[@justme-cr2zc]

This is a hard one. But the one thing I know - that medical examiner needed to be admonished. She should not have kept her license or job after a "mistake" like that! I'm horrified. I can't imagine this was her first or last mistake, and that needs to be rectified.

[@DX-d]

She probably got paid to retract her statement.

[@testingtesting4984]

Unfortunately us has more bad doctors than any other countries i live in.

[@TheSmithsquadxz3]

I think she was an anthropologist, not a medical examiner. The baby was bones when they got her out of the ground.

[@lindsaygomez3374]

As an OB nurse.... There is an overwhelming number of girls who come in and deliver babies and their parents never had any idea they were pregnant. Unfortunately it's way more common than people think. Every time it breaks my heart for all of them that are involved. I hope that this whole family is able to move on. Godspeed

[@joynkindness]

My mother in law was an ob gyn nurse said that, 2. Prayers. M

[@hakimbandaru1915]

The mother is clearly delusional and absentee. She doesn’t appear to have known anything going on with her daughter. What an awful, awful dreadful woman. It must be nice to live in fantasy land and then act shocked and take the high road.

[@lindsaygomez3374]

@@hakimbandaru1915 I get it. I always feel similarly when this happens. Like you really didn't know?

[@soph5669]

Too bad this story doesn’t include Brooke going to the hospital to either deliver and hand over the baby to child services or even just drop the baby off.

[@annmarie6870]

Parents are mostly too selfish to care about their children so I don’t know why they have children at all 🤷‍♀️

[@donnacaldwell3267]

I keep thinking about that first video in the interrogation room, just after her parents found out what happened. I remember how the mother went on and on about what people were going to think and say, and neither parent seemed to show, nor did they say, anything truly consoling to this obviously emotionally stunted girl. I got the clear impression that they’d always demanded perfection from her and that’s why she didn’t feel she could turn to them for help. That would also explain the eating disorder. The parents’ demeanor is very different in this show than it was then.

[@eileenentler8993]

I went back and played the part again where, after she'd gone to her mother's obgyn and found out she was 8 months pregnant, was crying and told her mother that "the first appointment was traumatic" and the mother agreed and left it at that. I don't know what EITHER of them had EXPECTED the appointment to be like, but TRAUMATIC wouldn't be on MY list ... unless, of course, I was LYING to my mother about not having had sex yet and being 8 MONTHS PREGNANT already. WOW, talk about sheltered ... lol

[@thepaynefamily2985]

Agreed I think baby Annabelle was a message from God for all 3 to take a look at themselves deep within and what’s around them there is more to life than appearance and keeping up with the jones

[@carriecook1595]

She's a murderer and got off scott free. Karma will visit her and she will be judged by God Almighty.

[@elfenmaus1440]

@@carriecook1595 the Rest of her Life no matter what she’s doing.

[@sarahgreenslade1219]

​@@carriecook1595 you don't know what happened that's America for you

[@DaVinciCosmeticsUSA]

Love watching your videos late night

[@skylerkay9934]

Boy, between "She made a poor choice" and "I never got to be a grandma" the mom just can't get her foot out of her mouth!

[@daveburrows9876]

Right. I think she knew, too.

[@natalieeubank4533]

It’s their side there was a lot that even they didn’t know

[@monsemaniaa]

She is making herself to be the victim 😠

[@nadrashaba5692]

I want to understand how she gave the birth in the bathroom how she did that by herself also, there will be a lot of bleeding, baby make noise, cry, or anything how the parent didn’t know that there is something missing information on this is story who deliver the baby I cannot believe it has done by herself but it seems the family is rich man at the end of the store they get mad guilty but there’s other people involved in this crime

[@romeo_alpha0176]

Well she's got the Karen hairdo and a Keurig so..

[@owenlyons76]

This is a lesson to parents. Do not have such expectations for perfection from your kids that they don't feel safe enough to tell you when they need major help. I think they aren't awful parents but being obsessed with being perfect hurts your child. This is the result of that.

[@nomygame5732]

Well the mum did take her to the doctors to get the pill. I think they must have had a good relationship, and the mum understood her needs, although she was too late. Skylar was never planning on keeping the baby

[@martharunstheworld]

Absolutely! It drove me to substance abuse. 18 years clean & sober!

[@jenniferbond7073]

@@nomygame5732I don’t know. Putting her on the pill still maintains the facade of perfection. She won’t get pregnant and know one will know her “perfect” child is having sex. There’s something about that mother that doesn’t set well with me. The dad seemed legitimately upset by the whole ordeal. She was odd.

[@ashleycate7231]

Its because she is rich sshe gets aaway with everything

[@Stiasteny]

Yes I saw other (older) clips of the mom where she constantly beraded Skylar. The parents tell her story in this video. It is extremely biased and they paint her off as this instable child. They probably decided it was best for her not to get interviewed because she has had a lot of time to reflect on what happened and can come to a conclusion herself now. The parents had unrealistic expectations and made her feel worthless since a young age. She could have developed an eating disorder because she felt like she was never enough. And the only thing she could control and could get praise for, was for being skinny and losing weight. Her mom definitely was an enabler, pusher and probably the cause of that.

[@michaelbeard4883]

there’s a case of a man confessing that he killed his daughter and friend because the police forced him awake for 48 hours during interrogation telling him he did it. turns out dna didn’t match and eventually they caught the real guy 5 years ot so later

[@yumifl.5133]

yes, Science never lies.. technologly is great!!! doesn't always work out that way though. some lawyers and police interrogator's can be anyone's dimise.

[@denisemezynski8014]

What case was this?

[@Bee-ly4gx]

I saw that the other day it was horrifying.

[@Bee-ly4gx]

@@denisemezynski8014 if you watch ewu story time titled something like case with the most insane twist you’ve ever heard of it is about the father forced into confessing killing his daughter.

[@lindab6093]

Yes I saw that. You would think that wasn't possible but clearly it is.

[@louisepurton6439]

As a midwife I can tell you some babies delivered appear lifeless unless you know what to do immediately.

[@stephaniesanchez667]

This is why virtues, chastity are hopes and science, abstinence, planning needs to be taught. We also have so many ppl w HPV ugh.

[@pennylynn7496]

When she said she didn't have to cut the cord I instantly thought of vasa previa. I had this with my twins. Baby A. He is a mrical. not only was that a problem but his ord was also the size of a pencil. either wau you are right.

[@zoep.2891]

Chastity and abstinence is preached in the US, but it doesn't seem to work, does it? How about mandatory sex ed at schools and free contraception for minors?

[@stevecochrane8799]

​@@zoep.2891There is sex ed in schools.

[@stevecochrane8799]

If only there was a way to determine that a baby is stillborn before you bury them in the ground. Maybe calling an ambulance and bringing the child to a doctor would have worked.

[@Tubifia]

The people "camping" outside their house.. I've seen that in other cases too. I don't care what that person have done or might have done. That behavior is simply f*ed up. Towards the family, the neighbours, and the not yet sentenced criminal. Don't they have lives to live?

[@kylahaynes4099]

Its a wealthy area, its right up the road from me. No, they have nothing better to do than to torture the poor family.

[@moniqua9123]

Yes that is literally stalking, it shouldn't be allowed! It could never happen where I live, seems like people in the US are taking a disgusting pleasure in other people's misery and see it as pure entertainment 🤮

[@martas9283]

My thoughts exactly

[@KWW0321]

Those people need compassion, that has got to be a pathetic and lonely life to live.

[@Tubifia]

@@moniqua9123 I agree, it should be illegal. Never happens where I live either (Scandinavia).

[@valhumphries2704]

The detectives convinced her that she burned her baby after she told them “no” 17 times. So sad to think how many innocent people are in jail due to false confessions.

[@valhumphries2704]

@Ismellfishallaround fish not according to 21:25

[@emeraldrayv3n]

​@Ismellfishallaround fish no she didn't.

[@carolfoster326]

She's guilty as heck and they proved it!

[@KatK2]

i feel like that in it of its self should be a crime... cant the family sue the police department?

[@funtyes1970]

@Ismellfishallaroundfish no she didnt , where is evidence, you dont know that baby was alive when she was born , i think cops was over reaching big time , all cops did in this case is lie

[@rebekahkissel7629]

I had a kid in high school and it was embarrassing and scary. My son's a beautiful man now and amazing. The point is girls get really scared! Always tell someone you trust or just go to a hospital alone. They help you so much!! So many ways to get help when it comes to pregnancy.

[@Don_Matteo]

Luckily, these days, it is not so embarassing to have a child. Everyone knows young people have sexual intercourse and a baby can be the result. We should encourage young women, who are in these situations to seek help. At the end it is always best for the baby to be weldcomed and that the mother has done all she can however scary. And we need to stop these attetudes that tell young women that it is somehow wrong or scary to have a baby.

[@MiturBinEsderty]

My mom hid the fact she was pregnant and finally my dad took her to the hospital at the last second. You would think my parents would be understanding of dumb teenage mistakes. LOL they act as if they are perfect beings. They had no help so they refused to help me and my sister past high school.

[@emanualcarr7408]

It's funny how police are so accommodating for blondes. Let this have been a minority woman. She would have been thrown under the jail.

[@Ephesians5-14]

Yes, there are pregnancy centers in every county in America that will help you! They will do your check ups, help you tell your family, help you with the things babies need. But Planned Parenthood doesn't want you to know about them, they want you to go to their center and just get your pregnancy "taken care of". As a teenager, you just don't know what to do. I was 20 years old when I was pregnant and in college and people still treated me like I was an embarrassment. It was much worse for girls younger than myself. I always noticed how differently they were treated. It's what has given me a life long passion for helping teenage mothers.

[@Ephesians5-14]

@@Don_Matteo yes! They need support and encouragement... not to keep getting pregnant but to have their baby, finish their education, and be able to stand on their own two feet. But they need a lot of grace, mercy, and unconditional love to get there.

[@ShirTuck]

The mother’s narcissism is very obnoxious. Me me me, I I I , and walking ahead. Always brings the story back to her. No wonder the daughter has the struggles she has and takes responsibility for other’s actions.

[@PocoMelons]

I caught that too. Even in the beginning of the video it was all about her.

[@picklesmom735]

The father is genuine and kind. He said, he didn't know what to think of what happened. He was so conflicted. You could see that. But the mother is the problem. Until that young lady gets out of that house, she will continue to have issues. The mother reminded me of Kate plus 8. Praying for the dad, his grandchild, and his daughter. I see the good in the daughter. What she did was extremely stupid but I see her as a victim too. Her mom wanted perfection and this was the result. Just my opinion as an armchair detective.

[@kellym4747]

I feel bad for everyone, but I believe the mom is very concerned about other people, how does that look to other people, what will they think, and that could play a part and her daughters actions. Too much emphasis on image.

[@artistheart5272]

It’s disgusting! I can’t believe she didn’t get the death penalty.

[@lorrainesingh3677]

@@kellym4747so very true

[@MamaTriedSolo]

NEVER talk to the police without an attorney!

[@LoveLupe300]

Pled the 5th..lawyer please!

[@ak.alaska]

Never bury a baby in your back yard !?

[@LoveLupe300]

@@ak.alaska 99% of people will not do that! Smh

[@drnstjhn]

unless you buried a baby in your backyard

[@valarmorghulis2975]

republican judge who rewards offenders

[@tanyamushaney2743]

She told Skyler to keep taking the laxatives and she we ould be the best looking girl at that game and Brandon deserves that. Skyler's brother said they let him have snacks "because he could handle it" but Skylar would eat it all. She wanted a perfect skinny blonde daughter and that's all there was too that. Who the tells their daughter to take laxatives ? That isn't a mother struggling with her daughters eating disorder. If I'm as they with as anyone it's her. I watched the entire trial begining to end. She told her to KEEP taking the to laxatives which means she'd been taking laxatives. That could have contributed to the outcome.

[@CHASMINEFRAMBO]

I agree too much castor oil or any other laxative can cause the infant to poop in the sack and die this is crazy mom should be charged the focus should have been on the mothers conversation with her before and after

[@estherharing7430]

That sounds really desturbing

[@zoep.2891]

"If I'm as they with as anyone it's her."? What's that supposed to mean?

[@lauriecross7299]

I watched the entire trial as well. the text messages that her mother constantly sent her about loosing weight and working out is a mother feeding the eating disorder what it wants, not taking care of the daughter and what she needs.

[@jeanettewills5202]

The coroner claimed the baby had been burned up, she came back later and testified that it was a wrong call. How many other people has she put in that predicament? Somebody needs to check!

[@rrrjooy6946]

This made me think SOMETHING happened that change her statement.

[@TheBlackAbstract]

How about the fact she killed and buried her baby.

[@mindymorgan8479]

Right? How can you say the baby was burned when it wasn't? Oh honest mistake? Ok.

[@lunarphoenixforyourface]

💰💰💰

[@comediccheffaith]

She found out she was pregnant and didn’t say anything now all of a sudden the baby is “stillborn” and you bury her. I don’t believe it.

[@godsgirl1732]

I don’t either. I hate the way she painted as a victim

[@Emma__O]

With parents like that, why would she?

[@munchingmakenna5776]

I was thinking the same thing! She named the baby so she knew she was pregnant. Going through labor without going to the hospital is very difficult and usually the first baby takes at least 18 hours.

[@jasonwyman1873]

I think the police coerced a confession and she starved the baby of nutrients.

[@jasonwyman1873]

Intentionally? She would've been doing it anyway so it's difficult.

[@cheryle3256]

Her mother 100% is a liar. She knew her daughter was pregnant. The texts sent about her prom dress and her belly being back say it all. Left out of this show is all the testimony that her mother monitored her daughters weight daily, and was extremely harsh on her about any small gained pound. Other parents from the cheerleading squad testified that mom was unnaturally involved with the Brooke, constantly critical of everything she did and her appearance. Her food was monitored, her boyfriends had to meet her moms standard. The father in general was and is clueless.

[@notthisjenn]

Oh mom absolutly knew. 💯 agree with you

[@elishevarosenfeld6755]

Right I’m just realizing that now

[@joshuaben5665]

Hello Cheryl

[@hollyray3152]

Something is wrong when you can't tell your parents you're pregnant, if only to be treated by a doctor. If she was that scared of her parents something is wrong.

[@sashaann9679]

I agree with you, she knew. I feel like the mom and dad hold most of the blame, especially the mom...she's terrible

[@ernestdiaz2645]

What that girl did was obviously wrong whether she killed the baby or not just burying it was a bad thing. But what the neighbors and the people of that town are doing standing in front of their house and taking pictures and s*** like that is crazy I would never want to live in a town like that

[@lcct635]

They act like she was a serial killer . This os scary.

[@ericabamforth6528]

I would move.

[@ernestdiaz2645]

@@ericabamforth6528 meeee toooo

[@FloeticEnigma]

Yeah the neighbors were hella out of pocket. There was a lot to unpack in this case, but at the end of the day, I feel like the jury got it right. There’s too much reasonable doubt here. I do wonder though, when she found out she was 8 months pregnant, did the doctor know if the baby was healthy? Did they try to follow up on any prenatal care? It wasn’t mentioned the health of the unborn baby at that time.

[@DX-d]

@@lcct635no, she isn’t a serial killer, just a killer.

[@AlohalaniSKea]

I kind of feel sorry for Skyler because her mother is obviously a narcissist and cares more about what people think of their family then what's actually going on with her children.

[@lisacox5405]

Skyler was a narcissist too...which is why she ended up doing what she did. Many narcissists have a least once child that ends up just like them.

[@hollystiener16]

i don't feel sorry for skylar but for the baby that she killed

[@Froggele]

Stop throwing these words around when you don’t know these people at all and probably don’t have the professional background to determine wether or not someone has a personality disorder to begin with. What they went through because of people who love to judge and insert themselves into other people’s lives is terrible. Don’t act like you wouldn’t care about being crucified on a national level, having people come to your house, being threatened. Of course they cared how other people reacted, that’s completely normal and not narcissistic at all. We are social animals and it’s in our DNA to care about community and our social standing.

[@makaylahandel5329]

I feel sorry for the baby she killed....the family is full of narcissists....

[@avephoenix6637]

@@hollystiener16 Agree. The same disregard she showed seems contagious, as people seem hellbent on feeling sorry for her who buried her in her backyard... Those bones would have bene discovered years later at some point....

[@jessicamartinelli274]

& it’s crazy that she didn’t say she burned the baby’s remains until AFTER they said it to her over and over … & then come to find out , the remains weren’t burned at all …. Crazy . & absolutely they should have moved it to another county , that is a violation of her right to a FAIR trial .

[@lauriecross7299]

I totally agree, i watched the entire trial and skylar said 17 times that she didnt burn or hurt her baby, but the answer wasnt good enough for the officers and they didnt let up and led her and told her what she did more or less.

[@nikitakucherov5028]

I absolutely can’t believe the dad fell for the police’s lie TWICE!!! An 18 yr old has no chance in an interrogation room vs two trained professionals.

[@Hawk89gt]

I’m shocked the parent had any say whatsoever, she was an adult.

[@junacebedo888]

If 18 year old is guilty.

[@samanthalang7212]

18 is legally an adult the Dad has no control over being in an interrogation or making decisions for her

[@cw-s3582]

Wasn't the Dad already in a tailspin over the immense lie of her pregnancy? I believe he was in a place not recognizing his own daughter and possible actions on her part as this point.

[@sbanats]

unless he knew she was lying and didnt want to be complicate?

[@1ROB82]

The way that DA smiled is disturbing and terrifying. He’s enjoying that waaaay to much.

[@ShamSham-xu6vm]

I thought the exact same thing like why tf is this dude smiling like that.

[@JAM-yj4tb]

DA's get off on the power of locking people up. They don't care about justice, only "winning"

[@hawaiianmama2357]

Yeah, he is creepy AF

[@ScragsP22]

This exact case is what goes through my head as a mom of teenagers. It’s the reason I’ve sat them down on many occasions to make certain they know that they can come straight to me and dad in any and every situation and we’ll find a way to work it out. No matter how bad or scary it may be. I even gave them scenarios and examples so I know they get it. Parents need to make sure to do this. Kids see situations way differently than adults do and a lot of kids get into life destroying trouble trying to cover up stuff they don’t need to.

[@soilgrasswaterair]

That is so very important, to let children know they are safe and can tell their parent/parents things. Just as it’s also very important to guide the child and introduce them to things at their level. Many parents do not like it, but talking about biology and sex is part of parenting in order to prevent these things. Imagine her being so terrified of what her parents would say, that she found keeping the pregnancy a secret, and sneeking out in the night to bury the baby in the backyard, to be a better option than to tell her parents what had happened. I do react though to the doctor not informing her children considering this happened when she was a minor, and she needed proper check-ups and a birthing plan etc. a teen asking the doctor to not say anything and they did nothing after that, is a violation.

[@junacebedo888]

Parents or mom of Brooke knows the latter pregnant. Maybe Brooke confessed early on.

[@sallysmith7974]

Bless you

[@prod805212]

My mom talked to us at 13, then at 14 she started putting a box of condoms in our stockings lmao

[@jeannehunter5344]

I can imagine how terrible this must have felt to all involved.

[@kquinnvandevelde1384]

It's not the only thing wrong with what the police and prosecution did, but referring to her well-documented eating disorder as vanity is disgusting.

[@darkskinneddutchess4007]

It is vanity...the obsession of being skinny and cute and the it girl...vanity vanity vanity

[@theloweboat]

That it is........

[@Wavves94]

Disorders usually cover up something deeper that is wrong and it begins to be a compulsion

[@LittleKikuyu]

@darkskinneddutchess4007 Throwing stones a lot here…so you’re without any „sins“ or weakness? I doubt it.

[@genocash8436]

@@Wavves94substance abusers too.

[@nica900]

David Fornshell is projecting big time - accusing a frightened young woman of killing baby because the family were image obsessed and yet he has the hugest grin on his face at the idea of being on television and getting his 15 minutes of fame. Sick

[@chloekezako7507]

I also felt like he really enjoyed this.

[@tawnybees9973]

she knew at 32 weeks she was pregnant healthy baby she killed her baby

[@ivyvulaj8804]

Some people would do anything for promotion of recognition it’s beyond me

[@msunderstanding3198]

This is the way of the world. Took me a long time to learn that. All he seen was publicity and dollar signs. Never himself….that doesn’t even cross his mind how obvious he is. Kinda looked like gloating to me. Unfortunately most of us learn the hard way that law is not your friend….EVER!

[@janejane6778]

And the dead baby? Doesn’t matter??

[@rebekahwilson7703]

All you need to do is say, “I want a lawyer” and they have to stop the questioning then and there. That’s something to inform your kids of.

[@countfosco8535]

There are two things you should always say to the police: Hello and Goodbye. And nothing at all in between.

[@aquamanGR]

Judge said it best: "grotesque disregard for life". And the parents are beyond delusional.....so sad.

[@lisaupright2342]

She had no remorse during her statement to the courts and Judge.

[@gregbroussard7730]

The parents are as corrupt as the defense attorneys here. disgusting people

[@simplehibiscuslife1188]

I feel sorry for kids that hide themselves from their parents, it paves the way for kids to isolate themselves even in their darkest moments when they need their parents guidance the most.

[@julieboice180]

It sounds like her mother was very much in control and the dad very much so also.

[@julieboice180]

No mustaches Skyler!! Non at all. So sad that her parents weren't more vigilant

[@ivyvulaj8804]

You’re so right about that !

[@Lulu.Cthulhu]

As someone thats grown up "hiding" myself from my parents I don't like your comment. My parents never even made me feel comfortable hugging them. More times than not, its the parents fault.

[@simplehibiscuslife1188]

@@Lulu.Cthulhu I agree with you 100%, as a child I had the same experience with my father. Now that I’m a parent i have the power to rewrite the experience for my child.

[@mkl5448]

If KZbin has taught us anything, it's not to talk to the police without being represented. People, they're not your friends, they're not your pals, you have to be smart here. Regardless of the situation, you're freedom/life may very well depend on that decision.

[@joshmay7538]

That prosecutor should no longer have a job. His smirk and smiling during the conference shows he was only there to prove someone wrong. Disgusting human.

[@nicolelabella7287]

Agree I thought the same thing. She had poor judgment. She did something wrong but she's not a cold calculating criminal. Just did something stupid and did a dumb thing. Young kids shouldn't be having sex anyway. What happened to saving yourself for marriage. My God! I guess I live in tge dark ages.

[@fanni24]

I agree! No matter how guilty he thought the girl was, she was only 18 and what sane, conscious human being would grin and laugh at a tragedy that happened to not only the girl (that he clearly thought was malicious and completely guilty) but a newborn as well. It seemed like he had no feelings and compassion whatsoever and he knew way more about the horrific deatils of this case than the public.

[@fly89]

yes, he looked creepy.

[@mobus1603]

@@fly89 You people base everything on looks, don't you? She's a pretty, young blonde, so she must be innocent, right?

[@fronthal157]

It was a baby killer, so he did a great job

[@AustinB.3322]

I love it when Erin reads out texts in the voices of the authors.

[@Vrsenese1095]

The first issue is the moms obsession with telling her daughter she looked great or a certain way and commenting on her body instead of really wanting to help her and educate her properly. I always correct my mom because my weight doesn’t define me or how I look. Humans need to stop commenting on peoples bodies.

[@ST-LEO]

People can make compliments. People will always have opinions. It's when you become obsessed that it becomes a problem. Social media alone has proven that over the past 15 years alone.

[@DX-d]

Stop being so fragile if you want to live in the world, you will never change basic human psychology.

[@adrenalinejunkie301]

People can make compliments. It’s the insecurities of the other party that is the issue.

[@alexandertews6970]

The mother's position is not entirely clear to me. She knew about her daughter's pregnancy and allowed it to happen. They're both too selfish.

[@spaghedee7340]

she said she looked good because she looked healthy and like she was gaining weights, also they even said they’d been trying and trying to help with her ED

[@AMEMakeupOnline]

Regardless of what she did in the larger picture, she was most certainly LED by detectives into falsely confessing to the cremation of the body - Asked 17 times before then 'agreeing' with detectives. There was no other answer she perhaps felt she could give; total police coercion. And as it turns out, there was no burns/burning on the body, as confirmed by the state examiner.

[@ruthycantfail]

Wow really, that's awful 🥲 I haven't watched the whole documentary yet

[@msunderstanding3198]

Wait, Alana, how do you know about the burns being a false accusation?

[@AMEMakeupOnline]

@@msunderstanding3198 Hi.!! In the video it explains that the examiner stated that initially there were 'burn marks' present on the body, however later on those comments were retracted and the body was examined again and it was found no burns were present on the infant. Which is why initially she was so intent on stating she did not burn the body post mortem, however felt coerced by police to say yes (they asked her in the interview did she burn the body as they got the initial info that there was apparently burn marks which we now know there wasn't). I hope I've explained that clearly lol it's a bit complicated.! X

[@msunderstanding3198]

@@AMEMakeupOnline thank you kindly for this information . I suspect the bottom line is $$$$…… that is they could afford a trial. Or the coroner was a self righteous prolifer who goes home and eats steak from Tortured animal corpses. Lol hypocrisy abounds. You have to laugh at the absurdities shown by humans without self knowledge who spend their lives projecting upon others. Yes I agree it’s complicated, yet a necessary process as well. Live and learn. Thank you for your time.

[@kimjones2056]

Facts, she killed and buried her baby

[@trailerparkart2429]

I don’t think the parents are at fault. But parents out there, this should be an awakening to you… don’t be so difficult for your teen to speak to that they feel this is their only option. I always tell me son, “there’s NOTHING you can tell me and I won’t love you. There’s nothing we can’t overcome. But you HAVE TO be honest with me.”

[@MsAchampion]

Awwwe! 😢 I used to tell my babies that too! That's what's up 😊! But mine are grown now, so when they do talk to me about things, I have to mentally brace myself! 😅 I'm the adult until people start talking about certain things, especially my children. I have to pretend that I'm ok,and listen, no matter how scary the conversation gets, and believe me, it's gotten scary. 😆

[@Oliver-Closeoff]

I found it funny how they said they didn't know anything about her being pregnant but the text conversation with her mom showed otherwise.

[@trailerparkart2429]

@@Oliver-Closeoff idk. I think her mom just wasn’t any help for her. She encouraged her eating disorder at times, I could never imagine telling my child that struggles with an eating disorder “watch what you eat bc you want your outfit to fit!” 🤦‍♀️

[@iTammy]

I did that with my children! Open and honest, but no matter that, they both seem to not tell me a damn thing! Not the good not the bad! When they left the home nothing of any dream I once had for the future, like a strong bond, to the spa together, drink coffee, afternoon shopping etc etc, nothing, just absolute nothing! They made it clear in words and behavior, back off mom! I always knew when kids fly out the parents home, new times, new experiences, are coming your way, let them go and let it happen - my own mother learned me that when she was still alive! But this, I never seen this coming! It’s nothing a mother deserves to feel! I was ready for a little less but to end with absolutely nothing is hard, really hard!! They are my own children but because of this situation I fully understand why people all around the world are dying lonely and alone! The world is not what it was anymore! I absolutely don’t fit in a cold and heartless society which we live in these days! Very sad!!! 🥺

[@trailerparkart2429]

@@iTammy wow! I’m so sorry you are going through that. My son has really only ever had me in his life. His dad hasn’t been around for years, my mom passed when he was little and my dad is really distant. So right now, at 14 years old, we have a very tight relationship and he’s a good kid. I’m so sorry to you. Have you ever tried to talk to them about it?

[@surfcityqt]

People don't seem to be focusing on the issue that brought Brooke to court in the 1 ST PLACE. Yes eating disorders are tragic, But the case is about her child being buried in the backyard and what happened to lead up to this choice SHE made. If she thought the baby was dead, YOU CALL 911! NOT, bury the child in your backyard. Her eating disorder has nothing to do with it. At all...

[@lauriecross7299]

her mother drove the situation, constantly telling skylar to work out and stay on top of it. also kim's reaction over text about skylar's possibility of being pregnant. i imagine that skylar felt isolated, like she had no one to turn to. the mother should have handled the entire situation differently instead of telling her that if she was pregnant her life would be over.

[@Isabelle-zo2uu]

I hate that they shamed her for her eating disorder/mental illness as malicious actions she took before, during, and after her pregnancy.

[@estherharing7430]

I thought it was a good wake up call. This whole situation actually. I thought the underlying message was: instead of having a disregard for life by harming yourself, the baby and your loved ones with her choices. You most learn to honor life by your choices.

[@lunalove9395]

@@estherharing7430 Except its not a 'disregard for life', its an illness. An eating disorder isn't something you choose to have. It can take years for people to recover and some people never do, hence why it has such a high mortality rate. You wouldn't say to someone that has a physical illness that they have a 'disregard for their life' or that they should just get over it and make better choices, so I don't know why mental health issues are treated the same.

[@MariaEOD]

@@lunalove9395Many are quick to forgive someone who has gotten behind the wheel, drinking and drinking with a DWI and say, “Well, it’s their first time, they didn’t hurt anyone!” But they could’ve, yet it’s still addiction and forgiven more by others in society, but when it comes to other disorders, it’s not!

[@2ared952]

I’d hardly call that “shaming” Starving yourself and throwing up your food isn’t something that should be ignored or disregarded. As her parents, they did exactly what they should have done. Stop being ignorant.

[@jennifers8843]

They can’t manipulate everyone to feel sorry for her if they didn’t

[@traveltm]

What does it say about all those people sitting outside the home to yell hateful things? Get a job, get a life. They should take a look at their own life and really see if perfect and should throw stones.

[@aicsynthesizer]

in this economy you can't afford to sit and basically spew hate lol

[@jenniferalvarado9933]

Completely agree!! I understand the severity of what she did but to sit infront of her home!!! That’s just evil!

[@RwynHoffiCoffi]

Completely agree, disgusting behaviour. They should be ashamed of themselves, so should DA, the officers, the media and the prosecution.

[@pennyp7382]

Get a murderer to admit she killed that baby.

[@pennyp7382]

@@jenniferalvarado9933 Killing her baby was evil.

[@cathlyn205]

As an EMT I made a call to a house with a 15 year old that had given birth in her closet and her Mother and father didn’t have a clue. She didn’t show at anytime. The Mom took her daughter to the doctor for severe cramping and the doctor said had delivered a baby. They went home, she found the baby there in the closet and it was still alive. A little girl. Her Mother asked us to hide the baby so the neighbors wouldn’t see. We told her they wouldn’t see her and on to the hospital we went. When the father got to the hospital, he went crazy and tore the waiting room up. The father was banned from the hospital, the baby was adopted and life went on. I wasn’t sure who I felt sorrier for. But it wasn’t for the baby, she went to a great home, a loving home with one baby in the family already and her new Mom was sobbing in the hospital, but not sad tears, tears of joy. .

[@jessicamwandla8543]

Sad and lovely story. Glad baby got ❤

[@amirite3588]

wait is this the same baby as the one in the comment below…… the 15 year old who gave birth in her closet….. waow

[@KAnderson2020]

As an adopted child, a mother, and a grandmother now raising my daughter's two beautiful children, I can't imagine her parents' pain.

[@3BK235Y]

And why are you raising your daughter's two children?

[@3BK235Y]

@RileyNicoleWilliams That's what I think.

[@twatts1523]

Interrogation can definitely produce false confessions, especially in children. I remember when I was in middle school, my brother lost his new expensive sweater we had to wear at out private school. My mother kept asking him what he did with it. He said nothing, that he just lost track of it. She kept asking him if he threw it away out of spite, and finally he just caved and said yes, to end the drama. Several months later on the last day of school, he found the sweater in the back of his cubbyhole. He decided to just throw it away and keep the guilty adjudication, rather than stir it all up again.

[@shannonbeyers9765]

That's the stupidest thing I've heard in a long time. It didnt cross his mind that he could restore his Mothers trust and respect that he values what somebody else's efforts has provided for him by producing the sweater and proving that he isnt a inconsiderate liar. Ridiculous reasoning. Somebody tell me when the joke is over.

[@twatts1523]

@@shannonbeyers9765 When you grow up in an abusive situation, you don’t take chances like that. It was already forgotten, so leave it be. If he told her that he found the sweater, he might get in trouble for lying and saying he had thrown it away.

[@shannonbeyers9765]

@@twatts1523 I see. I know not to pass judgement upon that which I not knoweth! Take care.

[@DR.DisInfect]

Police are a so crooked

[@lntrlp4936]

Smart kid

[@judywidener3039]

I cannot believe no one ever contacts the father to be. Can you imagine the stress this child was under? She had to stay " perfect" - she had body dismorphia. Our society should learn something from this. It is tragic for everyone😪😪

[@paulagentile3801]

Shes not a child, shes of legal age to do many things in society, have a gun even, but no more, if her illness caused this then I guess all eating disorder people should be institutionalized because of potential deadly desperate behavior. Not an excuse

[@nyquil350]

I wonder what race was the father of the baby

[@AkaiNabi]

@@nyquil350 what that has to do with anything?

[@nyquil350]

@@AkaiNabi edit your comment, please add( does) you're welcome in advance don't want people thinking your ignorant and not to take your opinion seriously .

[@victoriablack4128]

@@nyquil350 You keep asking, watch the video!

[@martaledbetter2911]

The fact those parents sent her back to the police without a lawyer is most unfortunate. I can't imagine anyone thinking things would be just fine after a baby died in their home, but it goes to show there are people who completely trust police. I respect law enforcement, but I also know they have cases to close and conviction rates to consider. No one should walk into an interrogation room without representation period.

[@fanni24]

It might've easily been because they were (and seem to still be) completely convinced of her total innocence. They could've been ignorant to the facts and thought thattheir daughter did nothing wrong so the police cannot end up arresting her. That's serious ignorance from them as even the parents of a person cannot fully know their child's true self and actions.

[@c.l.montoya2972]

People usually judge others based on their own characteristics; thus Skylar’s parents are honest, trusting and didn’t feel they had anything to hide from the police, & probably had no prior experience with law enforcement. The parents did the right thing letting 18yr Skylar make her own decision regarding the plea deal, & totally backing her courageous decision. God bless & love the family unit & keep them protected during tough times.🙏🏽 None of us are perfect, but thankfully The Father Almighty always has love & mercy for each of us.✝️❤️

[@alexandralazos4383]

@Betsy Brower some of the things you listed can also happen as a result of an eating disorder - tiredness, sickness, period stopping

[@jeremysmith9694]

These parents are obviously not the brightest bulbs on the tree.

[@lorimart747]

@@fanni24 These parents were not the sharpest.......... It would have been nice if they at least said that the way their daughter handled her entire pregnancy and what transpired after the birth of Annabelle was a terrible decision........ (I am not saying that she was guilty of what she was being charge with except for the way she disposed of the baby. I did hate the things she texted her mom about, but that doesn't prove the baby was born alive. We will never know for sure). The sentencing was fair.

[@OrangeSodaBunny]

I don’t know what the dad is like but wow. The mom and daughter have no problem with keeping secrets.

[@teamenemy.]

The town they live in is NOSEY af... Maybury seems lame, no wonder they have to keep secrets

[@taylerallred769]

If the mother and father didn’t know of her pregnancy (or about the entire situation in genera)l, then why was she texting the mother hours after giving birth discussing her happiness to get her body back. That part is throwing me for a loop. It makes it seem as if the mother knew.

[@MartaRC32]

for me, it´s the umbilical cord that gave it away- somebody had to cut it, Skylar couldn´t do it... it´s too hard to cut...

[@ghhm2705]

@@MartaRC32 or it was never cut….she could have delivered with it intact, followed by delivering the afterbirth with it still attached and then burying all of it together.

[@ghhm2705]

I didn’t see her text regarding her stomach as a sign her mom knew of the baby, I see it as a daughter in an unhealthy relationship with a controlling mom. The daughter is fearful, desperate, anxious and/or insecure in her mom’s commitment and love. She’s eager to please mom.

[@allysonh6410]

@@ghhm2705 y'all. They had an ob testify he thought the umbilical cord had come apart and that's why she was born dead. It was in the video

[@marymartindale884]

I agree. I also want to know how they never saw her belly move?

[@ec6769]

My best friend kept her pregnancy from us all until she was 4 weeks away from having the baby. I literally dressed around her and never knew. It is definitely possible. She was 16 & terrified of what her parents would do & they tried so hard to have her give her up for adoption. She is 26 today & one of the best things she ever did! We adore her so much 💖

[@barbarapalmer8224]

Great ,your friend kept her baby..Good on her.🥳🥳🥳

[@secretunknown253]

How did you not notice her pregnant… lol

[@skyskynomnom4674]

My birth mother hid her pregnancy from every single person except my father and a neighbor who help drive her to the hospital. No one knew until I turned 18 and they had to quickly explain to their families about this mystery girl asking for family medical histories

[@lungileringani2693]

@@skyskynomnom4674 wow I’d like to learn more about your story,can you please elaborate?why were they hiding you for that long?

[@WindDancer435]

Your post is unclear. You wrote "one of the best things she ever did!" Did she keep the baby or place for adoption?

[@jacquinewton8635]

I know she did wrong but her parents should have been allowed to attend the very 1st police interview, this girl needed an attorney. You can see in the 1st interview that she's a vulnerable young adult, if she has an eating disorder she has mental health issues. She needed help. I hope she's ok and healing and hoping that she can put this behind her and move on with her life

[@Moderca]

She was 18. It doesn't matter in the eyes of the law, she was an adult and they could question her without her parents.

[@alexandralazos4383]

she was 18, parents don’t have to be present

[@moomyung9231]

She seemed genuinely remorseful at sentencing, I think the 3 years probation was fair.

[@twatts1523]

I don’t understand why they waited so long to get an attorney!

[@christianebraga7551]

My sister, as millions of others, was a teenage single mom. Of course her plans changed, but trying to portrait this 18 YEAR OLD as a clueless, innocent little girl is an offense to all the girls, even younger, who did the right thing.

[@swigglemuffin445]

Right or wrong, everyone handles situations differently, get off your high horse.

[@Colette0404]

It is terribly frightening for a young woman to be pregnant and their actions are not always rational.

[@aquachonk]

Her mother: It's a small town, lotta love, some people never leave. Also her mother: We were hounded, stalked, persecuted, vilified. Small town charm. It's why I left one.

[@kristymaurath1648]

I had a similar story. But when I was going into labor I went to the hospital. I was confused , didn’t know what to do . I was 17 when I had my daughter . I didn’t know I was pregnant until 8 months , didn’t believe it until I was in labor and went and told my mom. Went to the hospital and honestly I’m now 19 . My mother was upset at first but now she loves her so much and so do I . I feel so much for Skyler 😔

[@aliceroberts1980]

The same thing happened to me and I was an adult I was pregnant and didn’t even know it. I used to three pregnancy tests, clear blue easy through 99% accurate. Let me tell you they’re not accurate are used three of them and they said not pregnant on all three.

[@rebcote]

@@BlackSheep-83 I was wondering if anyone else was going to point this out...that was the most glaring moment to me and it also shows that the mom knew because if your daughter randomly texts "I am glad I have my flat belly back", wouldn't you respond with "back from what exactly??"

[@pearlfeather9326]

You didnt know you were pregnant??!!

[@LoveFree333]

@@rebcote it's possible she was constantly talking about her body and weight for years with an eating disorder. So it is possible she had always talked like that and her mom may not have known...ED is all encompassing. I have an eating disorder. I went to treatment and I am not exactly like her in my disorder, my personality is different but other than that, if she had a close relationship with her mom she could have been just constantly making weight goals or concerned about her belly without pregnancy being a part of that.

[@junacebedo888]

Really? were you still menstruating in those 8 months of being pregnant?

[@lexiaaforever437]

This is why My mother Always made sure we have the relationship where I can come to her & tell her ANY & EVERYTHING! Yes I was raised in a Christian household but even when I became an adult no matter what I did … I could always tell my parents.

[@donnatarawneh2014]

Same here! I got pregnant at 17. I just can not relate to this story whatsoever!

[@sandrakinney1505]

Honestly her text to her mom makes me think her mom was part of it

[@allgrapes4352]

Absolutely!

[@CandidLy1]

That defies logic. What mother would be in on hiding the pregnancy and the burying of the baby in the BACKYARD when it would have been so much easier to plan on offering the child for an adoption in a medical setting. It still could have all been done quietly.

[@keepittoyourshelf]

@@CandidLy1 Done quietly when the fact that she was pregnant and buried the baby in the backyard somehow got out? Riiiiiiight. And logic has absolutely no place in any aspect of this case.

[@lizj3815]

How so? As an 18 year old she’s still very close to her mother, just like a child…

[@drklstyk]

I agree. A mother who knows how a pregnant belly looks, not notiicng on her own daughter... Strange

[@voteforscience]

Calling an ED vanity is so disgusting. I checked and this prosecutor still has his job. That is a crime against our humanity.

[@MSeliskaZ]

Exactly! I’ve suffered from ED(sometimes a lot, sometimes I had a little break from it… until I saw myself in a mirror or a photo) since… honestly, I tried every type of diet since I was able to read. When I was 13, my height: 165cm , my weight(lowest, end of summer 2007) : 37kg ( almost 5’5 feet , 81 pounds) and it was just a pure misery. I wouldn’t wish that to anyone… I got really mad when he almost said that she’s just a basically blonde Barbie that cared more about her looks than her baby… so many people die because of ED, it’s so sad to see her so nervous, feeling guilty and sorry …. Plus many mums have psych.problems after giving birth to their baby… and she was a teen. Just breaks my heart… poor Skylar… and Annabelle💔🕊

[@rhiannonwalker3047]

I agree!😡😡😡

[@mckenziekaye7954]

YES!!!! i don’t like the way the system flipped it on her being “vain”, she was a struggling teen met with so many personal and societal expectations that she didn’t know what to do. What happened is awful for Annabelle & Skylar, I truly don’t believe Skylar’s intent was malicious other than being scared

[@itsjenga]

Totally agree!

[@fanni24]

@@mckenziekaye7954 I wish the system would help people in need like her. There's a point where you can't go to your parents to ask for help because you might feel ashamed or don't want to displease them, etc. And that can happen in the healthiest parent-child relationship as well, it's natural. But the fact that the doctors and the system doesn't have a "last resort" in case anyone needs it, is devastating. She could've been informed about adoption. In my country we have at least one incubator at every hospital in a small room without CCTV and people who might've been to scared to go to the hospital to give birth, can put the baby in the incubator anonymously so that it can be put up for adoption. It's not a huge investment by the government to do this at hospitals but it can literally save so many lives which is more important than anything.

[@rhiannabrittany13]

I saw the mother participated in several other “interview stories” aside from this one. Her affect seems kind of off to me, she reminds me of the kind of mother who cares about how it looks, not what the story actually is…

[@msunderstanding3198]

Bingo.

[@charlottewinslow4132]

YES!!!!!!!

[@fanni24]

I mean she made this whole 40+ minute long interview, allowed a tv channel to sit in her home, broadcast private family photos of her daughter, etc. and she wasn't as concerned about her and her family's privacy as she was when the neighbours camped outside of their home...

[@Loveoldies50]

I remember watching this show as a kid. It was one of my favorite shows.

[@Shakespearelover1717]

This case makes the police look really bad. The police had no right to lie to her family about why they were questioning her. It would have given them the chance to get her an attorney to be present. Outrageous.

[@lilliedoubleyou3865]

I mean, technically they do have the lawful right ... but her parents should have gotten her an attorney immediately.

[@69spanks]

And the way that DA was smirking while giving that update… man I don’t get good vibes from that guy at all.

[@PinGMaj]

They don’t look worse than the jury and judge does for letting that little sociopath walk

[@julietembrock5240]

Personally, in MY opinion (& don’t crucify me with a keyboard!) I don’t feel it’s right/fair that cops are allowed to lie to suspects then expect them to tell the truth!!! That HAD to be terrifying! Seriously an abuse of power!! In MY opinion!

[@69spanks]

@@julietembrock5240 yep, they can lie, but if we do it it’s a crime. That’s just one of the many reasons not to ever talk to the police, even if you are innocent.

[@margomorton4372]

what sickened me the most about this very sad story, was the way the community responded and behaved !! Camping outside the house ?? taking turns ? those viscious attacks. OMG . Judgmental, HATEFILLED and no compassion. I wonder what religion they aspire to !!!!! Horrific.

[@lorrainebroughton9842]

You know that, people judging and humanity they preach...so sad

[@summerbb333]

as a Catholic/Christian, it pains me to agree. Many people hide behind their "religions" yet don't live by them.

[@Dannydavis1956]

Pro lifers

[@carolswitch125]

Christians

[@TVYGANTAS]

Sickening? So killing a baby is ok? Wow..

[@tvtime6558]

It's a terrible situation. If the state has no proof the baby was born alive then there's a reasonable doubt. And the detectives pushed her to say the baby was alive she never said it on her own.

[@Laura-sn8iy]

Exactly. How can this blonde female doctor sit in court and state that the baby’s death was a homicide when she did not even find evidence for that. It was purely ideological to punish that teenager.

[@chantalsimonetto668]

I hope that she gets help!

[@tatirein3620]

Parents don't seem to be shocked that the child they raised gave birth in a bathroom and buried her baby in the back yard of their house. Are those folks for real???

[@petieleesrefriedbeans]

I know, right?!!!

[@godsaves1127]

I agree

[@iamrightyourwrong5198]

no tears nothing

[@beatricemitchell2384]

They probably helped her give birth, then pretended they were clueless. She had a baby bump in that Prom dress.

[@boby541]

That is joke, for sure

[@peryton4598]

"I was a grandmother and never had the benefits of it!" WTF! Not a concern about the baby who never had the benefits of being loved and wanted.

[@laurenm.6320]

What I never understand about these kinds of Internet comments is that surely you know how heavily edited these shows are? Have you ever been interviewed or TV? They ask you the same question worded slightly differently multiple times. They likely asked her, “and how has all of this impacted YOU personally?” “How are you dealing with this?” “How has this changed your life?” “For you, as a mom, this must not be what you expected in life for when your children would have children, right?” And so on. You really can’t honestly tell how bizarre someone’s statements like this are without watching unedited interview footage to see the context for the responses shown. For anyone who doesn’t understand what I’m saying, think carefully before going on reality television or doing any interviews because you are going to be blindsided by how clips can be arranged to give a context that didn’t exist in real life. That’s not always some big tragedy or even intended to be deceitful but it does mean that interviews like this are not “evidence.”

[@lilypartida]

@@laurenm.6320 💯 I’m glad you said it so well! Shows can twist words too and the context is not always shown.

[@annabanana9240]

Same like when mother is crying saying my poor daughter was slim during trial, she wear baby clothes, didn't had clothes for trial,, poor daughter. That child had no life but daughter is more important, she had no clothes

[@stephlalalitta]

It always blows my mind when full grown respected men smile and smirk and borderline brag about a scared child all alone being manipulated and made into a baby killing monster 18:24

[@chriskimandchloe9397]

The police are disgusting and we the people need to fix this situation we have put ourselves in. We need civilian oversight to go over everything every single police officer does. This poor girl has been thru enough.. so sad.

[@Aboma2012]

@@chriskimandchloe9397 this poor girl ? Didn’t she killer baby ?!!

[@Aboma2012]

So killing baby makes you hero ?

[@adamfindlay7091]

Careers/ media attention ambition.

[@somethinginthenothing]

I will say as someone who had an eating disorder that her statements do not mean she killed the baby. Your eating disorder takes over everything. It's all you think about. And it becomes your coping method. She could have been devastated but her coping (aka eating disorder) takes over and says hey love its alright you can be thinner now. Something is going okay I know it sounds crazy to healthy people but that is how you think and cope with an eating disorder. It's an addiction.

[@inklingduckling7087]

😢

[@screamqueen1946]

i have an eating disorder as well & i was thinking the exact same thing. to them she’s “vain” & “image obsessed” but to me i see someone deeply insecure & constantly worried about her body. it’s not a fun cycle.

[@jfunk6932]

She buried her baby in her backyard. That's not an eating disorder. That is the devaluing of human life -- in this case the life of her own baby. I've had experiences with young women and girls with severe eating disorders. Not one of them would have considered such an atrocity.

[@mahikav]

@@jfunk6932they’re saying it probably helped her cope. i’ve had an ed since december and damn does it take over my whole life. literally EVERYTHING revolves around it for me

[@justToni23]

Absolutely 100%facts

[@burkehayes5150]

How dare these parents look on with shock as their daughter is held the LEAST amount accountable. What about t that little baby!?!?!

[@joannecunninghamfromhome4236]

Other comments blame the parents. This is completely unfair! My daughter was diagnosed with anorexia at 13. She was my best friend. We battled with her mental health issues for 8 years. We had always had an open conversation with Emma about everything. She chose to keep her inner struggles to herself. Everything seemed normal.. but it was not. So don't blame the parents. Ps.. Emma is now 22 and well and soon to graduate in nursing. I'm so proud of her and she is still my best friend. Of course she is!

[@bm4551]

Happy for you and your family that things turned out well.

[@ViNNYDICEnice]

The way your comment is worded, up until the last few sentences, made me think she passed away. Glad that isn't the case and it's awesome she was able to overcome her struggles!

[@kylietaylor396]

But the mom, knowing her daughter had an eating disorder, texted her to make sure not to gain any weight before prom so she could fit the dress. That was a text that was uncovered during the case. Couldn’t imagine how she developed an ED in the first place, if that’s how her mother talks to her after KNOWING she has an ED.

[@abigailisvirtual3358]

And??? What's this got to do with this story?

[@dearlylovedbyhim]

My daughter is 13 and we are where you were with your daughter. Thank you for the encouragement in sharing your story. As a society we need to come to a better understanding of mental health and it’s importance in the overall health of an individual.

[@frenchyfrenchie]

If the mom didn't know Skylar was pregnant until way after the fact, how come Skylar texted her hours after birth saying how happy she is to have her belly back...? Did I miss something? 🤔

[@Ohhelmno]

Yes, she had an eating disorder and was so skinny you could see her bones. She had put on some weight, likely due to the pregnancy and maybe she wasn’t purging or not eating so it was like a way to tell her mom that she was happy she was at a healthy weight. Although obviously some of that was probably due to the pregnancy.

[@msmcoffeebanks]

Exactly she knew👌🏾

[@SraTacoMal]

Her mom had no way of knowing the belly is back due to her having given birth.

[@summerkutter9629]

Someone recovering from an eating disorder likely wouldn’t be happy to have a “belly” You say belly when referring to pregnancy imo

[@drdrew3]

It’s a completely ambiguous statement. You can interpret it in several ways. Some of them completely contradictory

[@marc4712]

Lesson #1: never ever talk to the cops without an attorney present. You’re just asking for trouble. The cops can legally lie to you, force a confession, etc., and the law bidding citizen doesn’t know what’s going on.

[@jfunk6932]

Lesson #1, never keep your pregnancy a secret and bury your own child in your backyard, completely devaluing the life of your own child.

[@patwatkins4757]

Yes. Cops can legally lie to you. But by the same token, law enforcement very rarely have anyone tell them the truth, about anything. Just listen to random talk on the street, in movies, tv shows and most likely in your own family. Maybe even yourself. People just talking about getting pulled over for speeding or some other reckless and illegal driving: the first thing the driver says is that they have no idea why they are pulled over. Next is the first thing they are trying to think of is how to lie about it and trying to get out of it. If the general public is that obviously always thinking up how to lie to try and get out of a ticket, don't you think when someone is trying to cover up something much worse, don't you think they would have spent weeks , months and even years honing their lies and story to give to the police when they finally catch up to them?

[@Patricia-cn7ox]

@@jfunk6932​​​⁠ so you want to put all pregnant women on a list or something? 🙄

[@alissaalbritton_]

They do use scare tactics.. and it’s a shame. This is why so many people don’t call the cops for help.

[@adityatyagi4009]

Cops forcing confessions from the guilty is welcome. However, cops forcing confessions from the innocent is utterly repugnant.

[@amymcgivern5024]

She obviously didn’t have the relationship with her parents the way her parents want people to perceive their relationship. It’s a privilege to be a mother. This family is beyond dysfunctional. Truly disgusting

[@yellowdayz1800]

That is pure presumption. It appears they are well caring...!

[@joditorkelson8649]

I totally disagree. The girl was 17 when this happened. Thaw red not too many teenagers at that age that would feel comfortable dropping a bombshell on their parents like that. The parents seem very loving and supportive of their daughter.

[@yellowdayz1800]

@@joditorkelson8649 they certainly was right beside her, every step of the way. You could see they struggled with painful emotions.. And was relieved when the not guilty verdict came in etc these were very loving and supportive parents.

[@nickyshaw7677]

She is a very very lucky young girl. I do agree with the judge that if she has sought help when she found out she was pregnant, then the baby could have lived. That child was given zero chance at survival

[@thankyouforincorrectingme]

The truth is somewhere in the middle. She knew she was pregnant, she went through labor alone, didn’t want ANYONE to know, she never intended for that baby to exist/live, what are the odds it just happen to be still born? It may have had complications, but this mentality it was either the horrific murdering and burning version or still born and buried is asinine… I believe that baby was alive, she couldn't tell anyone and either let it die or "hurried it". It's a horrifically tragic story, but she was old enough to know right from wrong.

[@teddycuda]

Taking birth control while pregnant can be devastating to an unborn baby.

[@Userhdhd-t5l]

This is all assumptions. Let's stop. We don't know what happened really.

[@aja.m.lareau]

No one knows what really happened but people still want to crucify other people bc you all are just so perfect

[@Userhdhd-t5l]

@@aja.m.lareau 👍🏻

[@thankyouforincorrectingme]

@@aja.m.lareau You’re joking right? I agree no one truly knows what happened, but there is plenty of evidence that she did not act in the best interest of that baby and did not try to save it. But your little comment "…crucify other people because you all are just so perfect." We aren't judging someone for getting a ticket, HER choices ended up with a DEAD BABY! Your bar is low for people. FFS the internet is filled with scary people.

[@g-malaigo1155]

This case hit close to home for me. Remembering how my son's girlfriend had given birth to a still born in the bathroom before leaving for school. Only then did her parents and I knew that this young girl was even pregnant ... because she always wore baggy clothes. My son was not even aware & it was devastating for him to learn that she couldn't even tell him. Yet... her parents blamed everything on my son ... and although both of them were teenagers, my son never understood why & never received closer, since he was denied to attend his son's funeral. I think teen moms that go through something like this ... are dealing with emotional fear of how the parents would react. At a time like that ... there should be a place where the teen mom can go to get an advocate & go through some therapy (family counseling) to help her approach the parents with the news of her pregnancy. I think this is why my son's girlfriend didn't tell him, out of fear my son would talk to her parents & I, regarding how to handle their future.

[@AotearoaAnge]

I'm so sorry for the loss of your grandson.

[@lissamay3380]

I'm so sorry. They blamed your son because it was easier than accepting what role their daughter played.

[@smiley2477]

Your son bares responsibility for having sex especially unprotected sex that’s all on him. The girlfriend is guilty too but your son is guilty and he should suffer for that.

[@Mandy-nt2cs]

So sorry for the loss of your grandson. There are places that will help.. one just has to seek them out. If you go to any place that's a certified "safe place".. they will help the mother.

[@Sovereign_Citizen_LEO]

Except the baby wasn't stillborn in this case.

[@laurahoward5426]

The PROM was more important to MOM/ GRANDMOM than her dead grandchild

[@annafrohman6460]

It was more important to the daughter also as she let her own daughter die without getting help.

[@doctorshell7118]

Never talk to the police. Invoke your fifth amendment right and request an attorney. This interrogation illustrates this so very painfully. All that the prosecution had was a body with no evidence of a crime. Interrogators (and juries) need to understand the Millgram experiment.

[@mariemazzo896]

The interrogator claimed she wasnt in trouble. They coaxed her into a false confession

[@msunderstanding3198]

@@mariemazzo896 absolutely.

[@bradtorville5526]

Right, gotta hide those heinous crimes. You may be able to hide them from the cops but you can never hide them from yourself or God. She'll pay in the end. One way or the other. Disgusting that she got away with murdering her own baby.

[@melmc9672]

Absolutely!!! Most Cops are very much like gestapo

[@prophismusic]

When a prosecutor is that happy, they need to be removed and investigated immediately.

[@Aboma2012]

You have got be kidding me. She killed baby and you think he should be ok with killers ? This is alarming

[@ericsg1477]

@@Aboma2012 You don't know that and can't prove it either.

[@Aboma2012]

@@ericsg1477 yeah can’t prove she is kiled her because she is white cute women ? But if this was different man with darker skin you wouldn’t say this

[@ericsg1477]

@@Aboma2012 race or skin color has nothing to do with this xd

[@raymondthangtunkhaing7372]

​@@Aboma2012 You are just being racist here.

[@jeaniecolleen1739]

As a mothers of four girls I did believe she was lead in a confession. I can't believe they were allowed to question her after telling her parents she was not in trouble and that they couldn't go with her.

[@Pamlandy2]

It just makes the argument for an attorney BEFORE SPEAKING TO ANY LAW ENFORCEMENT no matter what they tell you or what the conversation is about. DO NOT SPEAK, EVER WITHOUT A LAWYER!

[@msunderstanding3198]

That’s what they always say!

[@georgehunt6381]

She was 18, police can interview her without parents being in the room. What Skyler should have done is walked out and said, not without my attorney.

[@Pamlandy2]

@@georgehunt6381 I think that is what people are saying here. The police let down her parents and her parents let her down. The police should not have lied to the family. The parents should not have let her speak to police without an atty. Her parents also should have taught her from a very early age that, if police EVER have questions for her at the police station, she needs to ONLY SAY: "I NEED and attorney". I will not speak until I have an atty. They also should have taught her that even without her parents knowing she needed an atty or if she might think they can't afford an atty, the court will appoint one for her. So, she needs to ONLY ASK FOR AN ATTY. UNTIL ....SHE GETS ONE. Also, her parents should have realized that she needed an atty and gone to hire on to interrupt this interrogation and STOP it. After she was gone for so long.....after 30 min to an hour or more, they should have known to go hire an atty on her behalf....even if it's just to stop this interrogation! The police failed the family and the community by causing a costly trial when there clearly was nothing to Warrant one. And they lied to the family. Her parents failed her by allowing this interrogation to go on for so long. Thank God the jury did not fail her!!

[@georgehunt6381]

@@Pamlandy2 not sure what point your trying to make. I know you never talk to the police without a lawyer and that the police will lie to you, they do that all the time.

[@igotcookies]

Something's wrong with this mom. She cares a lot about appearances. Just the way she talked in the beginning and then the daughter feeling like she needed to text her mom to get assurance after she got a flat stomach. Also something is wrong with the fact that the girl is less scared of going through the entire process of giving birth alone, burying and burning a baby rather than talking with her parents. If she's more scared of her parents, something's wrong.

[@EilanJ]

Not taking the "dead baby" to seek for help would already be a crime.

[@victoryforever1915]

EXACTLY

[@haleyguthrie3113]

Ugh this story makes my heart break. I don't know how to feel about this. I was raised in a stricter home and wanted desperately to be favored in my parents eyes. I wouldn't have been able to tell anyone I was pregnant or know what to do if I gave birth knowing I would be letting my parents down.

[@pale_saint]

Don’t worry she murderedthe baby

[@ecbrent2]

​@@pale_saint glad you weren't on the jury. They got it right

[@zxy78267]

I agree. I was raised in a very strict home as well. I can't imagine telling my parents something like that.

[@janetsnyder8779]

That mother destroyed her daughter and now she has the nerve to say she was a grandmother without ant Benefits …

[@donnakreye8339]

Oh yeah she DID NOT WANNA BE A GRANDMA!!!!!

[@RosaHernandez-fm6wb]

Dear Mother people are mad because they none to look it your daughter people. don't look it them self like God said look it your self before you look it others like God said you look it others and your are look it your self don't care what people said Just tell the lord to for giving her and tell your dauther to tell God to forgiver her God is big God will help you all the way Love Rosa H

[@lydialemaster6851]

I also had the same thoughts but that event changed her, you can see the humility and you do have to look hard but can see a little humbleness

[@gcow8328]

Of course it's her mother's fault, young Americans hold zero responsibility for any of their actions.

[@nyquil350]

What race was the father of the baby that was murdered??

[@MsTeaRex]

Do not ever go to the police station without a lawyer. Mom and Dad are stupid that they didn't get their daughter a lawyer...

[@Saymyname-zj2ml]

Her parents suffered from childlike naivety. If they were just a bit sophisticated, their daughter would've avoided this mess.

[@lizzierose8216]

It’s so sick that people would sit out front of their home. I feel so awful about how the family must have felt and the way the police handled this is sick. I wish her nothing but the best.

[@Goldan1]

The police should have removed those people.

[@Sovereign_Citizen_LEO]

This girl clearly should be in prison. She committed a homicide so she could fit into her prom dress and wouldn't have to deal with being a mother (of a child where her current boyfriend was not the father).

[@ryanhavens24]

@@Goldan1 police got there answer no offense I agree but they weren’t worried about that! The conviction is the only thing that matter to detectives.

[@cassiem3893]

Yes, those people are just gross! Like Jim Croce once said in one of his old songs… “you walk the streets of righteousness but you refuse to understand…. you say you love the baby, but then you crucify the man.”. It’s spot on in this situation.

[@Kat.Evangeline14]

Let he who is without sin cast the first stone.

[@sazza84sara]

She denied burning the body 17 times before "admitting" she'd burnt her just a little bit while holding hands with someone she natively thought was on her side when asked f she heard even a gurgle, suddenly she heard maybe a little gurgle. She sounded like she was coerced and was trying to tell them what they wanted to hear.

[@femsff7090]

She repeated all the suggestions by those detectives verbatim. The 'little bit' and 'gurgle' and many other things she "confessed" to were all literally suggested to her before.

[@starlilies18]

I agree /^^^

[@LoloO42]

That judge is WAY out of line. What he "believes in his heart" should have no bearing, or even be mentioned in a court of law. Outrageous.

[@amandafight7627]

Right, you must put away you're emotions to be able to logically thinking. And a judge should know that.

[@lovely2748]

1000%

[@cjmayer3948]

I totally agree with the judge. He says he believes if she'd made different decisions during and after the pregnancy that the baby would probably be alive. Seems logical to me. She knew she was pregnant and didn't follow up with doctor. Its sad but she did endanger that baby. She didn't seem to upset about it either. Was at the gym and happy to have her body back.

[@MsPea]

Right. Cases should be decided on the facts presented, not the beliefs of the judge or anyone else. Just because the judge believes something doesn't make it true.

[@kimberlycronen3998]

@@cjmayer3948 - No one chooses to have an eating disorder. She was sick and needed help. And she didn’t know she was pregnant until month 8. By then any damage to a baby from malnourishment is already done.

[@TheMotherReborn]

She got off way to easy she was happy the baby was gone and she got her figure back. Her texts showed no remorse. She never expected that baby to live. This case infuriates me

[@saddiesaddie5606]

They can't admit mistake or they are liable. There's too many d.a.'s who only care about getting a conviction and not doing what's right.

[@Cincy_Kid]

In this case it wasn’t even them that made the mistake. They’re just evil vile people.

[@Rachruff1979]

💯

[@Mimi-tu6js]

Majority of cops,state attorneys, Congress, investigators, etc are ALL evil. They think they can do and say whatever they wan,t and they can here on earth! THATS the scary part. We all one day will Bow Down to the REAL king! JESUS! A lot of people are going to hell. Look around at this world. It's SO sad.

[@DJ-li6rt]

As a social worker I see adolescent girls experience this on a large scale, now they are saying “cold blooded killer” but these are scared “children” who don’t even know themselves, and can experience a number of mental breakdowns in these situations. Once again this demonstrates why law enforcement need to be properly educated and receive training on social aspects of life and young persons.

[@carolsummers8734]

18 is not a naive child. She knew of her pregnancy and did nothing to seek prenatal care or delivery care for herself and her baby.

[@emmalouise7884]

18 is an adult.

[@adrenalinejunkie301]

Adolescent girls don’t need to be having sex. I have zero sympathy because she decided to have sex and stay pregnant 🤰🤷🏾‍♂️.

[@LauraRibeiro-sj3ub]

18 is an adult not a child anymore, she can drive and vote. What she did was horrible! She could have left the baby at the hospital

[@emmalouise7884]

@@adrenalinejunkie301 she was an adult though. It's horrible what she did I think it's vile but 18 is a responsible adult. Old enough to work, drink ( in the Uk) and like another person said vote and marry. I married at 18. Its young but its legally an adult. ( I'm still married to him almost 30 years)

[@DiabolikalFollikles]

Annabelle didn’t deserve to be born into this family. She was too good for it. Annabelle deserved better. 🕊

[@carlabarrick8538]

Truth 😞

[@HopefulInterventions]

I agree ☝️

[@melanatedqueen]

FOR SURE

[@julieoluna8887]

I agree... but Don't call her that, She came up with the name on the spot! The most "sympathetic and honest" name. If she cared enough to name her baby... She wouldn't have done what she did to the precious one 💔💓💖❤

[@wa2k99]

That's cold

[@lunarphoenixforyourface]

Hearing her original interview where she said the baby might have made a noise was all I needed to hear. She should not have gotten off scot-free with some little probation crap.

[@jasonhansen8996]

MIGHT have made a noise. You deliver a baby BY YOURSELF scared out of your mind.... Then judge. Even a still-born "might" make a noise. If you don't know what actual sounds of life from a newborn are... You can have UNEDUCATED but judgemental people tell you you did something you didn't.

[@lunarphoenixforyourface]

@@jasonhansen8996 Gee, "Jason", something about you tells me that I might know a little bit more on this topic than you do. Try thinking with your big head instead of your little one, hun.

[@kathibaker988]

You can talk to your kids and tell them to come to you, but one of the most important things you should tell them is to NOT talk to the police without a lawyer present. There are many stories of people giving false confessions. The police can lie and say whatever they want to obtain an admission of guilt. Know your rights!

[@xIIIQueenOfSwordsIIIx]

I do feel with the Richardsons, that this was a case of “that’s our story and we’re sticking to it.” I think it’s such a tragedy for young girls to feel so afraid to come forward when they get pregnant.

[@tammyshannon8319]

I agree

[@Pamlandy2]

And it's going to be FAR worse now that SCOTUS has made such an extreme statement by overturning Roe v Wade.

[@trailerparkart2429]

I agree. There’s no way she could have felt safe to tell her parents. I was there, I was Skyler. Except I moved out before I started showing. If I didn’t, my dad probably would have killed me.

[@trailerparkart2429]

@@peacegypsy8994 do what? Killing her daddy? Huh?? Her mom is a control freak. She was obviously scared AF to tell them. That’s THEIR fault she didn’t feel comfortable. As a parent, ITS YOUR FN JOB to make your child comfortable with you.

[@abigailisvirtual3358]

That's the way she was raised to be a cheerleader and be pretty and all that artificial crap. That's what happens where you parents are superficial.

[@loulabelleparsnips4127]

My family is full of lawyers...NEVER talk to a cop ever without a lawyer present, unless it's a routine traffic stop. This snickering, smug faced prosecutor sickened me. This girl made a mistake. She has suffered plenty, way more than she deserved. She didn't know the friendly acting cops were TRYING TO TRICK HER. SHAME ON EVERYONE who dumped on Brooke.

[@randycarson2949]

Agree

[@DX-d]

Killing her newborn baby a mistake?! Wow it seems that you’re a killer in the making.

[@ingurlund9657]

I hated that stupid grinning prosecutor too.

[@MsAnkane]

Maybe it's better if killers talk?

[@ninajacobs6277]

Mistake? Wow!

[@MrLamf2939sh]

I dated a girl that used to dance in those dance moms shows as a kid. She was so terrified to tell her mother anything due to the mother being so judgemental and expecting perfection. So let me tell you, this child had no other choice but to hide this. It was life or death in her mind. Then add the judgement of having a baby so young. I feel so bad for her.

[@Eirini1]

Agree

[@emilyvee4922]

I was pregnant at 18. I became so on birth control. My boyfriend wasn’t ideal. But I needed to keep living with him in college because I had nowhere else to live. Being pregnant and it being a secret was a horrible feeling, especially around my mom. I was terrified.

[@lisarichardson8639]

❤️💖💕

[@tiffanybrown9848]

I can't imagine 😢 How old is your child now?

[@lexx5526]

​@Joy Timmons 😂 wow... shaming much. What does marriage have to do with having a child? other than religious views? tons of people have kids without being married. It does not make them stupid.

[@bethbooth6469]

@@joytimmonseven though she clearly states she was on birth control and was being responsible

[@smokeymcpot1799]

@@lexx5526 Yes, it does. Marriage provides a stable environment for children to be born into. It is statistically proven that having both the mom and dad growing up in the household, the child will be healthier and more successful. Accepting anything less is starting the child's life at a disadvantage. So having a baby under lesser circumstances is factually and statistically stupid. When divorce rates have been plummeting for decades, our society is going backwards. It is indeed time for shaming.