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Brooke Skylar Richardson, now 19, is charged with aggravated murder, involuntary manslaughter, gross abuse of a corpse, tampering with evidence and child endangerment. Shehas pleaded not guiltyand is free on bond.
“Her reaction to the confirmation that she was pregnant was extreme. It was over-the-top,” said assistant prosecutor Kirsten Brandt.
TheCincinnati Enquirerreports that Richardson allegedly didn’t return to the doctor’s office for an ultrasound or blood work — and that she ignored calls from both doctors and assistants, prosecutors contended.
PEOPLE’s call to Rittgers was not immediately returned on Friday.
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Both sides have appealed the trial judge’s split decision on the admissibility of Richardson’s statements to doctors.
She was set to attend the University of Cincinnati before her arrest. The Carlisle native graduated with honors from high school, and prosecutors have contended her good reputation led to her alleged crime.
“She was described as a good girl, and I think that perception is one that Skylar wanted to perpetuate,” Warren County, Ohio, Prosecutor David Fornshell told reporters at a 2017 news conference, before a judge placed a gag order on the case.
The three-judge panel hearing the appeal has 60 days to issue a decision, theJournal-Newsreports.
source: people.com
