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

[AllyBeeUK]

I agree. I had some similar feelings a few threads ago about how it does feel sort of biologically unfair that two people who are both responsible for starting a pregnancy don't have to bear the same burden in dealing with it. I guess that's an age-old gender disparity issue that will never die.

But that's assuming that both parents have the opportunity and knowledge required to bear the burden. It's possible that if Skylar HAD told Trey about the pregnancy as soon as she knew, he would have rejected her and not helped her or taken responsibility for his child. That's certainly how many, many young fathers have responded throughout history. But in THIS case, she did not tell him, so there is no reasonable way he would have known, so how he would have responded will never be the point. They both made the choice to have unprotected sex (I assume it was consensual because nobody's said otherwise), but only she made the choices that came up later. She guarded the choices from everyone. He never had the opportunity to make a choice so he doesn't bear the burden of those choices, legally or otherwise.

Now, do I think his mother's statement was a tad overwrought? Yep. I respect her grief and don't pretend to know how she feels, but I think her initial response to hearing Trey was the father (i.e. eye rolling) speaks more directly to how Skylar may have reasonably anticipated she would be received if she had told Trey and his family about the pregnancy rather than the sentiments expressed in her statement today.

I am in complete agreement with you. I have my own thoughts on many things, including Ms. Johnson's comments in court but I will keep them to myself. It's not possible to know how he would have reacted so I won't assassinate his character but nor am I going to presume he would have been Father of the Year.

I have given the benefit of the doubt to Skylar and her family since the beginning of the trial and I intend to afford the same respect to Trey and the Johnson family.

 

[kaen]

BSR's defense attorney told the Court pre-sentencing that she weighed only 89 pounds, and he recommended to her mom she take her to her pediatrician to check her for vitamin deficiency.

Really?

She's 20 year old adult woman.

Still treating her like a child victim.

Not in support of this woman or her family, but, my 21 year old (graduating this year) still sees the pediatrician. It is common for young adults to stay with pediatrician, especially if the ped. has a long term relationship. Our ped. suggests that after graduation they will help my young adult identify a right fit internist if my child moves back to this area.

 

[Seattle1]

That whole exchange was really weird to me, too. A. Why wouldn't her mom or dad realize she should be seen? B. Why would it be a pediatrician (I'm hoping he meant primary care doctor and just mis-spoke)?

No misspeaking here -- attorney is very polished in his craft.

He made reference to pediatrician twice. Last thing he could do for as her attorney was to paint her as a weak, helpless child to the world watching.

 

[Hope4More]

Yes, this is why I was confused, thanks for your answer!

I went back and listened to his testimony at the trial (the first 6:30 of the video below). He's very clear that around the middle of Aug 2016 they had unprotected sex. BSR ended the relationship sometime before the 26th of Aug 2016 when he went back to school. He wished to maintain contact to some degree. He was blocked on social media and tried to contact her one time to obtain belongings and she never returned his call.

On cross, he states he doesn't agree with the characterization of his initial interactions with detectives and doesn't remember the specifics they outline in the report.

I think he did what most young men would do after a short relationship - reach out, be rebuffed, and move on at college.

I feel sorry for him, actually. Exactly, that he had a very brief, one month "relationship" with a girl and moved right on, but will always have his name associated with that girl and a baby's death, and will be considered a victim by many, no matter whether he sees himself as that or not.

 

[oviedo]

Not in support of this woman or her family, but, my 21 year old (graduating this year) still sees the pediatrician. It is common for young adults to stay with pediatrician, especially if the ped. has a long term relationship. Our ped. suggests that after graduation they will help my young adult identify a right fit internist if my child moves back to this area.

The pediatrician's where I live discharge them at 18 with a lovely goodbye letter.

 

[Boodles]

That whole exchange was really weird to me, too. A. Why wouldn't her mom or dad realize she should be seen? B. Why would it be a pediatrician (I'm hoping he meant primary care doctor and just mis-spoke)?

He said pediatrician multiple times. I was shocked! I thought he was trying to garner sympathy.

This young woman needs inpatient treatment, stat.

 

[Winterhike]

No misspeaking here -- attorney is very polished in his craft.

He made reference to pediatrician twice. Last thing he could do for as her attorney was to paint her as a weak, helpless child to the world watching.

I agree that this was strategic on his part, and he's doing his job to paint his client in the light they've apparently all agreed benefits her the most.

But again, she is WAYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYY past "getting vitamins checked at the pediatrician." For 's sake, this person has had an eating disorder for 7-8 years now. She needed to have a medical and therapeutic team YEARS AGO. She should be getting blood checked on at a weekly basis, and vitals checked more than once a day.

Her eating disorder was not a secret (sometimes they are, in which case I would cut her parents more slack about this). In all these years that they were amassing this several-inch medical file referenced during the trial, what the hell kind of help was she actually getting???? I'd love to know what recommendations they made at the ER (INPATIENT TREATMENT), and how she (and her mother, I'm willing to bet) avoided following those recommendations.

 

[Seattle1]

Not in support of this woman or her family, but, my 21 year old (graduating this year) still sees the pediatrician. It is common for young adults to stay with pediatrician, especially if the ped. has a long term relationship. Our ped. suggests that after graduation they will help my young adult identify a right fit internist if my child moves back to this area.

Understandably, but I bet both in private and public, your 21 year old says 'I'm going to doctor,' and not 'I'm going to the pediatrician!'

 

[clearskies1]

I listened to most, but not all, of the prosecutor's press conference yesterday. In the parts I heard he said he believed that Skylar caused the death of the baby, but I did not hear him say that he thought there was sufficient evidence to prove homicide beyond a reasonable doubt. His "belief" of what happened -- or anyone's belief -- is not relevant. Did he think he could prove the case beyond a reasonable doubt? If he didn't think that, I don't think this case should have been tried. JMO.

 

[grammieto5]

Soooo another baby killer is set free. Annabelle was born alive, then burned and then “buried” in the back yard???? I wonder if she was named before she was born, or after she was killed, OR was she given a name on advice from the attorney. I did not watch this trial as closely as I did the murder trial of baby Caylee. I did watch the sentencing though. My heart breaks for the Mom of Annabelle’s Dad. Not that it made any difference, but at least this jury found the baby killer guilty of “something”.

 

[zea mays]

No misspeaking here -- attorney is very polished in his craft.

He made reference to pediatrician twice. Last thing he could do for as her attorney was to paint her as a weak, helpless child to the world watching.

It's gross. I hate that because I think it emphasizes to BSR that she has no control over her little girl life.

I feel sorry for him, actually. Exactly, that he had a very brief, one month "relationship" with a girl and moved right on, but will always have his name associated with that girl and a baby's death, and will be considered a victim by many, no matter whether he sees himself as that or not.

Yep - this is part of his legacy forever.

He said pediatrician multiple times. I was shocked! I thought he was trying to garner sympathy.

This young woman needs inpatient treatment, stat.

I guess he probably was. She sure does. And I hope she gets it.

I agree that this was strategic on his part, and he's doing his job to paint his client in the light they've apparently all agreed benefits her the most.

But again, she is WAYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYY past "getting vitamins checked at the pediatrician." For ****'s sake, this person has had an eating disorder for 7-8 years now. She needed to have a medical and therapeutic team YEARS AGO. She should be getting blood checked on at a weekly basis, and vitals checked more than once a day.

Her eating disorder was not a secret (sometimes they are, in which case I would cut her parents more slack about this). In all these years that they were amassing this several-inch medical file referenced during the trial, what the hell kind of help was she actually getting???? I'd love to know what recommendations they made at the ER (INPATIENT TREATMENT), and how she (and her mother, I'm willing to bet) avoided following those recommendations.

ERs generally will not make recommendations like that. Their job is to make sure you don't die and then follow up with a PCP or possibly a specialist (if you have an acute issue like a broken bone, nosebleed that won't quit, tumor on a scan, etc). I'd be very surprised if anything more than follow up with PCP would be indicated by the ER for a chronic eating disorder.

 

[kaen]

He said pediatrician multiple times. I was shocked! I thought he was trying to garner sympathy.

This young woman needs inpatient treatment, stat.

If she is 89 pounds and is so controlled, I agree she needs inpatient treatment for her weight/possible disorders AND for her behavior in having this child and doing what she did to hide the pregnancy.

 

[Seattle1]

This confirms to me to what I said earlier. The remains could not be released until the trial was over.

Yes- pursuant to a search warrant issued in the case. Judge also confirmed this today when he made decision what to do with remains.

 

[Winterhike]

ERs generally will not make recommendations like that. Their job is to make sure you don't die and then follow up with a PCP or possibly a specialist (if you have a broken bone, nosebleed that won't quit, tumor on a scan, etc). I'd be very surprised if anything more than follow up with PCP would be indicated by the ER.

This would be different in many ERs if she has an existing diagnosis and a documented behavioral health history, though. For a comparison, if you showed up with a history of leukemia and the ER tests revealed your bloodwork has taken a nosedive, part of their effort to "make sure you don't die" will be to recommend you be admitted to the hospital. If you have a documented eating disorder and show up with crappy vitals and effed up potassium, they will want to admit you if they have a unit to treat your disease or send you elsewhere that does.

If KR and BSR did not mention the ED history though (because they have been co-conspirators with this potentially fatal mental illness for years, I believe), and said that she was just suffering from stress or lack of appetite or whatever, then I can believe that the ER would have buffed her up with fluids, etc and suggested she just eat more.

This would all be music to most eating-disordered people's ears, by the way. Her eating disorder is probably just as delighted and proud of her efforts as her mother is.

 

[Sweetsbeach]

Not in support of this woman or her family, but, my 21 year old (graduating this year) still sees the pediatrician. It is common for young adults to stay with pediatrician, especially if the ped. has a long term relationship. Our ped. suggests that after graduation they will help my young adult identify a right fit internist if my child moves back to this area.

The pediatrician's where I live discharge them at 18 with a lovely goodbye letter.

I work in heath insurance and pediatricians have an age cap written into their contract. It's almost always 18 or 21 years old. If they see someone above the cap they most likely won't be paid since they are technically practicing outside both their specialty and their contact provisions. I bet so many pediatricians wish they could stay PCP to the the patients they've watched grow up.
SR may still see a pediatrician but I'm sure any mention of it was to her benefit.

 

[zea mays]

This would be different in many ERs if she has an existing diagnosis and a documented behavioral health history, though. For a comparison, if you showed up with a history of leukemia and the ER tests revealed your bloodwork has taken a nosedive, part of their effort to "make sure you don't die" will be to recommend you be admitted to the hospital. If you have a documented eating disorder and show up with crappy vitals and effed up potassium, they will want to admit you if they have a unit to treat your disease or send you elsewhere that does.

If KR and BSR did not mention the ED history though (because they have been co-conspirators with this potentially fatal mental illness for years, I believe), and said that she was just suffering from stress or lack of appetite or whatever, then I can believe that the ER would have buffed her up with fluids, etc and suggested she just eat more.

This would all be music to most eating-disordered people's ears, by the way. Her eating disorder is probably just as delighted and proud of her efforts as her mother is.

Yes, they may admit her for further treatment of her immediate, acute needs as part of making sure she doesn't die. My DH, who is also a nurse, worked on a telemetry unit of a hospital that has a nationally known eating disorders treatment center attached to it. Patients with eating disorders who presented to the ER in the condition BSR's lawyer described, if they couldn't be stabilized in the ER, were admitted to the the cardiac telemetry unit to ensure their cardiac condition was continuously monitored. Once they were stabilized there, rarely were they moved directly to the inpatient eating disorders unit - they were typically discharged back home to await an actual bed in the eating disorders unit, which was typically (and sadly) full. And yes, that's the pattern for patients with eating disorders that had well established treatment plans. In this case, it's very, very likely she was discharged from the ER with no plan other than to follow up with her PCP, in my experience and opinion.

 

[gitana1]

That whole exchange was really weird to me, too. A. Why wouldn't her mom or dad realize she should be seen? B. Why would it be a pediatrician (I'm hoping he meant primary care doctor and just mis-spoke)?

It's their perception of her as a helpless child. She's a waif. They know how to make people feel protective of them. It's an art form. IMO.

 

[Sommar]

BSR's defense attorney told the Court pre-sentencing that she weighed only 89 pounds, and he recommended to her mom she take her to her pediatrician to check her for vitamin deficiency.

Really?

She's 20 year old adult woman. She's a mother.

Still treating her like a child victim.

The use of pediatrician struck me as odd as well. So does the lawyer saying <he> was the one who told mom Kim to take her! (Kim is delusional, clearly.)

 

[gitana1]

I listened to most, but not all, of the prosecutor's press conference yesterday. In the parts I heard he said he believed that Skylar caused the death of the baby, but I did not hear him say that he thought there was sufficient evidence to prove homicide beyond a reasonable doubt. His "belief" of what happened -- or anyone's belief -- is not relevant. Did he think he could prove the case beyond a reasonable doubt? If he didn't think that, I don't think this case should have been tried. JMO.

I think he thought he could but obviously he didn't. Not with this jury. And he admitted that.

 

[Seattle1]

Sept 13, 2019

One of the 12 jurors in the Brooke Skylar Richardson murder trial said that the “prosecutors did not prove their case,” which is why Richardson was not convicted of the most serious charges.

Nancy Grawe of Loveland said she feels “very good about our decision.”

‘There was no proof at all’: Juror describes Brooke Skylar Richardson verdict decision

Nancy Grawe of Loveland said she feels “very good about our decision.”