An Ohio cheerleader accused of killing her baby before burying her, allegedly searched “how do I get rid of a baby,” officials contended in court this week.
Brooke Skylar Richardson, who is 20, is charged with aggravated murder, involuntary manslaughter, gross abuse of a corpse, tampering with evidence, and child endangerment.
Her trial began this week.
He added, “When she could conceal her daughter no longer, she took her daughter’s life.”
Richardson, who was 17 at the time, also sent a text message to her mother after she allegedly killed the child, reading, “I’m literally so excited for dinner to wear something cute yayy my belly is back now I am takin this opportunity to make it amazing,” reports said.
“I’m literally speechless with how happy I am,” Richardson also texted. “My belly is back omg I am never ever ever evertrrr letting it grt like this again your about to see me look freaking better than before omg,” People reported.
Her attorneys have argued that she buried the girl’s remains in the backyard. However, she said she did so after the child was stillborn and didn’t know what to do.
She was interviewed by Lt. John Faine and Officer Katie Gee in July 2017 about two months after she gave birth.
“I didn’t kill her though,” Richardson said while sobbing.
When questioned further, she said she placed the newborn in a shallow grave in her family’s backyard.
“Are you going to put me in jail because of that?” Richardson asked them.
Her parents, Scott and Kim Richardson, spoke to her about an hour after police questioned the teen.
Scott Richardson said that nothing she did “makes any sense,” adding that she should have said she was pregnant. “You did a horrible thing … you got pregnant, you had a baby in our house, and you didn’t tell us,” he said.
