Crime & Justice

Ohio Cheerleader Found Not Guilty of Murdering Her Newborn Baby

ACQUITTED

The jury found Brooke Skylar Richardson guilty of abusing a corpse. The 20-year-old’s attorneys argued that she had experienced a stillbirth and buried the fetus in her backyard.

Pilar Melendez
Pilar Melendez 

Senior National Reporter

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Photo Illustration by The Daily Beast / Photo Courtesy Warren County Sheriff's Office
Pilar Melendez

Pilar Melendez

Senior National Reporter

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