Here’s what Richardson’s attorney and the Warren County prosecutor have told us about the case:
FROM THE DEFENSE
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- Defense attorney Charlie M. Rittgers entered a not guilty plea Monday on Richardson's behalf. Richardson, who graduated from Carlisle High School in May, is accused of giving birth to a baby just days after her prom, killing it, burning the body and burying it in the backyard of her home on Eagle Ridge Drive.
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- Rittgers was clear Monday: "I can tell you Brooke Skylar Richardson did not kill her baby," he said.
- He said the defense has filed motions for a bill of particulars of the indicted charges and evidence in the case.
- Rittgers said he anticipates the defense will have its own experts examine the remains of the infant.
- Richardson's family attended Monday's short hearing but left without comment.
FROM THE PROSECUTOR
- Warren County Prosecutor David Fornshell said that two days after the Carlisle High School prom, sometime between May 6 and May 7, Richardson gave birth to the newborn and caused the child's death. She reportedly burned the infant and then buried it in her backyard, Fornshell said.
- According to Fornshell, everything occurred over a period of a few hours after the baby was born. He said the baby was born at about 38 weeks to 40 weeks — full term. Carlisle police were notified July 14 by Richardson's OB-GYN's office about a possible stillborn baby, Fornshell said.
- Fornshell would not say how long the baby was alive before it was killed. "We may never know the medical cause of the baby's death," he said.
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- Fornshell declined to say what the sex of the baby was.
- "The matter is under investigation currently. It is an open and active investigation so I am not going to make any comments on what someone else may have done, what they knew, when the knew it," Fornshell said.
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