Brooke Richardson killed and buried her newborn in her backyard then went to the gym to work out. In 2017, Richardson, eighteen years old at the time, gave birth in the middle of the night. She did not alert anyone in her household that she was going into labor nor did anyone know that she was pregnant in the first place. She had planned to keep it a secret from her family and friends as long as she could. She claims that she wanted to go to prom and graduate before she told her mother that she was pregnant. She didn’t get to do that before giving birth just a few days before prom. 

Richardson also did not inform the child’s father that she was pregnant; he claims that they had only dated for a month and she never informed him about any pregnancy. When she gave birth to her daughter, she went out to her parents backyard to bury her daughter. To make sure to remember where her daughter was buried, she put a flower pot on top to mark the area; she was able to see this from the window of her room. 

Then, a few hours later she went to the gym and texted her mother, “I’m literally speechless with how happy I am. My belly is back omg I am never ever ever everrrr letting it get like this again your about to see me look freaking better than before omg.” (sic) 

A few months after her graduation, she was arrested. In 2017, investigators searched the home for the baby’s remains and found many bones and the skull. But, just recently, last month in September, her trial began officially. The jury had to decide if Richardson killed her daughter or the child was a stillborn baby. 

During the trial, it was said that Richardson had even searched how to get rid of a baby. One of the investigators that found the remains claims that they were very small and were often connected as if they were bones or rocks. They also said they found fingernails and some hair, and that was the only way they could identify the baby; there were no organs found. Richardson was charged with involuntary manslaughter and child endangerment but wasn’t found guilty.