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THE FIRST TIME WE HEARD FROM THE PATERNAL GRANDMOTHER. >> TWO YEARS, FOUR MONTHS, ONE WEEK. IN CASE YOU’RE WONDERING. THAT’S HOW OLD MY GRANDDAUGHTER WOULD BE IF SHE WERE HERE TODA KARIN: TRACY JOHNSON THE GRANDMOTHER WE HAVEN’T SEEN OR HEARD FROM UNTIL TODAY. >> AND AS HARD AS I’VE TRIED TO FIND THE RIGHT WORD TO DESCRIBE, BROKEN SHATTERED, DESTROYED, NONE OF THEM SEEM TO FIT THE AMOUNT OF PAIN I HAVE FELT EVE SINCE EE FOUND OUT THAT NOT ONLY DID I LOSE MY FIRST GRAND CHILD, THAT MY BABY, THAT I WOULD LAY DOWN MY LIFE FOR WITHOUT A THOUGHT LOST HIS FIRST CHILD AND SKYLAR HAD HAD NO INTENTION OF EVER LETTING US KNOW >> JOHNSON MADE IT CLEAR DURING SENTENCING SHE AND HER FAMILY AR JUST A MUCH A PART OF BABY ANNABELLE AS THE RICHARDSON’S ARE. >> I WOULD HAVE TAKEN HER IN WITH TREY AND RAISED HER WITH NO QUESTIONS ASKED. YOU COULD’VE GONE ON TO UC AND NEVER LOOKED BACK IF THAT’S WHAT SHE WANTED >> EVERY MAY 7 I DON’T GET TO HAVE A BIRTHDAY PARTY FOR MY FIRST GRANDCHILD INSTEAD I GET TO SEND HER BALLOONS TO HEAVEN WITH NOTES TELLING HER HOW MUCH HER DADDY LOVES HER, HOW MUCH I LOVE HER. HOW MUCH WE ALL LOVE HER >> SHE EXPRESSED SADNESS AND ANGER. >> SKYLAR KNEW AND DIDN’T TELL TREY. SHE’S KNOWN FROM THE VERY BEGINNING IT WAS HIS. KARIN: AFTER LISTENING TO JOHNSON, SKYLAR IN HER STATEMENT, BRIEFLY TURNED TO HER AND APOLOGIZED. >> I JUST WANT TO SAY HOW SORRY I WAS. I CAN SOMETIMES BE SELFISH BUT I WOULD LIKE TO THINK THAT I’VE BECOME BETTER AND I ACKNOWLEDGE THAT I’VE UPSET EVERYONE AND HURT SO MANY PEOPLE WITH WHAT I’VE DONE AND I’M FOREVER SORRY AND I’M SO SORRY. I’M REALLY REALLY SORR KARIN: A JURY ACQUITTED RICHARDSON ON THE CHARGES CONNECTED TO ANNABELLE’S DEATH, BUT JUDGE DON ODA SAYS RICHARDSON IS STILL TO BLAME. >> I FIRMLY BELIEVE MISS RICHARDSON, IN FACT, I KNOW IN MY HEART, THAT IF YOU WOULD HAVE MADE DIFFERENT DECISIONS IN THIS CASE, ANNABELLE WOULD BE HERE TODAY. >> AS WE LIVE WITH OUR GRIEF AND LOSS, SHE CAN NOW LIVE KNOWING THAT HER SELFISH DECISION WAS NOT HER ONLY CHOICE KARIN: AND AFTER THAT SENTENCING HEARING WHERE SKYLAR WAS GIVEN 3 YEARS PROBATION, HER UNCLE SPOKE ON THE FAMILIES BEHALF. HE DID NOT TAKE ANY QUESTIONS BUT THANKED THE RITTGERS, FRIENDS AND FAMILY WHO HAVE SUPPORTED THEM AS WELL AS TH

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Brooke Skylar Richardson, 20, will serve no additional jail time.Richardson was sentenced to three years community control for an abuse of corpse conviction. She was also sentenced to seven days in county jail, but was credited for time served.Judge Don Oda also ordered the remains of Richardson's child, Annabelle, be released to the Richardson family within seven days. Those remains are to be buried in a way that are accessible to both the Richardson family and the paternal Johnson family, Oda said.Annabelle's paternal grandmother, Tracy Johnson, spoke publicly for the first time Friday during the sentencing hearing."Two years, four months, one week. In case you're wondering, that's how old my granddaughter would be if she were here today, and as hard as I've tried to find the right word to describe- - broken shattered, destroyed -- none of them seem to fit the amount of pain I have felt ever since I found out that, not only did I lose my first grand child, that my baby, that I would lay down my life for without a thought, lost his first child, and Skylar had had no intention of ever letting us know," Johnson said.Johnson expressed anger and sadness."Every May 7, I don't get to have a birthday party for my first grandchild. Instead I get to send her balloons to heaven with notes telling her how much her daddy loves her, how much I love her, how much we all love her," Johnson said. "As we live with our grief and loss, she (Skylar) can now live knowing that her selfish decision was not her only choice."Oda also had words for Richardson in court."I think your choices before birth, during birth and after birth show a grotesque disregard for life," Oda said. "I firmly believe Miss Richardson, in fact, I know in my heart, that if you would have made different decisions in this case, Annabelle would be here today."It's the end of a lengthy ordeal for the young Carlisle, Ohio, mother. Prosecutors claimed she killed and buried her unwanted newborn in 2017, burying the baby in her backyard just days after her senior prom.She initially faced additional charges of aggravated murder, involuntary manslaughter and child endangerment, but a jury acquitted her of those charges Thursday.All that remained was an abuse of a corpse charge, a fifth-degree felony that Oda said carried a maximum sentence of six months in prison.Addressing the courtroom Friday before her sentencing was read, Richardson expressed remorse, saying in part, "I am sorry. I can some times be selfish. I'm forever sorry."Richardson's lawyers say the 20-year-old's health has deteriorated throughout the last two years, saying she is down to 89 pounds and is losing her hair.Richardson was 18 years old at the time she secretly gave birth to a baby girl at her Carlisle home in May 2017, then buried the remains."She was living under this dark cloud for the past two years. Living a -- quite frankly -- a nightmare and hopefully now that this is behind her, hopefully she will get help," said Charles H. Rittgers, the elder of Richardson's father-and-son lawyer team.The case divided people in her hometown of Carlisle, with Facebook pages devoted to it and some critics trying to record the Richardson family's comings and goings for social media.Prosecutors contended that the high school cheerleader wanted to keep her "perfect life" that included plans to begin classes at the University of Cincinnati. They said she hid her unwanted pregnancy and buried her baby in her family's backyard in May 2017, just after her senior prom.Her defense said Annabelle was stillborn, and that the teen was sad and scared.The remains were found about two months after she gave birth, buried in the backyard of her home where she lived with her parents in Carlisle, a village about 40 miles north of Cincinnati.A forensic pathologist who testified for the prosecution concluded the baby died from "homicidal violence." Prosecutors said Richardson had searched on the internet for "how to get rid of a baby." They played video for the jury of a police interview in which Richardson said the baby might have moved and made noises.Cincinnati psychologist Stuart Bassman said "Skylar was being manipulated" into making false statements during interrogations. He described Richardson as a vulnerable, immature person whose dependent personality disorder makes her want to please authority figures, even to the point of making incriminating statements that were untrue.Julie Kraft, an assistant prosecutor, suggested that besides wanting to please authorities, Richardson's desire to please her family and boyfriend and fear of them abandoning her could have motivated her to commit extreme acts.Her attorneys had had twice asked to move the trial that drew daily coverage from Court TV, citing intense publicity they said was fueled by the prosecution -- but the judge denied their motions.