What??? Not guilty?

Mrs. DCB-F

I'm not even sure I can comprehend that.  Fine, maybe the Prosecution couldn't prove beyond a reasonable doubt that she was guilty of 1st Degree Murder.  BUT HER CHILD WAS MISSING for 31 days!  Not aggravated manslaughter?

rbagsgirl

I am in utter disbelief right now...How could they not convict her of even CHILD ABUSE or something...The most she will be sentenced to is 1 year and will most likely get off for time served...I am sick to my stomach

CopperDog39

It really is shocking, everyone at my work has been following the case and we are all so outraged with the outcome.

meganinmaine

I'm confused about how they could find her guilty of lying to the police about it without finding her guilty *of* it.  If she didn't drown and she didn't kill her, WTH do they think happened?

Anyhow,  I'm not familiar enough with how this kind of stuff works but I've often wondered when big verdicts like this come out: what's to stop her from standing up when they read the not-guilty verdict and yelling, "Ha ha ha, I did it."?

Interrobang

 

This is really upsetting. I saw a post somewhere saying her life will still be hell because so many people will still think she's guilty and my first thought was that her life will be actually still be hell because she either killed or had something to do with the death of her child.  

tripin

So sad That poor little girl.

 

jgreg29

I was shocked.  I don't think the prosecution did a particularly good job but I don't think the defense did either.  I'm not sure how the jury got to the verdicts they did.

Glitzyklm

The part I find really hard to understand is the not guilty on child abuse.  I can't imagine a child being gone for 31 days and the primarly parent not found of neglect.

My only thought is maybe the state is going to prosecute as a civil trial for neglect and abuse counts.  This is really sad.

katsblaze

This really broke my heart when I heard not guilty.  I am with glitzyklm, I don't understand the child abuse piece.  How can a parent not know where there child is for 31 days, not report that she is even missing and get away with that?  I don't get it.

anthonydavis4188

Really shocking decision. She could have held guilty for child abuse. The poor girl was missing for whole 31 days. How could anyone stay calm with a missing children, if she had not killed her?