LEBANON, Ohio (AP) - A judge expects to rule soon on disputed medical testimony for a former high school cheerleader’s trial on charges she killed and buried her newborn baby.
Attorneys for 19-year-old Brooke Skylar Richardson want Warren County Judge Donald Oda to bar prosecutors from presenting testimony from medical staff, citing doctor-patient privilege. Oda said Thursday he expects to rule soon. The trial is scheduled to begin Monday. An appeal of his ruling could lead to a delay.
Richardson was charged with aggravated murder, corpse abuse and other counts after her baby’s remains were found last July in Carlisle, a village some 40 miles (64 kilometers) north of Cincinnati.
The prosecutor alleges Richardson buried her full-term baby near her family’s home. Defense attorneys argue the baby was stillborn and that Richardson was scared.
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