where is skylar? she said that skylar insisted they drop her off at the end of the street so we wouldn't hear her sneaking back in. >> now that missing screen and bench outside skylar's window made sense. skylar had put it there to boost herself up so she could get back in. but it left them with a terrifying possibility. >> my first instinct was, someone abducted her from the end of the street to our house. >> dave called the police. >> i have a daughter that's 16 years old. apparently, she snuck out of her room last night and she hasn't been seen since. none of her friends can gotten ahold of her. i can't find her. >> what's her name? >> skylar neese. >> their world had fallen apart. their only daughter had been disappeared into the night and now she had been gone nearly 24 hour. where was skylar? >> the investigation begins and concern for skylar begins to grow. coming up. >> just had this horrible feeling in my heart that something terrible had happened. >> mary told me that night, something is wro

these -- these people have gotten death threats. >> how's skylar doing?er than -- i mean what she was before. she is enrolled in a new eating disorder program. she's working at the lawyer's office where she has been working, and she's hoping to start college in january. >> erin moriarty. you can see the report "the case against brooke skylar richardson" tomorrow at 10:00, 9:00 central on cbs. >>> and vladimir duthiers is looking at the stories you'll be talking about today. what do we have? >> police are investigating a disturbing incident at a private christian school. why a 12-year-old girl says she ♪ (dramatic orchestra) performance comes in lots of flavors. there's the amped-up, over-tuned, feeding-frenzy-of sheet-metal-kind. and then there's performance that just leaves you feeling better as a result. that's the kind lincoln's about. ♪ (beep) the ups and downs of frequent mood swings can plummet you to extreme lows. lift you to intense highs. (muffled arguing) or, make you feel both at once. vraylar effectively treats depression, acute manic and mixe

brooke skylar richardson faced life in prison. breaking news correspondent trace gallagher live now with the very latest on this story tonight. trace. >> martha, when the jury of seven women, five men only deliberated for hours, legal experts largely predicted that brooke skylar richardson, who goes by schuyler, would be found not guilty of the most serious charges. during the trial, which lasted just under two weeks, prosecutors argued that richardson didn't want the baby saying that she desperately tried to hide her pregnancy and when the infant was born, she killed it, buried it, and cleaned up the mess. they also presented text messages that appeared to indicate the teen was happy the baby was gone and that she had gotten her figure back saying that skyler wrote "my belly is back, oh, my god." if prosecutors told the jury that belly was her child, that belly was her daughter and most notably, prosecutors also pointed out that during the second police interrogation, skyler richardson admitted that she killed and burned her baby

their dashcam video picked up skylar, the junior lifeguard, leading a very shaken terra to the curb.bottom okay? >> reporter: where, still terrified, she called her mother. >> i think i might have killed him. i'm sorry. [ crying ] i'm sorry. i knew this was going to happen. did i not tell you he was going to try to hurt us? >> she said, "mom, i just killed your husband. i'm so sorry." and i'm thinking, "what?" >> reporter: debra raced over there. >> you could see police cars blocking it off, fire engines. it was crazy. >> reporter: they wouldn't let you in? >> they said it was a crime scene. >> reporter: john meehan never regained consciousness. and four days later, dirty john was dead. right after the attack, newport beach detective rick henry found john's killer, terra, at the hospital. her dog still guarding her. >> and she told me the whole story. >> the whole story's a pretty complicated mess? >> yes. >> reporter: as doctors treated terra's wounds, detective henry began investigating. the whole family waited and worried. >> reporter: so what were you afraid of? >> well, i didn't

now 20-year-old brooke skylar richardson acquitted of the most serious charges. the jury clearing her of aggravated murder, involuntary manslaughter and child endangerment charges. prosecutors claiming richardson didn't want to be a teen mom, so when she gave birth alone at home in 2017, just days after her senior prom, prosecutors say she killed her daughter and buried her, never telling anyone. but the defense countering, the baby was stillborn, playing a police interview where richardson described those moments. >> did you ever hear a cry or a whimper? were her eyes opened or closed? >> they were closed. >> they were closed. >> reporter: when richardson went back to the doctor to obtain birth control two months later, she told doctors what she had done. they called police. richardson was found guilty of abuse of a corpse. she'll be sentenced tomorrow and faces up to a year in jail. david? >> stephanie ramos tonight. epni thank >>> meantime, we have been watching the urgent hunt for a husband and wife wanted for murder. on the run after overpowering their guard

we followed one of them to see how she prepares for her role as a skylar sister.ee this day in the life of sabrina sloan. >> 4:00, i start my warmup. it's probably about half an hour. i do a lot of rapping in the show. if you're talking a lot during the day and rapping a lot, it's easy to wear out the voice. so i have to strengthen the whole voice. it's very much like being an athlete. ♪ that all men are created equal ♪ when i meet thomasev thomase r will compel him to include in bill ♪ >> we will go through all the moments of the day until she walks through the stage door at shn. we have this special today on midday live. it starts at 11:00, right after "the view." we hope you come back to us then. if you're walking out the door now, set that dvr. >> it's easy to think they just wake up this fabulous and they get out here and they perform and they're just amazing. >> did i tell you i went to school with her? >> no. >> we were in the same a cappella in college. >> small world. >> i don't know if she remembers me, but i remember her. >> she'll remember you. >> i ho

brooke skylar richardson was acquitted of the most serious charges including murder but was convictede of a corpse. the judge told richardson the young woman had a grotesque disregard for life after the infant's body was found buried in richardson's back yard. richardson was 18 at the time. >> i'm forever sorry, and i -- i'm so sorry. i'm really, really sorry and wanted. >> reporter: brooke skylar richardson emotional before learning she would be sentenced to three years of probation and seven days in jail. >> i can sometimes be selfish, but i would like to think i've become better with the knowledge that i've upset everyone and hurt so many people with what i've done. >> reporter: the trial began last week with prosecutors arguing richardson kept her pregnancy a secret and never intended to keep her baby. >> brooke took her own daughter's life, destroyed all evidence of her birth, and buried her in the back yard. >> reporter: in an interrogation room in 2017 she described the events of the birth. >> how did you know you were going to have her? did you have -- >> i could feel it, some

. >> skylar, rachel, sheila.ll the time. >> you thought of them as a team. >> the three of them became inseparable.

. >> we the jury in the above captioned case find the defendant brooke skylar richardson not guilty ofy of involuntary manslaughter. not guilty of child endangerment. >> reporter: former high school cheerleader brooke skylar richardson is seen here sobbing and shaking after being found not guilty of the most serious charges that she faced. her mother sitting behind her told her she loved her. >> i love you so much. >> reporter: the 20-year-old is accused of killing her newborn baby girl and burying her in her parents' backyard while in high school but richardson claiming the child was stillborn. >> there were people on the jury who believed that notwithstanding that fact that we didn't have the evidence to prove it beyond a reasonable doubt because we could not present medical cause of death. >> reporter: the prosecution claims richardson seen here at her senior prom in 2017 just two days before giving birth did not want to be a teen mom. you can see in this photo her baby bump on display on her prom night just two days before she went into labor at home in the middle of the night with

brooke skylar richardson was charged with aggravated murder.her not guilty on all charges except corpse abuse. a judge sentenced her to three years probation for that. her parents telling cbs that prosecutors offered to drop the aggravated murder charge in exchange nor a guilty plea and 15 years in prison. she took the risk and went to trial. the dallas couple accused of killing her neighbor when she went into the wrong apartment took the stand. amber guyger collapsing in tears as she described what happened on that night. casey stegall reporting live from the courthouse. casey? >> shepard, she had shown emotion in court before especially listening as she made the frantic 911 call that night after realizing she was not in her apartment and that she had just shot an innocent man. the tears really started flowing today once evidence from the night was pulled out. september of last year. her department issued police gear, her bulletproof vest and then the service weapon that she used. testifying that she fired off two shots because she thought 26-

have had this ongoing feud about command and rank, largely arnold had been loyal to general phillip skylar, you probably remember his daughters from again another musical. he's really resistant to gates. arnold is actually going to be ordered by gates to leave the battlefield, but he defies orders and single-handedly charges in and stops a potential retreat and he pushes it forward and ultimately there is a victory in saratoga and arnold is going to be wounded, he's going to be shot in the leg and he's going to fall back and his horse is going to fall on top of him and his men are going to rush to him and carry him off the field as if he was a spartan soldier and he is asked, general, how are you? he goes, you're wounded in the leg. and he says, i had rather it been my heart. so he's looking for this glorious end, this romantic sort of classical death. had he died right there he is probably one of the greatest american heroes of all time. so nowadays we go to saratoga battlefield they just had a statue of his leg where he got shot. it's a patriotic leg, the rest of him is a problem. so the

. >> 9-year-old skylar is celebrating that difference with her plan for a diversity center. >> diversityeel like they do. >> these three boys embracing the theme of community by merging their projecting into one. >> right here we felt like that was a community to us. >> their conception a miniature park with music and dancing. >> i enjoy dancing because it shows myself and who i am. >> it doesn't matte where you're from, how you look or like if you play bad, it doesn't matter, you have to have fun. the people in the community is not just one single, it's the whole earth moving together. [ applause ] >> ah, the message, incredible students here are here to talk about their creations. good morning, everybody. >> all: good morning. >> i wanted to feel that teacher feel. jermiah, let's start with you. i know you built something special. tell us about it. >> i built a basketball court so everybody could come together and have fun and the players on the court could show sportsmanship. [ applause ] >> i imagine you like basketball. big fan. who is your favorite team? >> i say lakers. >> okay. j