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Their theory was that she had suffocated the baby.
A distraught Schuyler told her parents what she told police.
Just two weeks later, the case was presented to a grand jury.
who indicted her on a new devastating set of charges.
Schuyler was arrested again.
Warren County Prosecutor David Fornshell.
Aggravated murder, a charge that carries a mandatory life sentence in Ohio.
The other charges, involuntary manslaughter, endangering children, and abuse of a corpse.
Fornshell left no doubt that he had the evidence.
The motive, says Fornshell, a baby wouldn't fit into Schuyler's life.
Despite Skylar's incriminating statements, Kim and Scott say they intend to prove Skylar is innocent.
with the help of these two attorneys.
Skylar spent the weekend in jail until her family could come up with a $50,000 bond.
It was a surreal experience for her parents.
Schuyler emerged into a tabloid firestorm.
Following the prosecutor's sensational press conference, the court imposed a gag order, but the damage had already been done.
On social media, Skylar and her family were vilified.
And in some ways, is this like kind of the modern Salem witch trials?
There were threats and a constant drumbeat of vitriol.