Chris McNabb and Cortney Bell are on trial for the 2017 murder of their 2-week-old daughter Caliyah. Lawyers made closing statements in the 6-day-trial on Tuesday.
Honestly, I wondered about the way the baby was found with Chris's belongings. Honestly, what murderer deliberately puts their belongings with the dead body? Wrapped in mens' clothes, put in his gym bag. Part of me is really wondering if Courtney did that to frame him. Because that night she was mad at him for talking to a girl on Facebook. As a matter of fact, the first thing she says when he calls her from jail, is why was he talking to girls on Facebook. Not "where is the baby" .. Not "why did u do this" .. But why was he talking to females on Facebook. Seems fishy to me and that whole thing gives me doubt.
I've said this same thing the entire time. She did it and threw him under the bus as the easy target. She was mad that she was sleeping with her COUSIN and having kids with him and he was looking outside the family tree for a new girl. Baby was prob crying and she was in meth rage and killed the baby
To simply make it look like he was being setup!!!!! Thts a no brainer...I think they both knew about it...I think they got in a fight and the baby was killed in the process...Example the wife could have thrown something at him ,he moves strikes and kills the baby!!!!! I guarantee its something of tht nature.... One thing i knw 4 sure is tht lawyer did a shitty job and damn sure didn't help him...
@@HNA6663 he showed no mercy on mcnabb!! The mother will still have a chance at life..she will be in her late 40s when she's released...Another perfect example of sexist in ths country!!!!! I believe whatever happened was an accident...Yes they are shitty parents/dopeheads,but she should have gotten more than him!!!! A mother is supposed to be the first line of defense when it comes to her baby!!!!! Nor should he have gotten life.....
Courtney actually looked at the autopsy photos. All of them! Chris didn't look at them once. He hid his face from everyone the entire time. He couldn't bare to see what he did. He is trash. HE IS GUILTY!!!
MyBallzGotShocked it really is pretty wild that this meth sloth was able to do this crime with no “ahh HA!” moment for the state to throw out to the jury....He did it 1000%, but he totally, on accident, did this without giving anyone important (or even us just watching) that “ahhh HA!” here’s exactly how he did it type deal all tied up with a bow of when, how, where, etc of how it all went down...I so wish he woulda plead for something in return for a confession...Not taking life of the table but giving him certain prison privileges that can be offered in return for information...At least there would be closure on why and what caused this horrid tragedy!!!
These defense attorneys can't articulate well, can't speak with any conviction, their arguments don't flow, they're unprepared, unrehearsed and an epic fail!!! They're cringe worthy to watch!...... "dash cams" 🙄🤦♀️
He has alot of points tho you cant charge someone based off of coincidences, you have to have proof and she could have set him up cause she found out he was cheating
Pamela Morris I cant believe that neither defense attorney reference the fact that something woke up and scared the two year old. Think back to initial arrival of police and what the mother said. She said the two year old was crying and upset and she was comforting her. Nobody, and I mean no oft even thought about the fact something woke up that two year old? Maybe I’m crazy but the two year old didn’t just come in there to tell them the baby was gone. She wouldn’t have just noticed that the baby wasn’t in there. Something had to bring it to her attention. She saw something and it woke her up and scared her.
Sorry, but this whole trial was weak. The states case was weak. The defense was definitely weak. The state has failed this child right from birth. There’s so much doubt. The ONLY thing that they proved was that: 1. A beautiful innocent child suffered greatly before death ( Neglect- the other child suffered as well ). 2. Meth was abundant amongst this group of people. 3. And that they’re first cousins. Last I heard, addiction is a disease, not proof positive of murder. Did he tweak out and kill Caliyah? Maybe. But that’s going on feelings only. Did he have time to do it? Maybe. Did she set him up? Maybe. Did she do it? Maybe. Too much reasonable doubt. Guilt by emotions. We may never know. 💔❤️ R.I.P. Baby Caliyah ❤️💔
The odds that someone else came in that house and bashed their baby's head in to the point her brain was liquefied and then dumped her lil body by their house is near zero.
@@lolasmom5816 yeah this is what I always say whenever people say that he's not really guilty. Like really? Then what happened to that child and why was he acting so sus? His Facebook named was even Jordyn headcrack!! He changed it to that the day baby went missing and she was found with her head messed up inside a Jordan backpack. We're not exactly dealing with a criminal mastermind over here
I couldn't agree with you more. Of course I want justice for this baby but there is absolutely NO evidence on this man. The court failed him with that bad defense lawyer
While I do believe Chris and Cortney both had something to do with this, the state did not have any hard evidence. They were convicted based on their drug habits. The stigma of being meth users was what earned them their guilty verdicts.
Exactly. I don't think they are innocent, but that isn't enough to convict someone of murder. In addition to their drug use and horrible parental skills, their attorneys sucked
gabbi geo I feel exactly the same! The entire prosecution was built around what nasty poor people they are? The woman who said he got his willie out? Did she really just sit there? Not complain to anyone? Refuse to deal with him again! He’s a creepy looking guy, but no wonder he ran? To the mums mum” how many children do you have, by how many fathers!! Mick Jagger has children by 5 different women? The McCanns both Drs left 3 children of ages 3 & 2 years alone all night whilst on holiday sadly there daughter disappeared?? No charges?? 7 DRS In total we’re leaving children of kindergarten age alone every night? Did the other child have any signs of abuse? I’m sure prosecution would have found out if there had been? Just hand them over to lunch mob in future!! Save time & money!!
I think they are both guilty they tripped out on meth and a innocent newborn didn’t have a chance. I hope that the surviving daughter ends up having a good life and is safe for her lifetime
I found 1 study that said that 10% were more violent when off the drug and 60% of heavy users were more violent when off the drug, but that also means that they aren't meth'd up. So you aren't just going to kill a baby because of meth.
I don’t believe in blaming your actions on any substance, dui or drug induced for example. The main issue in this case a newborn child suffered for no reasons. Any kind of drug alcohol makes anyone’s judgement off their norm.
He is THE last defence attorney i would ever hope for. He 'umms' and 'errs' the whole time . Nearly calling the baby by a different name every time he refers to her. Even if McNabb had not been reported for hurting a child previously, his damning evidence of violence upon other people , INCLUDING his very pregnant girlfriend , CANNOT be ignored. The defence attorney asks " What happened " ? - METH is what happened. Clearly.
Exactly, from day one I have said that I don't believe they are guilty. And there is absolutely no evidence to say he is guilty. I don't know how a jury convicted him, on what evidence? I don't get it.
This is so out of character for me but for some reason I just don’t know if he did it. I think he’s just the easiest & most convenient answer to a case that has very little evidence. He definitely isn’t a stellar member of society but, I don’t get the sense that he’s a killer. I could be totally wrong though. The Mom seems more guilty in my eyes than Chris...but, once again I could be totally wrong. Regardless, they both were/are negligent parents & created an unsafe environment for their children. Such a sad case!
I agree these two people should not have had custody of any kind of children, hell they shouldn't even be allowed around animals! However, I think they are guilty as sin, 2 week old babies don't just walk away! Why would someone kill a new born? If it was a kidnapping who would kidnap a kid from a trailer park, the parents had no money to pay their own rent, let alone a ransom. If it was somehow drug related, drug dealers don't kill babies, the baby didn't take their drugs without paying, especially when the actual drug users are 3 feet away?! Not to mention Chris seems like a true leech and was asking someone else to supply him with drugs. If it was some woman desperate for baby, those type of abductors tend to keep the baby for themselves. I don't know any newborn that sleeps more than 4 hours so the timeline seems off! If someone was coming to the trailer with premeditated bad intentions then I'm sure they would not have used a bag that's already in the house, and who is looking around a meth head's house trying to steal their kid and stops to rummage around in their house for a damn bag! This is horrible situation, but I think perhaps they were both in a drug induce state and maybe he went to beat Courtney again while she was holding the baby, maybe she used the baby as some kind of shield against his blows and this was some half baked idea to keep them both out of jail!
You took the words right out of my mouth! At first I really thought he did it but after listening to their jailhouse calls the first time that reconfirmed my original opinion, but after reviewing the calls again multiple times I think she did it and sounded like she was on speaker with the cops there by the phone trying to get him to admit he killed Caliyah. And just to clarify, just because I don’t think he did it doesn’t mean I think he is a good parent! Also, Chris has shown so much more emotion throughout this trial than Cortney has.
Casey S. Manning the toddler if you look at the injuries the mouth damage this is an easy problem to solve any toddler exposed to domestic violence will jam a bottle in the mouth of a baby doll most often literally beating it in the mouth. Now why would the grown father put the infants head through the arm hole of an adult T-shirt ? now give an adult T-shirt to a toddler and tell me 9 out of 10 times what hole they pop their head through? He had no idea that baby was found in his bag. Police cam showed Courtney say the toddler is always trying to pick the baby up and carry her around is that a quick idea thrown in Incase they come across the bag before mommy can get rid of it? she also stated in that same footage that they were asleep while the two little ones were in the back until they were woken up by the toddler freakin out. Ok so toddler plays aggressive mommy baby and dress up probably drops baby a few times then puts baby in a bag to carry like a purse and normally if heels are around they throw some nice heels on with the ol diaper but they always toss the baby in the bag especially if no stroller is near by. Now the question is who found that bag with that baby knew what was up and got rid of the bag. If he never left with a bag and he did leave from the home to go look around question one was Courtney saying “they say she was found in your bag” but already knew this and was this why she kept needing to stop to get extra high and run from her demons orrrrrr did she demand on stopping by that piece of shit mothers house to “get high” to actually see if the emotionless addict she didn’t know of a mother had handled some business for her. If anyone would have been able to leave a kid in the woods and sit on the stand with zero emotions that piece of crap would. My theory is the toddler because honestly I don’t think anyone else would really have stopped to cause this type of damage but a toddler well we have all witnessed how they dress a doll feed a doll punish a doll especially if they have witnessed violence in a home. The head through the sleeve and that police cam footage did it for me . The question is who found it and got rid of it. Maybe a mother who never behaved like a mother and felt she could do something for her kid I mean especially when it turns out it’s two relatives fuckin anyway. On the case with Sarah L .
@@sarahl4984 Are you seriously blaming the toodler? There is no way. The toddler would have told on herself by now. Why? Because she is a toddler and they don't know how to lie. If that is how she played with her dolls its because that is what she saw others do to someone or something else.
I feel he was found guilty mainly because of the tattoos, lifestyle and social group, NOT because the evidence was there. Sure, he responded wrongly, but drug addicts do that.
Yeah…it had nothing to do with where the baby was found, what she was in, or his heavy drug use and history of abusing his cousin/the mother of his children. FOH
Omg prosecutor lady? Somebody keeping you up? 🤨Did no one ever teach you to cover your mouth when you’re yawning? 😐Nobody wants to see what you had for breakfast!!!!! 😒 Classy, professional? NOT!!!🙄
candace Nischalke That’s because they are in court! They can’t just be loud during closing arguments! SO, They write notes back and forth. Geez you people are idiots! Let’s see you become a lawyer or police and see how tired you get! 🤦🏼♀️
@@jennk7987 whether in court or not she should not be yawning so rude. Here in the UK she would not even get hired as a prosecuter her manners were awful especially the yawning (Rude as )and people are moaning about the man on trial and his behaviour.Her behaviour was an utter disgrace she is meant to set an example.
Sadly it is true. It is. And once the media takes hold of your trial story, they can sway it any which way they like. And theres NO WAY NO JURY MEMBER DOESN'T WATCH THE NEWS OR GO ON SOCIAL MEDIA AND GET INFLUENCED. ITS IMPOSSIBLE. UNLESS, YOU PUT THEM IN A HOTEL WITH NO TV. TAKE THEIR PERSONAL CELL PHONES AND MONITOR THE CALLS MADE FROM THE HOTEL ROOMS IM SORRY BUT I DO NOT TRUST MY PEERS, NOR A JUDGE TO SENTENCE ME IF I WERE IN THEIR SHOES. NO FUCKING WAY IS IT EVER GOING TO BE FAIR. NOT WITH TODAYS WORLD AND THE ACCES TO INFORMATION AT YOUR FINGERTIPS. DONT LET DRUG ADDICTS AROUND YOUR BABY.
This defense attorney is the worst at his job that I have personally seen both in the case in general and closing arguments. Called no witnesses at all? In a capital case? Really? And asked hardly any questions in cross? Piss poor excuse of a lawyer.
Good point. He did not even have his sleeves fitted for him. He probably thought calling no witness would appear as if he had no need for any? Besides: what could they possibly state? That he is a nice guy? This lawyer definitely has his own issues and - who knows - maybe that way chris can get a new trial, because I somehow feel that his nightmare of a wife framed him. Nonetheless, juries don't like face tattoos and appealing to common sense like his lawyer tried in his argument is also not working due to Chris being a meth head with face tattoos....he never expected much from life and now he gets exactly that!
The bleeding hearts of the world are gonna be mad BUT I don't believe he did this. I fully believe SHE killed that baby and threw him under the bus because he was an easy target. Based solely off evidence presented at trial, I would not have been able to convict him. WAY too much reasonable doubt. Those jurors should be ashamed of themselves. Way too many loopholes. I'm glad he appealed
I am a victim of domestic violence and am always first to blame the male because of trauma… but this man, I can see his responses are pure, I don’t believe he did it! Also I think he was a little more occupied with trying to chat to other girls etc etc, that’s just too much for a man to deal with at one time.. now of the texts were on a different night , might be different. I believe she did it in revenge for him texting that girl that night! 100% motive!!!
From what was said on the phone call between them, I believe he did it. Period. She said to him 'What happened? I was asleep. There was nobody else there! Who else would have done this?' And the defense lawyer is a riot. "Just because a guy beats up his wife doesn't mean he'll do it to his kids!" No, but it raises the chances 1000 fold.
If she wanted to set him up she could've blamed him from the start or after they found the body. She could've taken the stand and talked about all the times he beat her up or all the fucked up shit he's done. She could've even just made up some shit if she was really trying to set him up. I've watched the whole trial and read the transcript's for all 6 of their interview's I don't doubt he killed her at all. Especially when they had proof he was up messaging a girl at 9:42am when he was supposedly asleep.
@@skincarver1797 with them being on meth all the time I highly doubt any of their timelines could be creditable knowledge of their own... Someone knows more then what theyre telling tho.
The mouth damage the head damage turning the brain to liquid would be overkill for a grown man to have an accident with the baby . Hand a T-shirt to a toddler and tell me the first hole they pop their head through? 8 of 10 times it will be an arm hole now the autopsy woman says the baby’s head was through the arm of the shirt now give a toddler a baby doll and a bottle especially one exposed to domestic violence and the toddler will force feed and even strike the doll in the mouth angrily force feeding the doll. So the mouth trauma. Now go watch the police cam of the first officer in the trailor and the mother says they were asleep while the toddler and newborn were in the back. Now how would anyone take the baby and get past the parents no need because the toddler played dress up puttin the baby’s head through the arm of the T-shirt wrapping it in the blanket and guarantee decided to use the bag to now carry the baby around. Ok pause now Courtney says the toddler was screaming freaking out and based on the same body cam footage the bag could have easily just been in the pile of stuff. Ok so how did the bag get to the woods .... based on testimony and I watched all of it lol they had MANY MANY people in and out of the house searching. Cool so let’s say spin searching just one of those people opened a bag found the baby that Clarissa had fed changed and carried around and decided they were not gonna let the toddlers life be traumatized with the idea that she killed her new born baby sister over simply letting the very disliked Chris mcnabb take the charge so they put the bag in that special area. If I had to guess I’d say the very disconnected mother of 7 who didn’t admit she was Courtney’s mother and very easily could put a dead baby in a bag in the woods like it meant nothing. Listening to the jail house call you easily can tell he had no idea the baby was found in his bag. His voice is totally different when something like he was messaging another woman was the topic. He’s a piece of shit but the way the baby was found and the damages would have been pointless overkill but a toddler who it was also stated was always picking the baby up was who did this and the baby was put in the woods later. I rest my case.
I just finished watching this trial and I’m thinking along the same lines .. I think the toddler was playing with the baby and something happened. Chris and Courtney panicked and tried to cover it up .. no, they weren’t the best of parents and had lots of problems but I don’t think they physically did this horrible crime. Chris needs the shit kicked out of him for beating up on Courtney but I really think this all points to the toddler! That precious baby girl .. Rest In Peace! 💫🕊
If that happened why wasn't there any blood found in the house? The state said he killed her in the kids room during a meth rage. She was struck with a blunt object. Yet no blood was present in the house at all. No murder weapon was found either. They were definitely convicted based on their character rather than evidence. Not saying they're innocent, but what if someone else did kill the baby? We won't know because the forensics side of the investigation was conducted so poorly. Also the cadaver dogs were out searching for the baby in the same woods a day before she was found. So Chris had the baby in a spot the k-9s couldn't find, then moved her back 100ft from his house? That doesn't make any sense. It rained the first night she went missing, then she was found the next day, completely dry. There are a lot of strange details in this case that created more than enough reasonable doubt.
@@AnUnapologeticApologist i agree with everything you said... And ive asked meth addicts if someone could have an experience like that and not remember just bc i wanted to know the things that they can feel or remember or whatever about meth use and i was told no. That if one of them killed that baby they would deffinatly remember it
In his 3rd interview Chris said "I've wondered if maybe I was so so high that maybe an accident did happen?" He hasn't even convinced himself he didn't do it. Then he started talking about hallucinating, having out of body experiences and his soul leaving his body. Some of the stuff he said in those interrogation/interview's definitely hurt his case.
He remembers what he did. His lying is pretty obvious to people with experience dealing with sociopaths. He suggested it might have been an accident, because he was fishing for a more lenient plea deal.
I truly believe one of those two killed her BUT there seriously was no evidence. I'm glad they are in jail but in all honesty....they should have been found innocent if you going on "beyond a reasonable doubt" and "innocent until proven guilty".
The girl did because she caught him talking to a Chic on the Facebook so she used their child as revenge and now she’s blaming Chris. I believe Chris McNabb is Innocent 💯
I think that too . I think she got so mad she killed the kid and I do believe he helped her cover it up though..That's why he said "You know I didn't do this" to courney on that jailhouse call. Either he is innocent or he's the world's best actor.
The baby being in his bag isn't evidence? Changing their stories isn't evidence? Lying isnt evidence? What there is no evidence of is the claim someone came into their house, took their baby, bashed her head in, stuffed her in his bag, and then dumped her by their house all while they slept on the couch and didn't wake up.
@@lolasmom5816 idk the guy seems to be a career criminal, seems like he would be way smarter than to put his own dead child wrapped in his bag you know? Also"beyond a reasonable doubt"but Idk theres nothing solid connecting it, I dont think its likely for anyone to break in but how do they know its him and not her? etc like they dont even have enough evidence to decide who did what. they dont even know what killed her, like what object was used etc. I want justice for this baby, i want whoever did this to rot, but it leaves so many questions unanswered. They should have polygraphed.. I mean casey anthony got out of killing her daughter despite tons and tons and tons of evidence but nothing solid enough. If theese people had more money for a different lawyer im sure theyd be free today
that said these people DEFINITELY never should have been parents, the drugs run rampant but im sure there is way more to this story, im sure there were other people in the house that night, im sure theyre too high to even talk about what happened etc
@@lexiereinhardt6101 it’s really hard to say what went on in that house. No one will ever know. I doubt even the people IN the house know because they were so pickled they couldn’t comprehend what was going on and probably can’t even remember clearly. They may “think” they know what happened but the mind can’t be an interesting thing, remembering things that really didn’t happen, especially when high on meth. That poor baby will never have true justice served. Sure the parents should be in prison if they did or didn’t kill her because had it not been for them she’d be Alive BUT whoever sent that sweet baby home with those idiots should also be held responsible for her death!
Absolutely, the guy already looks bad, uses meth, and his attorney is weak af. He's weaker than a virgins legs after getting shagged for 2h straight. He is that weak. WTF he's stuttering, changing words dates, stumbling, mumbling, you don't get a sense of "is he done yet, oh here he goes again". But still the state has no fucking good evidence. They should have looked for dna/blood on Mcnabb the baby etc so on. This is crazy
I am suspicious of the DRUG DEALING mama PAM that was messing with or had feelings for her DAUGHTER'S piss poor excuse of a man!!!!! She told Chris to jump out of the car, after they learned the baby had been found.
And THE BABY NOT BEING WHERE SHE WAS FOUND LATER MIGHT JUST BE BECAUSE THE PAM LADY LATER TOOK THE BABY THERE .ITS OBVIOUS SHE ALREADY KNEW CHRIS NEEDED TO RUN.AND HELPED HIM GET OUT OF CAR AND RUN. WHY? DID SHE ALREADY KNOW WHAT HAPPEN ? I THINK SO .J.M.O. ITS JUST ODD THAT A INNOCENT FATHER RUNS AND THAT THE GRANDMOTHER TOLD CHRIS TO GET OUT OF THAT CAR AND SHE EVEN GOT OUT AND OPEN HIS DOOR FOR HIM TO GET OUT BCUZ IT WAS ON CHILD LOCK. !!! HMM. I THINK ITS FISHY MYSELF.
It's odd that the backpack was found after day 2 of searching with dogs and search parties close to the main trail.. It's odd that it was found dry while it was pouring rain....and they were both never alone after the 911 call and have alibis that testified to this. Food for thought
The clothes in the bag were wet thats why the officer that opened the bad didnt send certain items off to be tested bc they were wet... Other items found there were dry.
The jury did not do their job. They went on emotions not evidence. If there is reasonable doubt a jury MUST find the defendant(s) not guilty. It happened in the Casey Anthony case. If ever a woman should have been found guilty when there was reasonable doubt it was then. Unfortunately, for Caylee, the jury did the job they were choosen to do properly. A little sad how their names are close/similar.
Chris struck courtney in the face and head.....just like the baby. His bag....his stash area and he said his self...."only bad things happen in there" (forest)
Chris said at his sentencing he wont be filing anything against his lawyer, that his lawyer did a great job. Well, that is why he is going to prison for the rest of his life. He needs to appeal. He is too emotional to have done it. I feel the Crystal did it for whatever reason. It doesn't seem like she wanted the baby. She was stone cold during the trail. I wonder if he took a lie detector test.
Chris is feigning respect for the legal system in order gain favor from the judge. Aside from that, this is most likely a free public defender. They're not really qualified to defend you from charges like this. He would most likely get a new, equally crappy attorney if he complained about this one.
Any thoughts about this baby being a reaction to him beating a man stupid ? I'm not standing up for any one or any thing I'm just saying wouldn't that give reason for his bag ? I mean the person he beat up made sure to say I left a bag behind with " a broken necklace " in it doesn't that seem like a wired thing to be dragging around with you ? And why bring up that little useless detail ? I find that strange . I also don't like having this many ?????? With a life sentence. I'm not ok with it at all because what happens when you are in there seat you would want then to try you on facts not feelings . I would .
As I got threw the case more they said he was in jail how ever people in there world have friends sick friends . I just feel not that he couldn't have not even that he wouldn't have done it I just feel that no one has proven beyond a shadow of a doubt that he did . I saw no real proven evidence blood prints hair so on so forth and by what I am hearing said in court . NO ONE IS SAFE ANY MORE .. No one has to have proof any more . That is a very dangerous line to straddle at some point each and every one of us my find ourselves getting cut just by landing in the wrong place at the wrong time . Open eyes working brains and I can not say this enough put your phones down and see the world around you . Larry Nasser got away with raping over 160 very young athletes in front of many of the parents and couches why because they where on there phones one said I should have looked up . LOOK UP WORLD .
First of all I want to say.... I feel like one of the parents did kill the child....Second of all I don't think that there was enough evidence for a conviction. Third I could not have come to the GUILTY VERDICT for either of these parents even though I FELT that one of them did this and the other one helped cover it up. I do think that they are both despicable as HUMANS and even worse for the way they treated their children.
RUN FREE I agree! I was telling my husband the exact same thing. They would have to deal with the guilt the rest of their lives, I could not send someone without enough evidence. That would be on me and effect me the rest of my life..
If they hire good lawyers and appeal they could get off especially courtney. They fucked this case so bad with their botched investigation full of nothing but circumstantial evidence.
I agree. I to said to my husband, I couldn't find them guilty because it was not proven beyond a shadow of a doubt. Chris' attorney was point on when he said the jury had to find him not guilty if they did their job correctly. This is a horrible event.
I think the parents should both be in prison. For her murder specifically? Maybe not but for negligence and putting her in that situation to begin with. I also think whoever made the decisions to allow her to leave the hospital with those freaks should also be held accountable. Had someone truly cared and taken that baby from those meth heads, put her in a loving home with her sister she’d be alive today. So CPS should 100% be held accountable every single time they allow these parents, who they KNOW are always high to have the freedom to take a sweet innocent baby home. They KNOW what kind of people they are yet they send them right on home with a little innocent baby. So yes, every time this happens, the CPS workers involved and agree to let the parents take the babies home should be held accountable and maybe, just maybe less babies will die or be severely harmed 😭
As a mother who has just tragically lost a child I can’t understand how another human can do harm to their child I would give my life to give my son his life back
It sounds like Chris had alot of enemies. I believe he was set up. Drugs are dangerous and people who use them are dangerous. The mom was also involved with drugs. The dogs and police searches should have found the baby. I've watched the whole trial. The police took the easy way out. Just because they aren't likable doesn't make them guilty.
100%! That trailer had a few entry’s and wouldn’t be that hard to sit in the bush and wait for the trailer to go “quiet” … sneak in, grab a baby, some belongings to tie the parents to it. And there ya go! If they crashed out after being on drugs then chances are they weren’t sleeping lightly! It was handled so badly I’d almost assume that LE are involved in a cover up
Did they drug test those 2 before they allowed them to take the baby home from the hospital? If not dont they need to start doing that? Shouldn't the hospital and the state of Georgia have that burden? Children aren't allowed to be taken home without a car seat properly installed.
Drugs stay in your system for days so that would be hard to do. They may have the drugs in their system but not necessarily be high. Either way they should have not even let them take the child. People like them should be neutered or spade like a dog so they cant have kids!!
There are some addicts that can handle their dope though. Some of them can get high as a kite and still be a better parent than you or I could. Ofcourse, one shouldn't get high with a newborn baby or use drugs around their children period in my opinion. Just saying though, some users are functioning addicts and most people would never know the difference.
How many times do they plan to remind the jury the baby was wrapped IN Chris’s clothing, IN his bag etc. let me paint the picture of how many different ways they could have killed this baby 🤦🏻♀️ thanks for all those examples.
Honestly... In my opinion Chris lost his temper while high on drugs and killed her. I think Cortney was asleep and didn’t have a clue and the Prosecution didn’t have the enough evidence for a conviction.
I agree, and the only slack I'll cut him is that if he was messed up enough on meth possibly he didn't realize or remember what he'd done. But sorry, you play stupid games, you win stupid prizes.
Chris’ defense attorney appears to have very little experience. He seems ill prepared to defend his client. At sentencing, Chris states to the judge that he was very satisfied with his defense...omg, considering that Chris’ brain is the size of a pea on meth, I suppose he was happy with his defense. Lol!!!! During closing arguments, the state is probably struggling to keep from laughing hysterically at his incompetence 😯
If they were up all night getting high,why would they possibly be sleeping??.Surely thryd still be speeding?.The other guy said that it sometimes keeps you up for days.Also.Chris wasn't there when the police arrived & you can clearly see that on the bodycam footage,the police asked where Chris was,& Courtney says looking for the baby, so yeah,he definitely could've done this.,they keep saying "why would he do this or that?,&it doesn't make sense,well they were on meth,so a reasonable chain of thought would more than likely go clean out the window 😢.Regardless,its absolutely heatbreaking 💔RIP LITTLE ONE,SLEEP TIGHT💕.
Imagine having to be the defence lawyer? Having to try and come up with a version to get him off the charges, all for a paycheque. What a choice of profession.
The only evidence was that the bag was his. The rest (that he beat his girlfriend, that he did meth, where the body was found, his reactions when it was found -as other people said- those are all circumstances of the case, not any sort of evidence. I want to hate that guy as much as everyone else, but being a drug-addicted incestuous hillbilly who beats up his girlfriend doesn't prove beyond reasonable doubt that he murdered his daughter. I've read people claim that the prosecutor said that McNabb's 2 year old had mentioned that "daddy hit the baby". Most 2 year olds I've seen can barely talk, but leaving that aside, if it's the truth, a judge sentencing a man to life in jail with only a bag as evidence based on the prosecuting attorney's account of the off-records words of a toddler much, *much* too young to legally act as a witness would blow my mind.
Number One The poor infant needed justice before she was dead. Death is her justice. A long line of ignorance and negligence and disregard killed that baby. Law enforcement included. Everybody knew they were incapable of caring for a baby. There was No depravity, no malice, ... just drug induced hillbilly trailer trash culture,... that’s the problem not being addressed. THAT would be true justice.... Not locking up a couple of illiterate meth heads,... leaving behind the inevitability of future tragedies as this.
I believe this guy was having a bad reaction to meth, the kid started crying, and he flipped out and smacked the hell out of her half a dozen times. I also believe his wife (or girlfriend?) was not involved in the killing, but she's still a crap mother.
He had been getting high so that made him paranoid. He ran out of fear I think he's innocent true they need parenting classes , rehab, couples counseling. These kids got set up. The blood in the bag never got tested, no weapon found he never hurt his other child so ya he better fight this I agree his lawyer is lame. Just because two young parents do drugs doesn't make them murderers! These poor kids got rail roaded!
I totally agree. And this lawyer sucks, there is no passion in him. He doesn't make me want to believe he is innocent. It's like really buddy where did you go to law school, cause you suck ass!
Wa wait so you telling me that the body wasn't there when police checked but than was later found I'm just tryna make sense of all this cause now it's looking like an outside job
Correct. Body was not there when first searched there. Body was not found by police or police dogs. If Chris did it youd think theyd find the baby by HIS scent dumping her there and by her being wrapped ONLY in his clothes and bag. He did not do this... Or at least it def wasn't proved. Theres no way the jury can convict without a reasonable doubt. They did not prove who did ... When .. Where... With what? Unreal. I honestly think the mom did it.
@@loganhensley1042 thanks for the update on this and I honestly agree with you I feel it was a setup these parent's are innocent it's the media they have a way at looking and singling the parents out!!!! I'm a have to do some more digging my heart goes out to that baby girl she didn't deserve it. And that they do find justice they didn't think she was capable of parenting that child so they took her and took her life I swear I see it like that
Sure they're guilty of being shitty drug taking parents, but the prosecution DID NOT prove beyond reasonable doubt they murdered the baby. Disgraceful.
Starr Miller The lawyers give them those outfits! How can she buy a top in jail! God, that’s a ridiculous comment.... and this is why your not a lawyer or in the law enforcement 🤦🏼♀️
@@jennk7987 No I beg to differ, you Obviously didn't understand my comment. I was not referring to the Co-defendent. I believe she was on the D.A. side. Watch it again and see for yourself.
Starr Miller So you are talking about the prosecutor? Where she grabs her tan shirt and pulls it up? Then you should say that... not some (ms tired) WTH does that even mean. So let me help you on how to properly make a complete sentence. “ I believe the prosecution lady with the tan top, should dress appropriate and buy clothes that fit” that is understandable and if the judge had a problem I’m sure he would have said something to her a LONG time ago. Do you really think this is the first time in THAT court room with THAT judge. lol 🤦🏼♀️🤦🏼♀️ Are you saying you’ve never EVER had to adjust your clothing ie: blouse, underwear from a butt crunch, pants or skirt. That’s absolutely stupid and ridiculous.. lol people like you, cause my brain to hurt and lose cells, that’s how stupid you sound....
@@jennk7987 Good! It doesn't really matter to me I'm entitled to my opinion. I'm surprised the judge didn't notice the posecutor yawning either. I think she could use a vacation. Have a good one!
Unicorn Queen if you are going to ridicule someone for a comment they made and show them "how to properly make a sentence", I suggest purchasing yourself a copy of the Oxford Dictionary of Spelling, Punctuation and Grammar. Perhaps, with some effort, you could learn how to insult someone's grammar, without making grammatical errors yourself. And by the way, do you know what happened to the lady that kept correcting everyone's grammar and acting obnoxiously smug? She had no friends.
If it's a setup, then who would have more reason to kill that baby than the father, who used to beat the mother when she was pregnant, and was hinself twigging out on meth the night the baby went missing?
@@loganhensley1042 I feel absolutely gutted for him, He was framed by someone deffo ...WOW That state justice system is shocking here in the UK they would not of even been charged. NOT GUILTY is what they should have got, and them verdicts came back abit to quick if you ask me, and thats cos sadly they both never stood a chance in this trial they was doomed from the start due to the fact they live in a trailer are poor and take meth, but them things dont mean or make them killers...I feel a real miscarriage of justice here 😞
I honestly believe Cortney did it and blamed him! She was the one who got pissed off that night. They didn't find the baby at first.. Chris was already locked up and then found her.
Ya his friends seem like half decent people aside from being drug addicts. I don’t see the two friends that testified being friends with someone who would kill a baby..
They failed to prove where she was killed because they did not conduct a test of Luminol on that trailer they looked at his face and made a determination so technically speaking the state failed them and they do deserve a retrial
He didn't have time to plan. So much clutter he probably tripped, hit the babies head freaked out when his wife/cousin called cops and went thru the woods. Cops were waiting at the other side of the path so he ditched the baby in his bag. He was in the woods at the time police were at his house. It's common sense he did it. Shit maybe she did and he ditched the baby or the fact they left a 2yr old alone in there, they were passed out from doing dope so the 2 year old was trying to help her, dropped her dad found her and disposed of the baby. Something happened, but he definitely hid that baby girl in those woods.
I think he was hiding his drug paraphernalia before police arrived! I work in addiction and mental health and that would have been the first worry before calling cops- knowing that would make them look bad.
My View is .... Bell and mcNabb want Go sleep... but the Baby need a watch and care.... make noise ..... than he did it .... after 4 hours Call the police
I think so too. A two year old does not have the emotional maturity to know that something bad happened to her baby sister, simply because she was gone from the crib. Cortney said Clarissa was terrified and wouldn't move from where she was standing against a wall. That child saw something!
I think a worse meth-head who frequented that house did it to get back at one or both of the parents. A jilted girlfriend of Chris or scorned boyfriend of Bell's? A ripped off drug dealer, or a jealous somebody...If an enemy were trying to mess up their lives, they had opportunity and certainly made their objective. The one reason why the jury thought they(the defendants) did it was because they were not asking WHO could have done this - and seemed more concerned about being blamed for this than for the child. They are being judged on their reactions to all of this when we all know we don't know how WE would react if we were in their place. I do not think they are guilty of this, I think they are guilty of a great deal, but not of murdering their own baby. In the police video of the trailer it was a bit messy and cluttered, but not filthy. The jury had no concrete evidence beyond the shadow of a doubt to convict. These two need an appeal. They need a good lawyer. Sure, they may seem like "trailer trash" to some. I see two young parents who probably felt up against life in the first place (poverty). Maybe they are not as intelligent as you or I, but no matter what, they are people like we are all people and deserve to be judged on the merits of this case, and not on things that have nothing to do with it or some speculation. There is big reasonable doubt here. Big. People think they cried because they got caught. I can plainly see they are crying FOR their child, and then have to deal with this circus.
This man is awful! This man is literally fighting for his life!! Ugh,. So sad. But I honestly couldn’t say without a doubt he did that, I honestly don’t think he did. I don’t see the point in him doing that. It makes no sense to me. But I do think it would b horribly wrong to convict someone on what u “think” ...
Sadly, I have to agree as I've watched this trial everyday, as a 13th juror. State just did not prove, BEYOND a reasonable doubt (not speculation), WHO KILLED this poor little Angel. I pray that justice is serve for the baby. Why did the POLICE NOT find her, on their search, and later, she was found in a spot that they had ALREADY covered...WHO PLACED THAT BABY IN THE WOODS?????
I dont think he did it either. I think the DA got this one MASSIVELY wrong! WOW Still cant believe guilty with no evidence its disgusting I can see why poor people have no faith in the US justice system. Them jurors should be ashamed.
Reasonable doubt is abundant These jurors only deliberated for like 2 hours or so -ish, I believe. I’ve watched this whole trial, but only in pieces, my major question is why was he out in the woods looking for his baby, and did they use tracking dogs with Chris’s scent. ?
An outsider could be possible but why only kill the baby? Who and why would someone do that? Can't be someone else's kid because that would have come out... Maybe Chris had a lover who was jealous? I just can't see this. This is a Casey Anthony case all over again. I feel like they could both walk. Great parents they are not but that doesn't make them guilty. The state did NOT prove their case. Down below someone said the sister did it and the parents covered it up. I can totally see that
@@pinkdiamanteNM nobody else was in the house ... Chris would have def said if someone else was in the house ... He wouldnt cover anything up for anybody! ... The state proved nothing. They both legally should be found not guilty.
The baby would be an easy target for someone who was too physically weak really yet wanted revenge against the father. I don't think the parents did this. They had lousy attorneys!
That lawyer is incoherent. I think that neither parent raises any questions about what happened to the baby, who else could have done this- because they know. They are guilty. Poor baby girl RIP.
I gotta say HIS LAWYER SUCKS!! He is the only one, NOT THE STATE, by trying to say that he didnt do it is actually in a backhanded way making my brain think the exact oppisite of what hes trying to say and making it look like he could have done it lol. The state has proved nothing.
Another way we can tell it was him is the fact that he was not being harassed in any way before that and nobody that wants to get back at someone goes for the baby first over the types of things he did. If Mathew Lester wanted revenge he would have planned an attack on Chris, not taken an innocent life.
If it wasn’t him WHY WOULDN’T HE BE SCREAMING AT THE TOP OF HIS LUNGS SAYING YOU NEED TO FIND WHO KILLED MY BABY!!!!! METH DID AND WHOEVER WAS UNDER THE INFLUENCE OF IT!!!!!!RIP SWEET C🙏
Problem I have is he had never hurt those kids but there was evidence of her not wanting them and SHE picked the baby up by her legs and held her upside down.
Yes that been a law it's like a gut feeling basically saying I believe you did it even if we didn't have strong evidence or no evidence my heart tell me you are capable of doing sum shit like this cause you smoke methamphetamine .so the jury's said to themselves that anybody who use a drug like methamphetamine are animals, cold hearted, cruel, violent behavior and the unthinkable and doesn't think about the consequences at the time of the crime because they have so much hatred in their minds and hearts for a human being life period...... so that's the picture the jury and prosecutors plus the judge painted. They don't care about visible evidence or signs they feel like who else had access to that baby around the time the baby was seen and why would somebody else kill the baby then place her in the woods that close to the parents house they feel like if anybody else who would wanted to kill that baby would have took her far from their home to hide her and their was unlock while they sleep at night who do that shit anymore now with all the dangers shig going on these days especially with kids in the house I know I make sure my doors and windows are locked before I go to sleep.so that what the judge, prosecutors and jury probably thinking like who do that the investigation report stated there was no evidence of tampering with windows or doors so how did the killer get in the house without the parents waking up that's because the killer was in the house that what the jury,prosecutors and judge were thinking I bet you a million bucks ) who else agrees with what I said how the jury, prosecutors and judge came up with a guilty verdict without evidence.
Reginald Brown We are screwed if our judicial system has resorted to emotions and not evidence.. I’m not saying they did or didn’t do it, however there was lack of evidence and the police botched a lot. For instance a 2 week old baby is not missing, therefore that trailer should have been a crime scene, no one should have gone in there tossing things around... they should have interviewed every single person no matter how long it took. Second they bring him in for a old warrant to get him to talk about a different issue, the baby “missing”. If this is the judges argument then EVERY child should be taking away for “possible” death by drug addict parents. However there is no trials or test that state if you do drugs you are automatically an evil, vile murdering person.. our system is failing us so much, our jails are filled with petty crime offenses causing the tax payers almost 61,000 a year per inmate! This is nuts! Thanks Regan for taking away all our mental health facilities 🤦🏼♀️
That’s the law in all U.S. states Amanda. There is literally no weight difference between direct & circumstantial evidence. Circumstantial evidence can in fact be MORE compelling than direct evidence. Ever heard of eye witness testimony (direct evidence, confessions) ending up being actually impossible to be true? On the other hand, like the classic “circumstantial evidence” example, if you wake up one morning and there’s snow on ground and it wasn’t there when you went to sleep- the circumstantial evidence is - it snowed last night. That’s evidence a jury could rely on. Even tho they did not see with their own eyes that it snowed. That’s why ALL state laws say that circumstantial evidence is to be treated with as much weight as direct evidence. Full stop.
@@cateellington4081 first off. Just no circumstantial evidence is not even close to as good as direct evidence normally. The snow example is a perfect case of circumstantial evidence being almost as good as direct evidence. Yes it is possible that someone could have transported in a large area around you but it's very unlikely. In this case the circumstantial evidence is no where near as good as in the example you used. The baby was gone from the trailer and dead in chris's bag in an area where he is known to hide stuff. If we were going by chance of a different random person killing Chris's daughter and putting her in his bag and burying her, then it would be beyond a reasonable doubt. But we know that other people know that chris has a place where he hides stuff. Not beyond a reasonable doubt, but most likely the killer would be someone who is around the area. Knowing this you can't say without a reasonable doubt that someone else who knew about Chris's hiding spot couldn't have framed him using his bag to really sell the "fact" that Chris Mcnabb is guilty. There is not enough evidence to convict Chris and his wife.
The first police video showed the mom say that the older girl was freaking out and she was loving on her to calm her down because she didn’t know why she was freaking out. She may have witnessed what happened. He pointed in the forest where the baby was because he still had meth in his system
Under US law, a defendant or subject is automatically presumed innocent until proven guilty beyond a reasonable doubt. However, these two defendants are hosed not only because they’re guilty but because their public pretender’s are useless attorneys. I truly mean no disrespect but, where do they find these guys? I mean seriously, I don’t even pretend to know law, I am only a pilot of an airplane but, it seems like these guys don’t even have simple common sense.
James Johnson yes, it’s scary when ones freedoms relies upon having amazing luck when randomly assigned a public defender. That one decision, which public defender is assigned, can mean the difference between going free or going to prison. Unfortunately, this fact is why a disproportionate number of lower income individuals are convicted. Because if you have money, you have the benefit of hiring the best defense available. Certainly, none of this means these two are innocent! I’m only agreeing that the system is inherently unequal.
"Shane Kidd is absolutely unbelievable in this case" Oh, is that why you and Courtney's attorney BOTH looked like fools trying to catch him in a lie unsuccessfully? That dude told the truth
