Mother Stabbed Murder Trial | Day 7 Highlights 

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She's guilty. Not insane.

Based on all of the evidence, I do NOT believe she was insane at the time of the crime. I'm not buying it. She's very,very manipulative though! She fooled her attorney. He really believes she was insane. He's just another kind person that she has successfully manipulated.

this is a very manipulative woman and she is 100 % guilty of murder

I hope the jury nip this in the bud and find her guilty!! If she could kill her mother over grades can you imagine what she will do when things don’t go her way in the future? She’s a danger to society.

This brat has to live with herself forever. RIP Mom. ❤️

The fact that she walked outside to break the window to stage a break in is all I need to know.

She not only stabbed her, she beat her head in repeatedly with a skillet! She was not insane. She intentionally did it then tried to lie and cover it up

She broke the window to try shift the BLAME OF WRONGDOING away from herself. Clearly the wrongfulness of her actions was understood at the time. Period.

She understood exactly what she was doing.

She would rather murder her mom, than face the consequences for her school situation. She is dangerous and volatile!!

She was not insane.The facts and her behaviour proves that she was not.

Only in the American judicial system is the victim overlooked and the criminal is showered with sympathy.

She's just like Chad Halderson. Who murdered his parents right when his secrets were coming out.

She needs to go to prison for what she did to her sweet mother. In no way should she get off for this horrible murder. No excuse, she’s not insane, wasn’t insane at the time of the crime.

Guilty.. if a stranger had killed Brenda would the family accept an insane verdict.

She's guilty! Lock her up!

She knew exactly what she was doing 👿👿👿👿

I’m sorry… this is what I see. First of all, this PROSECUTION TEAM IS 🔥🔥🔥🔥She was an ADULT. Not a child. Not even an entitled brat bc if her parents treated her in that way without consequences she wouldn’t have murdered her mother in the first lance when Brenda became onto her web of lies. The poor father ughhh. The grandmother must still be sleepwalking in PTSD-induced shock and a hero or very, very sick as well. Why did a judge allow this cold blooded killer out on bond in the first place?! Siiickkkk that the richer you are, the more privileges you receive. Some men rot in jail awaiting trial for 8-10 yearssss bc they can’t post $10k bond. Some for low drug offenses!! But this horrid woman? Livin on a farm. Just wow.

Guilty on all counts!

She is a danger to society. If she can go off like that and murder her mother who was supposedly “her best friend” what will she do to a friend or family member that crosses her. I am actually frightened for her grandmother. 🤷‍♀️

She fooled and manipulated her parents her whole life so to fool the doctors was just another case of manipulation for this murderer. I truly hope the jury come back with guilty. What she did was so heinous. RIP Brenda

She tried to make it out as an intruder and that's what makes me think she wasn't going through some psychotic episode ! Hard one ! 👍🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

Darnell is wrong. As a woman, as a woman of a teen (teen now 37) - been there, done that. This girl killed because she knew her mom was on to her. She reacted because this was that important to her (in her small world) - bottom line.

It seems she had alot of hate and anger in her.She took out her anger on her Mother. it was building up in her and her Mother was there.

Hopefully the jury gets justice for Brenda! It sure seems like the justice system and her family have forgotten about her and are coddling her murderer!

The family and lawyers are blaming first responders,and prosecutors for pursuing justice,or handling a murderer like Sidney is an exception to the rules.Letting her spend 4 years in her grandmother's farm is jawdropping.She owes society a debt.She must pay this debt.

The prosecution nailed it today!! ⚖️

she not only broke the window to make it look like a break -in, she broke it from THE OUTSIDE! People in a full psychotic break would truly believe they were in a whole other world, and we'd see things that don't make any sense, like milk on the floor to us is a magic ocean to them in their mind. She manipulated her environment without any problem, even thinking of small details like breaking the window from the right way! Nothings wrong with her except being evil!

WOW! She knew what she was doing. What did she think would be the consequence of not doing well in school? Banishment from family and friends? No. Embarrassment? Probably, but who hasn't gone thru life w/o being embarrassed at some time? Loss of friends? Maybe, but we lose and gain friends throughout life. She was probably a coddled young woman, who never had to face consequences. Witness how she got out of, (or delayed) that chemistry exam. .

After listening to all the evidence and also watching her in court in my opinion she is Guilty and knew what she was doing only she knows why but at the end of the day the reason she committed this crime is not relevant to wether she is Guilty and was not insane

Well, she fooled her parents for months that she was still in school. I see patients “fooling” health care providers all the time. We say, “it’s like they read the textbook or Googled the symptoms “, usually to get drugs, get disability, get to go from jail to hospital for a break, get sympathy from family/friends, etc happens ALL the time. Seasoned healthcare professionals or those who are not gullible see through this all the time. This young woman was smart enough to graduate with honours, get a college scholarship, she’s smart enough to know how to save herself. She been scamming a long time from what her mother said.

First ___ I hope she gets found guilty, and is immediately carted off to jail!! Second____i don't understand how all her family can stand by her?! Don't they miss and care about the mom/wife/daughter?!😡🤬. Third ____ her lawyer seems a little too close to her!🤨

This reminds me of the Lori Hacking case where her husband killed her when she was about to find out he never went to college and was`nt studying to be a doctor, So he shot her and dumped her body in a landfill.

Vinnie how do ya keep a straight face ? Its heroic !

We just have to hope and pray the jury will see through this young lady's manipulative strategies .

She’s an entitled brat and should have to spend the rest of her life in prison.

I thinks it’s open and shut: Guilty

I am so angry! Sydney does not have Schizophrenia. She is going to get away with it! She answered the phone and pretended to be her mother. That says everything.

I’m not convinced the jury will find her guilty, although I believe she is & I don’t think she was psychotic at the time. Several jurors are similar in age to Sydney’s age and I can see some of them feeling so sorry for her that they won’t want her in prison. I hope I am wrong…

People that are insane do not cover it up on a murder.

The comment I found most convincing was the state's on how Sydney did not evince any odd or threatening behaviour shortly before the killing of her parent (Also, answering the phone in the middle of brutalizing your parent - yikes). From what I have read, there tends to be threatening, confused, dissociative, etc behaviours prior to full-blown schizophrenic violent attacks. For example "I was told to kill...", "she was an alien who was...", "where am I?" or "I've been given special powers..." but Sydney doesn't evince any of this; instead she hid what was causing her to be ashamed, her expulsion from school (both her parents have degrees and this is important). Her mother was going to explode the lie and Sydney lost it and tried to stop her. At that moment I think Sydney was overcome by her own shame and lashed out in a uncontrolled rage at the person who was going to expose it. I know she feels awful now, but suggesting rage is mental illness is a problem I think.

Sher’s not crazy

how many really think she couldn't read the numbers on the test, or that she was scamming the teachers then?

Oh my, I think this panel is insane.

Killing somebody else isn't the same. In her mind, it's her mother she had to keep the truth from. I think her parents amped up the pressure by not confronting her sooner. No shade on the parents. None of us want to think our kid is lying to us.

More than crazy! Tragic! Justice is a verdict of guilty. What kind of message is the jury sending with a NOT guilty. School grades and the impt thereof is subjective. This girl snapped cuz she didn’t want ppl to know she failed her first year of college. The fact that she is vicious and we all r not is a nonfactor. Guilty and put her away for life

She knew exactly what she was doing and she knows exactly what she’s doing now. She’s unhinged, very dangerous and a danger to society. She’s not insane, she’s guilty of murder.

This panel is wrong wrong wrong. Just because Sydney is young and HAD all straight A's and was best friends with her mom- doesn't mean she must be crazy/psychotic at the time of the crime. It's a sucky situation. I feel bad for her but that's not a reason to try and pretend she didn't brutally bludgeon her mother to death. There were MONTHS of lies, hotel rooms, and a lot of pressure- but pressure isnt psychosis. I'm sorry but she is guilty. Not insane.

Guilty is the correct verdict, and the maximum sentence is justice. Anything less is not justice for Brenda losing her life at the knife, cast iron skillet, and hands of her own daughter. Prosecutor did an incredible job at closing arguments and i really hope the jury was paying attention to them.

I pray the jury gets it right. Guilty!

I tend to think her mom finding out she had been unenrolled from college was only the tip of the iceberg, it's possible she was hiding a lot more than what we know. Maybe that explains the horrendous brutality. I do not believe he is criminally insane as she knows right from wrong - she staged the break-in, she kept proclaiming she was not hurt when she had cut marks on her hands. I can't imagine hurting my mother in any way much less taking her life. My heart goes out to the family of Brenda, and may Sydney accept the consequences for the horrific act that occurred. One cannot impulsively take the life of another for fear of being found.

Background music is annoyingly distracting

I'm really curious as to how long the jury will deliberate over this horrific killing. I'd get it done in 2 hours max after I heard the prosecutors closing and rebuttal. Any takers?

I think they're wrong. She'll be found guilty.

No insanity involved here !!! Just plain evil

30 times I believe she knew exactly what she was doing 😩

OMG you guy's, she is guilty. She tried to cover it up.. insane people don't cover their track's. She called back the school and pretended to be her Mom. Lied to her Dad. Tried to stage crime scene. Im pretty confused by the family. They better not cross her...might get clobbered.

what will the sentence be if she is found NGBRI? IMO she was not insane at the time of her brutally murdering her mother, I don't find this a difficult case.

Don’t understand these lawyers!!!! A WIN is to put this monster away for life. The poor woman who lost her life… justice is not guilty? What is happening?!!!!

I think she tied her hair all messy trying to look insane! Fake crying too!

She didn't just stab her. She hit her in the head with a cast iron skillet multiple time. Her life is over. She'd have a better chance for Guilty by reason of insanity. She won't be found NOT guilty. No chance.

She got suspended and mum gave her a telling off and probably said she has to pay for her own things and daughter snapped? My opinion obviously.

She was found guilty on all charges

She rage killed. Her mom and her most likely had an argument which led to her mom calling the school to confirm her suspicion and once she saw her mother actually on the phone about to figure it all out, she raged out. She is guilty. She slaughtered her. Not only hitting her with a cast iron but also stabbing her in the throat over and over. Thats pure rage not insanity.

When she hurt her mom she know what she did 100% IMO.

Thank you for emphasizing the term “LEGALLY insane” NOT “mentally ill “ ppl need to really know the difference

Wait! What! Every one on the panel said “NG by reason of insanity”! Yall are guilty of insanity! Unbelievable. Lost all credibility.

Is there a verdict watch anywhere??

Guilty 💯 absolutely no sympathy for her!

Women of all ages will do ANYTHING TO AVOID ACCOUNTABILITY FOR THEIR OWN ACTIONS!

It's obvious what the verdict should be. The lawyer for the defense did a great job in his closing argument. We shall see if the jury understands because of her mental illness that's why what happened happened.

she is 100% guilty of murder...not insane

This is SO upsetting all round...I am glad I'm not on this jury

How could the Grandmother feel safe having her Murderer-granddaughter in her home!??? And to think … this Grandmother is the Mother of Brenda - and she’s invited the murderer of her own daughter to live with her!!????

6:53 Why is seemingly everybody interviewed buying "no other problems prior to this". She had problems: 1) A teacher testified that she managed to talk the teacher out of making her take a test by just 'screaming & crying" about not seeing the numbers...yet it was not significant enough reason to call a parent? We can call BS on that right there. Either the teacher was giving her a pass for 'bad girl behavior' - probably tossed it up to hormones or plain teenage stuff or the teacher didn't have the time for this just one incident. But the incident itself means there were problems. Were they psychological or merely behavioral, or even manipulative behavior? We do not know but something was already up. 2) Her dad seems caring enough, but certainly just not that involved in the intricacies of raising a teen daughter. Whenever a subject was outside his comfort zone he passed it off to Mom. 3) Again, a "soccer mom". We can't lump them all together but we've heard enough to know that some are very demanding and/or the opposite, forgiving and/or making up excuses for whatever. 4) A friend - even a cop friend - cannot know what goes on behind closed doors. Unless you are hanging out with a person or family on a regular basis, inside and outside of their home, you cannot know their full dynamics. PERIOD 4) Always take the "experts" with a salt shaker. Had the same folks been hired by the prosecution's side, they'd have adjusted the data they chose to use in order to fit the crime from a prosecutor's POV. 5) It was not "the bad grades" she was so ashamed of, it was also the lies she'd already been caught in by the administrators and the living on campus scenario and the covering it all up that her Mom was about to find out. 6) Maybe in the end she merely blamed her Mom for pushing her, after all - another possibility (a soccer Mom scenario). 7) The prosecution should have found more witnesses. I bet there were instances where she blamed others.

I’m believe she did have mental health issues as someone who has mental health issues myself you will not understand it unless you live it. I don’t see a cold blooded killer but someone who had a break from reality.

Vinnie, she has probably been a spoiled rotten brat all her life!!! She is Guilty Period! 😢 So sad!

Unbelievable ! None of them want to say it .

Life. No parole

I personally know 3 young men who have or are having first schizophrenic breaks in the last two years. I’m getting an OOP against one jic. Delusions and voices can be real for them. But they don’t cover up crimes. They stand their catatonic.

She hasn't fooled the doctors. They're getting paid to support her manipulative story.

Her fake crying gets on my nerves

She knew what she was doing before,during,and after she killed her caring,loving mother. She needs to pay her consequences because she knew exactly what she was doing.

Guilty. Not insane.

She not Insane! She knew what she was doing

GUILTY CASE CLOSED ANYTHING CONTRARY PEOPLE NEED TO HAVE THEIR HEADS EXAMINE ! Darnell you need serious help along with the rest of the PANEL !

she killed her mother because of all the lies she creted and didnt want the truth getting out

Everyone wants to label her malicious. Ugh

She killed her mother in cold blood period.

Really hope the jury doesn't let us down on this one. NGRI means, at the time, you did NOT know right from wrong. Either change the definition or she's guilty.

She never had a psychotic episode. I don’t believe that for a minute.

Idk how hard his question was to answer. She is GUILTY!

Guilty! Justice for Brenda!

Wow how the panel was all wrong. Not guilty, insanity, seriously? Verdict: GUILTY ON ALL COUNTS!

The definition of disassociation in the dictionary: is the state of being unconnected in memory or imagination.

Oh, No... She was not insane, even remotely!! How could those "experts" agree with that potential verdict? Much of what I wish to convey has already been 'voiced' here in these comments. She destroyed her mother and broke her father's heart. She is a monster and deserves to be punished to the fullest extent of the law!

Guilty without a doubt !!!!!!

Vinnie always interrupts his guests. He's rude.

We don't know that it's "all over bad grades".