Killer Daughter Beat, Stabbed Mom to Death to Cover Up College Failures
Ohio woman, Sydney Powell and her mother Brenda Powell always had a close relationship growing up and people that knew them claimed that the two were each other’s best friend. Until one day the mother and daughter got into a verbal argument that later turned physical and fatal. Sydney hit her mother over the head with a frying pan, and then stabbed her over 30 times in the neck. The Decoder breaks down the horrifying murder of Brenda Powell.
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Why was she expelled?
@@TWolfe777 For flunking 3 out of 4 courses.
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The narration and imagery is absurd and ridiculous.
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I rather be a failed college student then to behind bars for killing my own mother
change that into.. then for murdering someone. Anyone, let alone your own mother! She didn't murder you in the womb.
You have to weigh your options, if you don’t want your mother finding out that you failed in college, you’ve only got a few options available to you… She’s on the phone with the school administrators as they speak, you’ve only got a few minutes to make your decision about what you are going to do…
I hear u( hidden anger is very dangerous though)
@@onelittlelamb4030 TAKING SOMEONE’S LIFE IS NEVER AN OPTION SO I DON’T KNOW WHAT YOU MEAN BY ANY OF THAT LOL
@onelittlamb4030 is this a pathetic attempt at a joke?
15 years for killing your mother? That's absolutely insane. Life behind bars should have been the starting point.
yeah those are tricky because its her mother; crime of passion maybe? Sad her mom made her feel so pressured. We do know the reasoning and understanding part of the brain isnt developed.
@@MsSmith-yo3huI don’t think her Mom pressured her too much. I think her Mom expected her to be responsible. She was entitled, self-centered and a compulsive liar who refused to face the consequences of her behavior.
@@MsSmith-yo3hu The murderer said her last memory before the murder was of her mom sitting on the couch comforting Sydney. That doesn't sound like pressure to me. It sounds more like she was the golden girl that put a lot of pressure on herself to succeed. After months of hiding her failures she couldn't deal with the thought of disappointing her parents so she went postal when all her lies were about to be revealed. Which is really sad because even though they might have been disappointed but both the mom and dad seemed like incredibly supportive parents.
15 years to life... she will not get parole for a very long time.
No. The life pressure her parents put on her to succeed led her to this point. They were culpable in turning her crazy.
Life behind bars without a possibility for parole should have been her sentence.
Death Sentence!
its 15 years to life in prison bro... meaning she got life in prison with the chance of parole after 15 years
@@limbidelpino323 why? Is the USA backward as effing North Korea? Even Russia stopped the death penalty 30 years ago
Naw
Me. High school dropout. Never beat my parents because I was a failure. Now I’m 63 and retired. Never been arrested. Never done drugs. My home is paid off and I’m doing great.
Yes ! I was at university too and felt pressured so , I always came to my parents for advice whenever I felt like a failure them letting me take time off for a whole year then I went back and felt amazing thanks amazing parents
Your genetics defines your life. Choice is an illusion.
what did you end up doing for a living ?
@@YRNJAZ I was a tree climber for Caltrans for 27y
Um...it's obvious her mother must have been very hard on her about grades which is what drove her to such extreme measures.
Insane... You have people in prison longer for non violent crimes 😡.
People have been imprisoned longer for marijuana. It’s horrible.
I once read a story where a person was given 25 years for stealing.
@@TyroneSettles it’s sad that’s the reality a lot of people don’t get what they deserve.
@@andrewg4723 ...yes, like a second chance... you are right!
Just speaks to the need for lower prison terms for non violent crimes.
Her mother said, “why do I always feel like you’re scamming me?”. She was not always an”trustworthy child”.
That's my first thought. She continued to cover up and lie through all her poor choices.
Do you have proof she wasn't always, a Trustworthy child ? Or are you just speculating based off inference .
I'm all for drawing your own conclusion . But don't present your opnion as fact.
@@StyxxOfDidymos Calm down lil bro thanks retigga
8:35 literally every other video I’ve seen on this case claims she’s been a prolific liar for years lmao.
She was my specialist when I had cancer.....I miss her She was the best ...she cared she would even spend time with us cancer patients...I was one of her successful stories...she's just 1 of the reasons im still here..... We cancer survivers have a thing called survivorship each year to check how we're doing and make sure the cancer dont come back ...anyway When I go now ...I don't see her it breaks my heart that I lost a piece of myself with her...hope she's happy in heaven love u always Brenda
🎀My condolences on your loss. She will always be looking down on you.🎀
Thank you for sharing. I believe Brenda was a loving mom and raised her daughter well, but life is not always perfect. The idea of disappointing her mother (parents) must be so much to bear...am saddened for the lost of life for Brenda life alternating for Sydney, Mr. Powell and the other child. :(
the girl? Sidney? 😨😨😨😨😨
@@jrviade85Did you read the last paragraph?
Sorry you lost your best go-to friend.
They argued she had a "psychotic break" and didn't know right from wrong...but she tried to cover up the murder immediately afterwards, which tells me she was quite aware.
Well, they had to try some kind of defense. What else could they say?
Doubtless the jury agreed with this view. 🎉
The worst part is she can’t even take responsibility for it. Plugs her ears when they describe the murder, refuses to speak. There’s no rehabilitating this one.
She put that performance on for the jury.
It's disassociating
Heh, I find it amusing that you think that prison rehabilitates anyone.
her smiling the hole time ceeped me out
@@NinjaDildoShowSome prisons do. Try the ones in the Scandinavian countries.
The amount of anger she exhibited was insane. Repeatedly beating and stabbing your mother?! Over grades?! The girl was a psychopath even before she had issues at school.
@quynhbui3965, She was not insane! She was just incredibly selfish and an evil person.
I agree that her actions were completely disproportionate to the situation - hugely so. No mention of previous anger management issues - would be interesting to know more about the true family dynamic.
Dad seemed clueless. If her parents were hands on there is no way she could have gotten away with what she did. I don’t think they were as involved as we are led to believe.
@@pamelasmith6221yeah. It’s so very obvious even just by listening to the quotes they include that the family was not as close as the narrator said. And the bs about her being trustworthy? No “trustworthy” daughter has their mother saying “you’re always scamming me”. Not one with a close relationship either. Tragically interesting story, but infuriating documentary. This is just misinformation at its finest.
Oh yeah there's definitely more to this story than described here in the video.
It doesn’t make sense. How does making poor grades lead you to murder your mother. Something is missing from this story.
If the mom were an overachiever and if her very identity were wrapped up in "appearances," (how she imagined others saw her) --if --- knowingly or not, she could have loved her daughter mostly for the prestige and admiration she accrued among her friends and associates, then perhaps the guilt she felt for years of putting her children and family second made her less loving and accepting of her daughter -- What an enormous pressure that would have put on Sydney, who could have thought she'd never receive the unconditional love she craved from her mom, and certainly not now with Sydney herself being the one to bring dishonor to the family, shattering her mom's dream of who she was and of her family's place in the community.
What's missing from the story? Sanity. This girl was clearly mentally depraved even before she was suspended from college. If she had been in her right mind, she would have handled the whole thing properly by working with her parents. Instead she just snapped. If it wasn't the grades issue, it would have been something else at another time. The issue wasn't the grades. That was the triggering event. The problem was with this depraved girl's brain. Remember, the girl's mother texted her months before the murder, "Why do I always feel like you're scamming me?" That strongly suggests the girl had been dishonest in the past about other things and wasn't trustworthy. The issue was with the girl herself, a mental defective.
The devil is real my friend
She refused to acknowledge her own failures and would rather attempt to live in a state of delusion. It's a reflection of today's self-important and narcissistic youth who think they are perfect in every way and won't let you tell them otherwise.
Agreed 100
This kid should never be let out of prison. She killed her own mother (that she was close to) because she flunked out?? There's no rehab for that. I would never want her out in society again.
Crazy how being kicked out of college isn't even a big deal in the big picture.
Exactly. I think the fact that she couldn't tell her parents speaks to a bigger problem from the parents that no is talking about....
@@bethanyjohnson8222 yes, she feared her parents, and was obviously secretly rebellious and spent all her time at college partying. She isn't the only broken link in this chain.
@@bethanyjohnson8222It doesn’t speak to anything about her parents, it ONLY speaks to her lack of accountability and her inability to be honest with anyone in her life, not her friends, not authority figures, not her parents. The girl sounds like a pathological liar which is indicative of a mental disorder probably. And what you don’t understand about people like that is they’d sooner kill you than admit to lying. Disgusting insinuation you’re making in your comment about her parents.
@@maxheadroom4659She feared being exposed as a liar. Feared her parents? Are you insane? She had no reason to fear them, they were neither controlling or abusive, they didn’t even use that school portal to check up on her grades ffs! She was the whole problem NOT her parents smh
@@bethanyjohnson8222 It doesn’t speak to anything about her parents, it ONLY speaks to her lack of accountability and her inability to be honest with anyone in her life, not her friends, not authority figures, not her parents. The girl sounds like a pathological liar which is indicative of a mental disorder probably. And what you don’t understand about people like that is they’d sooner kill somebody than admit to lying. Disgusting insinuation you’re making in your comment about her parents.
This is not a case of a child fearful of disappointing her parents. This is a narcissist willing to do anything to escape accountability for her actions.
bro you watched a singular youtube vid what do you think you know about this case?
@@aaa-hs3it o so you think there is some valid reason to kill your parent over grades? got it
@@aaa-hs3it I followed the case very closely. I know more about it than you are assuming.
I was going to add, so she just kills her mother but her father knew too? She was alone with him for a time period. Why didn't she kill him? Sad she couldn't prove she was being mistreated in court. You have to think there's something way way more here
@@matkiley17 there was no mistreatment or abuse. She’s a psychopathic narcissist who was angry that she got caught and her parents were not going to sweep it under the rug.
I dropped out of college. Told my parents “sorry”. That’s pretty much how mine went 😂😂😂
What will you tell your kids though? I'm not afraid of what my parents would think of me but it terrified me to think my future kids won't take education seriously if I didn't finish college.
@@bigradwolf5001 do something worthwhile
@@bigradwolf5001 the point Is He didn't kill his parents. Do whatever you want with your kids
Bill gates, Mark Zuckerberg, and Steve Jobs also dropped out of college, 😂
@@iishyxvietxboyii1 There will always be exceptions to the rule. The general rule stays.
The judge was nearly as delusional . She should be in jail for a minimum of 25 years
25 +++ years
Life is a suitable sentence. She lied about where she was living, about her course work, etc. then tried to cover up killing her mother by a psychotic break?! I find it difficult to understand the family saying Brenda wouldn’t want her to spend life in prison.
Stabbing your mother 23 times in the neck just because you failed college? Far out.... it's scary to think what she's capable of when faced by all other challenges in life.
To stab someone that much shows such uncontrollable rage. Scary.
@@l.c838especially her own mother…
Probably given a participation award for every school "success", and given boosted grades to fulfil quotas by pandering teachers. She probably wasn't able to work her college course as it was too difficult for her
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This is why its important for kids to lose when they are young. They are told losing is bad and everyone wins. They get in the real world, they lose, and don't know how to deal with it.
Just to clarify, it's not every parent's dream, that their child has success in college. Not every parent, is brainwashed into jumping through society's ridiculous hoops. Some of us, just wish for their happiness, whatever path they choose.
AMEN. IT IS ABSOLUTELY PSYCHO TO PUT QUALIFICATIONS ON LOVE AND SUPPORT, LIKE ITS SOME JOB INTERVIEW.
Amen. It's a live and learn thing. She should have told them both the truth right from the beginning instead of creating stories.
FACTS ‼️
YAAASSSS AMEN. If I ever have kids I wont put that kind of pressure on them.
Most women should not work or go to college. Based facts. Get married, have kids.
There is NO WAY that this woman never showed signs of mental illness growing up. Parents kept their heads in the sand
Absolutely. When I heard this story I immediately thought onset of mental illness. Experts have described this phenomena -
100 % this girl is seriously mentally ill
I agree she is mentally ill but remember that these illnesses often come on very slowly and are hard to recognize and that it seems like the girl was sneaky and was likely hiding her symptoms. It’s easy for people to judge when they themselves were not in the family.
Victim blaming
Exactly…you know your kids
She’s so gross acting like a child in court. Smiling and covering her ears. She’s a grown adult why do her parents even need the portal. Got to stop coddling adults tbh. It ruins them
In this generation, college is the new adolescence. People mature a lot slower even though information is more widely available and constantly shoveled down.
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She is CRYING NOT SMILING..COVERING HER EARS COZ SHE CANT BEAR TO HEAR WHAT SHE DID
She got off light, for killing her momma. She wasn't crazy, she just felt useless and unfulfilled and blamed her problems on her mom. Stupidity at its finest.
I'd say selfish entitlement at its finest. These acts goes beyond stupidity.
The sentence is open ended. She might still stay in prison a very long time if the parole board does its job correctly
Just like you, right?
@@LilyAmongThorns I hope she does because she clearly wasn't taking responsibility or facing up to her actions, with her eyes shut and her hands over her ears. And her relatives, who were muttering and disgruntled after her verdict and sentencing, had obviously enabled this behavior, apparently before and after the murder.
@@ObihannThis comment!
The way the judge sentences her like she’s the victim and gives her a minimum of 15 years…like what? The mother deserves better.
I am not sure her mother would advocate for a longer sentence. This will not bring her back. Her beloved daughter snapped. Where she is, she still loves her daughter.
It's because she's a woman, unfortunately.
Snapped is slamming doors, not beating and stabbing your mother, gtfoh
Does she? you may not know this but people don't usually snap to the point of beating and stabbing some random person let alone their own mother other college maybe the mother was abusive or something
Mother was an abusive female
AND she had a younger sibling. 😡 No thought at all about how that child would suffer after losing her mother. Selfish creep!
This just makes it so much worse!!!
This is not fear of disappointing parents, this is narcissism.
15 years for the murder of her mother. Disgusting
It's 15 to Life. She may not get out for many more than 15 ..!!?
Maybe apply analytics, midpoint of 15 and Life (average of 35) is 25. So there is your answer. 25 years behind bars. She'll be 48 when she becomes a parolee.
@@bigradwolf5001 Maybe, but regardless of the sentence she will be leaving prison with no family and no friends on the outside and is capable of devious behaviour and cold blooded murder. She WILL BE a threat and lethal danger to decent society.
@@2msvalkyrie529 15 to life means you have a chance of parole at 15, if they find you still unstable or problematic, she will never get out of prison
There is a formula the courts must follow. I'm sure the fact she didn't have any criminal history played a part in this.
I failed multiple college classes and was almost kicked out. I always went to my parents to discuss my struggles. Deleting my parents never crossed my mind. This is crazy
"deleting"?
I mean if you knew that you would be getting out of prison in your 30s what that change your mind?
I went to the lecturers and admin to talk through it and gave promise that I would commit to pass the next semester and catch up on those I had failed. I did with A grades. My folks never knew
@@blackaliss9488 facts. There are many ways she could have fixed this
@@daviddesantis4040 girl what
Eligible for parole in 15 years. What a joke.
Speachless. And she has a defence attorney??? The father seems detached as if his wife has not been murdered and he's giving evidence on a stranger🤔Whatever she was studying she clearly has the mental outlook of a5 year old brat.
15 to life, that's it? Judicial system is a joke.
Shariah Law is the b e s t
the entire family begged the judge to go easy on her. Not one person stuck up for the victim. Very strange behavior from her relatives.
She will go in front of the parole board in 15 years and I am pretty damn sure they will not release her. Many times it seems that the parole boards are much tougher than the judges.
Amen!
@@songbirds3712you sure about that?
The way Sydney’s family wanted her to have probation and zero jail time is such a disgrace and so disrespectful to Brenda. This young woman has obviously never been held accountable for anything and look where it got her.
Spoiled.
Exactly
Toxic people ALWAYS have enablers. I have seen it with the monster in my own Family.
isn't her mother at least partially responsible for that then? --obviously murder is not justified, but it sounds like she never learned to take responsibility for her actions, and her parents stalking/tracking her over the phone only confirms that she was still being treated like an irresponsible child.
@@London20258 what does trump have to do with this???
My pal got 32 and a half years for drugs in the UK. 15 years is a joke.
This needs context, the justice system in the UK is weak AF.
I’m in this situation once because of bullying in college and let me tell you I’m thinking about killing myself, not even once thinking about doing anything to my mom. This is unreasonable.
Non farlo la vita è meravigliosa e vale la pena viverla ogni istante in ogni suo aspetto. Cerca aiuto in qualsiasi modo ma non dare la soddisfazione ai bulli di vederti annientato. Ti auguro tanta felicità ❤️
With how supportive her dad was, that lets me know she didn’t have to go to these lengths
Father obviously a very sick man.
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she was obviously over coddled and that left her with absolutely no coping skills. parents need to let their children fall sometimes (the younger they learn those lessons the better) so they don’t turn into this.
@@stephaay8437yeah you're maybe right,, resulting children to always make their image best for their parents.. I have a sister who babyed her child.. She's now 8 y/o but don't know how to eat on her own, how to tend for herself when she's relieving herself, don't know to shower,, she doesn't know basic things which the opposite of my other niece and nephews.. She goes to school but with honor but didn't apply it in real life that means if she'll graduate she'll be suffering especially she always knows she's the best of the best because that's what my instilled her.. We tried correcting her, haizt right now she's my only niece who's disrespectful
It sounds rather similar to the Chandler Halverson case in certain ways. He was coddled and was not expected to take responsibility for his actions. It seems pretty clear that both Chandler's mom and Sydney's mom were very gentle and loving. Dishing out consequences was probably not their strong suit.
A well adjusted kid doesn't just get up one day and kill their parent because they don't want to tell them something negative. Stuff must have been wrong with this girl for a long time and was being ignored by everyone. Many red flags ignored.
Bingo!
Don't blame the victim. This girl had NOTHING to do but go to class and study. Everything was paid for. She was an adult and she had plenty of resources in that college, which attendees said was nearly impossible to flunk out of. She didn't choose to go to class, to do her work, nor to get help.
@@blitzmom2674mother was a narcissist, thus the bpd diagnosis. This kind of parent is extremely abusive
@@mariastefanie5835Then the daughter should have taken the stand.
VICTIM BLAMING......Nothing has to happen to these type. Her own failure she couldn't handle. Mom probably wasn't the push over as Dad and told her daughter what she thought and was murdered. NO ONE IS TO BLAME BUT THE MURDERING LIAR. 15 years is no punishment its a cake walk. Her mother doesn't come back in 15 years. 🙄
15 years for brutally murdering her Mom!?!?… What!?… she got off Soooo easy.
15yr to life
That poor man , may his wife Rest in Peace 😢
Dang. that's crazy. I got kicked out of college once. Before I left school., however, I spoke with my academic advisor who gave me options and the steps necessary to eventually return to a 4-year institution. It was a lot of work, and I graduated a year and a half later than normal, but I made plans, moved back home, figured out what my problems were and did my best to raise my grades and graduate. Never in my wildest nightmares would I consider hurting the woman that gave me life and raised me because I couldn't hack it at uni.
Women ☕️
Exactly! I wonder what the academic advisors had discussed with her prior to kicking her out? Maybe she was stubborn and thought she could figure things out without their help? No idea. But it's just so surprising that it seemed like she had her high school support system with her, her family support system not too far away, yet she still chose the extreme path of violence instead? It's normal for people not to know what they want to do and as a result not do so well at first, but that doesn't mean you don't get another chance. Maybe she was afraid of losing the scholarship? Her train of thought is truly perplexing. I hope her family is doing ok.
@@vnthony2439 90.3% of murderers are men.... Don't make it some gender thing, it is unnecessary. She just very clearly has issues and couldn't handle the pressure, or take accountability for her actions.
Eigentlich schade
Same! For me it was because of severe mental health issues (bipolar disorder). I was so ashamed to tell my parents. But I did, moved back in with them, and we found doctors who could treat my illnesses so that after a year I could go back to school. The day I graduated, I actually cried from happiness because I knew I had worked so, SO hard to get there and I was incredibly grateful for the help my family and friends had given me along the way. If anything it means more to me because of that. She could have experienced the same thing. But she chose this instead. I don't get it.
What a spoiled brat.. i hope she never gets parole!
Her answering the phone when the administration called back, tells me she has been a professional liar and manipulator her whole life.
And her crocodile tears are pathetic!! 🤬
@oldhickory4686 That part was absolutely chilling and disturbing beyond measure. I have a very young niece that is well-under 10 but has been a pathological liar since she was a toddler.
@@AvecPoesie I'm sorry to hear about your family member. In this case, I have a feeling there were fights and a power play between the mother and the daughter for dominance. Hearing the mom saying she felt like she was being scammed, tells me there was something seriously wrong in this family. The dad on the stand comes across as a complete beta male. Finds out he has been lied to for a long time, and just says, "I needed to go home and talk with her." I would have been enraged. I think the mom tried to love; yet discipline her daughter, but her daughter felt she should be running the house. Pure evil.
The father seems like the weak link in this chain. The fact that he left home in a dire situation when he knew his wife was on her way home says a lot. Surely he should have stayed as the situation was serious? Did he fear his wife? Did he fear upsetting his beloved daughter? She didn't see the need to attack him, so was he malleable? Could she easily lie to him but not her mother? But not even an angry teen would attack her mother like this, therefore I think she was in a psychotic state. Alternatively, how many times had she thrown a tantrum at home in earlier years and got away with it? Father fearing her tantrums and not wanting to deal with them and mother being over-psychologically counselling her daughter instead of seeing the tantrums for what they really were? So many questions here.
You know your existence is trash, when you harm the the one who gave you life & was your life coach cheering mate.
Psychopath. Stay safe everyone! ✝️🙏
You don't just suddenly become a liar, manipulator or killer. There were probably many instances where she lied and manipulated her parents who either didn't notice or didn't want to believe it. This little monster wasn't made overnight! And 15 years is a joke considering how brutal the murder of her MOTHER was!!! Her own mother!!! 😠
Indeed. The textbook "momentary lapse of reason" is the spouse who comes home, finds their spouse in bed with another man or woman, and does the unthinkable. This case is something else entirely. Lock up and throw away the key.
@@ancienbelge Yes!
Or the parents abused the crap out of the girl and she feared them.
@@aubrieschmidt9160 See, this kind of comment is a problem. Don’t you think if there was abuse her attorneys would have brought it up at the trial? If anything, it sounds like the parents cushioned the nest too well and the daughter didn’t know how to handle adversity. The mom’s text about scamming tells me that Lyndsey had shown herself to be deceptive and manipulative in the past. Her failing grades in college make me wonder if her high school grades were achieved honestly. Going from being an academic standout to failing is not normal - even if typical freshman anxiety is factored into the equation. This video ends by saying Lynsey was fearful of disappointing her parents but it sounds more like Lyndsey was concerned about her image among her peers than she was about her parents. She murdered her mother because her true circumstances were in immediate danger of being revealed and she refused to allow her failure to enter the realm of other’s known reality. It’s a fine line but a huge difference bw saying she was afraid of her parents finding out about her failure vs. saying that she refused to allow anyone to find out she had failed. The former is embarrassment and shame. The latter is pure narcissistic ego protection.
@@CSmith-tn8nv Just report her evil comment. Misinformation is clearly her problem here. Also, Hate Speech is an option.
I can’t even imagine the pain, hurt and fear her mother must have felt realizing her own daughter was killing her. No excuse for what she did.
You don’t need to succeed in college to be successful in life
I feel so sorry for the husband and father. Like he literally lost his wife and his daughter in this tragedy
Possibly, his job as well. How could he possibly to a normal environment at work?
Brenda also had a son too, The Boy lost his Mom and Sister.
Thank you for saying this, no one else seems to have mentioned this poor man
15 years is all she got for killing her own mother?!! And there's people sitting in prison for double that amount of time for marijuana?! That's outrageous. I work at a college. Students fail and drop out all the time. This girl had to have been psychotic.
15yrs to life. First parole board appearance in 15 yrs. I doubt the board will let her out so back to her cell she will go.
@@songbirds3712 I wouldn't bet on that. Look at all the many cases where young adults heinously murdered their "friends" and were released in less than 15 years. Our judicial system is not "fair" at all.
Theres always one person making this ignorant comment on every video. Nobody has done 30 years to life for marijuana, not even 50 years ago.
@@tubester4567 Singapore hanged a person for possession last year.
@@ehaaron we don't care about singapore, this is America noob.
That’s crazy that’s she’ll be free among society before 40
No, she won’t. Her sentence was not 15 yrs. It was 15 to life. So 15 yrs will be her first time with parole board. Parole will likely be denied, even if she cries. She will go back to her cell.
right! she could still have kids at that age..scary!
@@joanne4514 no! Seriously, nothing scary is going to happen. In 15 years she will go in front of the parole board, she will plead her case, the board will deny her parole, and she will go back to her cell.
She will never be free even outside of jail and yes it is scary
No, you know what’s crazy-Gypsy Rose getting hyped up like a star after leaving prison..!!
From a straight A studen that absoluitely struggled in college, I NEVER once thought about harming my parents - I thought many times about dropping out and just leave home but NEVER harm my parents
15 years??? People are in prison for non-violent drug crimes for longer!
15 yr to life
Over some failed grades, thats wack bruh,what was she thinking....
helicopter parenting
@@ehaaronthey didn’t even log into her grades…
@@areyoumadddit said they rarely checked her grades. That doesn't mean they didn't check at all. Not defending her actions, just correcting your statement.
She wasn’t
I know right? I grew up with parents that I would fear their discipline but would NEVER even cross my mind to hurt them. That’s so animal. I don’t understand how people are like this and why.
Fifteen years is criminally too little time. What a shame.
It's 15 to life ! Not 15 only, a huge difference ......
But if it was a dark skin person they would have gotten life.! I hate the justice system
@@kashmoney7963 or if it was a man
15 to life only means she is eligible for parole at 15, not that she is guaranteed to get it. Why is this such a foreign concept to you people?
@@DBCOOPER888 It also means that she could get as little as 15 years. Why is this so hard to grasp?
Never mentioned what caused her to fail her classes. Seems like her mind was slipping before her failures. Sad she didn't get help from the college councellors. Maybe this wouldn't have happened?
The devil comes in the least likely of forms.
Watched the entire trial. This girl was a shameful piece of work and sitting there w her hands over her ears was maddening. SMH
Do you know when the murder occured? I haven't heard this case
@@mannybravo237Sydney Powell v Ohio happened in 2020
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Exactly. She is calculating and a compulsive liar. And now she gets murderer added to her title.
@@wesner326 makes me believe the matricide cheated in highschool for grades/credits to enroll in higher education
what a demon she has to be. Killing her mom to prevent her from finding out about her grades, pretending she was her mom, on the phone, and then staging the crime scene.
Even more, Mom created the demon that killed her, through her bad parenting and not teaching the kid coping skills. Girl would have not been a murderer if raised by different parents.
It’s highly likely that she was pushed to be so successful or there was abuse going on. Kids don’t just turn on their parents for no reason!
@@MyMerryMessyGermanLife Gypsey Rose Blanchard. She was actually abused by her mom.
and what demon has to be you... judging others?
The depth of this girl’s anger toward her mother seems like there’s more to that mother daughter relationship than just getting bad grades in college. The sentence doesn’t match the brutality of the crime.
I failed out of college myself. It was horrible, but not worth killing over.
She should be in jail for the rest of her life!
True
Exactly.
We live in a society that promotes entitlement, narcissism, selfishness, main-character syndrome, self-worship, etc.
Certain parents do also... unfortunately.
Filled with arrogance and pride.
This
And accountability. It’s really okay to not be perfect and make mistakes. It makes us who we are
Degeneracy
I find it hard to believe that any judge would find that 15 years would be all that the mother‘s life is worth. Life in prison without parole should’ve been the decision.
She is serving life she's just eligible for parole hearing after 15 years. I doubt the parole board would release a monster like this
She should have been sentenced to life without parole. The most awful heinous crime against her own mother. Absolutely an unforgivable act. Prayers for the dad and rest of the family.
All of this for college?????? 🤯😵💫🤯😵💫🤯 15yrs sentence is way too light for this awful crime.
She should have had life without parole.
why? because you said? Luckily, you decide only about trash in your bin, and toilet.
I agree the sentence was too lenient for that heinous crime..justice "system" sucks😺
Or ole Sparky
The craziest part is that she actually pleaded not guilty!
The dad seems so understanding she could have just opened up about her problems to them instead of taking such a drastic decision😔
Don't feel sorry for this girl at all.Sittin in court crying feeling sorry for me she's old enough knew what she did she's just pure evil only
This is what Gen z’s babying parents are created. Lots of unstable, entitled sick kids.
Yes, also look up Chandler Halderson, same,same.
No, neither do I!
covering her ears when they descibed the sounds her mom made when she was killing her. Her self pity disgusts me.
7:27 giggling.. she's a bloody psycho!
15 years is a slap on the wrist for the crime she committed she's a monster
Ontop of being 38 years old when she’s eligible for parole, which I doubt she will get the first run around, But yeah pretty much 😂
This society is pure evil for everything.
This is just too unbelievable that this sick, twisted daughter didn't get a life sentence without parole. Wow!
I lost my mom when I was 17 due to a heart attack, im 24 now and not a day goes by where I don’t miss her very much. To know that there are kids out here murdering their parents in cold blood for soluble life problems, angers me so much. Sounded like her mom was a very caring person, such a shame she only got 15 yrs.
Soluble- dissolves in water.
@@harryricochet8134 also soluble: (of a problem) able to be solved. Out of my whole comment, you decided to pick on that? grow up
plenty of mothers are not like yours, consider yourself lucky
@@harryricochet8134Try solvable .....👌
I don’t think the parole board will release her after 15 years. That’s when to life sentence starts knocking on the door. She’ll never be released.
I think the administrator comes across as a sweet lady, but I think outside the courtroom, she is a tough no-nonsense person.
I was thinking the same thing
Yes I m wondering why Sydney’s grades dropped in college and what actions were put in place to help her. Also appearing in this video is the lack of communication between parents and children.
@@CelineMenelwen Adults go to college-if you can’t take care of your own ‘grades’, maybe you shouldn’t be there… There is no shame in that but don’t blame your failures on others!!
@@soude85 If life was just that uncomplicated and everyone would just behave like we would. She probably grew up chronically afraid of her parents expectations and did not know that it was not the norm. The buildup of lies was probably due to the fact that she felt like the alternative was just unfathomable.
@@soude85 I did not trust myself to go to college at 18 so I waited til I was 20, luckily my parents are chill but some force their kids to go to college
Covering her ears like a child. The judge shouldnt allow that. Tears for herself not her mother.
So much pressure on the youth these days. I hope she's able to turn her life around. Sometimes parents don't know what they're putting their kids through.
That poor mother. 😢 she didn't deserve to be murdered by her own child.
Imagine the last thing knowing in this life is your own daughter murdering you. It's horrific. 😢
But a LOT of mothers DO, right???
@@debfiel6585The ol’ cartoon frying pan trick!
Flunking out of college is not the worse thing ever, geez. It's not for everybody. It doesn't make you a failure. It happens to a large % of the students. I've done college twice now. Once at 18( I preferred working full-time) Once around 45 ( mid life crisis?bored? IDK) Though I didn't flunk out, I saw it wasn't for me for several reasons. Were others " disappointed "? Maybe? Oh well. Life Rolls On..
😮 pretty much same here 🤷🏾 moving right along with life. Enjoying myself so far 👍🏾
I don't get how she did so badly when she'd been a star at school and have even earned a scholarship. I've known people who were average at school and with hard work got through uni.
@It-is-me...Melsie I was an honor student in high school but got to college and nearly flunked out. The reason? Mental illness. I finally did graduate but it was extremely difficult. I'm on meds and doing very well in my life. I went to college over two decades ago but Sydney had more access to resources than us GenXers used to have. Had she just waited things out, she would have been fine. She was diagnosed with borderline personality traits and should have been in therapy and on meds to help with her brain.
I failed college the first time. It was pretty bad and I cried a lot, but thankfully I was able to work and graduated last year. At that moment I was very young and though it was the end of the world, but you just need to reflect on what was wrong and try a different path. There's more options.
Exactly. I left college a few times and my parents were very supportive and understanding. I was dealing with some health problems and addictions. Once under control, I was able to graduate 10 years later. Just be upfront with your parents.
I’m speechless. As someone with a similar story, murder was never an option. While I never failed a class in college, I went from a straight-A student in high school to a struggling student when I went to college. On top of all that, my mother was a tiger mother and the mere thought of disappointing her and my father was too much to bear. That being said, I toughened up and came clean about all my issues to them. They were much more understanding than I thought they would have been, especially my mom. Not only did I get the academic help I needed, but I also got the mental health support I needed. All Sydney needed to do was be tough and talk to someone. Nothing excuses what she did and I hope she thinks long and hard about what she did. Also it’s kind of ironic how Mount Union has a similar name to my college 😅😬
Eligible for parole after 15 yrs? Wow.
So evil. Imagine she gets out after 15 yrs and marries a guy who has no idea of her background. She’s a danger to society.
Right. She could change her name. So crazy
It is scary the thought that she could possibly get out in 15 yrs. Hopefully, parole is denied.
She’d be a danger to her own child if she was to get pregnant.
@@Daughterofthemosthigh53 There should be laws in place that prevent convicts changing their name if they were to get released or paroled.
Before you fall in love check finger print period
She gets 15 years for killing her own mom? My mom passed when I was 18 and I would do anything to have her. She’s disgusting.
Get over yourself. Not everyone has the same life background.
@@mr.galindo8926 freak
@@mr.galindo8926 so you're saying we shouldn't judge a cold blooded killer? Interesting.
15 to life, meaning she’s never get paroled because parole boards don’t give it out to people who show no remorse.
@@mr.galindo8926 weirdo
It's heartbreaking to witness someone resorting to such actions against their own mother out of fear of the truth being uncovered. It demonstrates a lack of emotional control on the part of this girl, which is truly saddening.
15 years?! that tells you right there the justice system in this country is a joke. Disgusting. That judge is a disgrace.
15yrs to life
lmao wdym? thats way more than most countries would give. 15 years Minimum
@@yasmina1994 i heard the sentence and it was 15 to life. So I think they get a chance of parole at 15. If there is not improvement, I guess the wait to get approved for parole
@@yasmina1994 i heard the sentence and it was 15 to life. So I think they get a chance of parole at 15. If there is not improvement, I guess the wait to get approved for parole
It is a joke. And those that think she won't get parole have a surprise coming.
One of our children had issues with high school, and we tried very hard to keep him in school. It didn’t work, he dropped out a few times, lied that he was still going to school, etc. Were we disappointed, hurt, angry? Sure we were, but we didn’t stop loving him, and he didn’t kill us. Something is wrong with this girl, and it’s not automatically the parents’ fault.
Indeed, some kids just go off on their own when they turn 18, and live their lives without their parents' approval. Instead of going to college, some of them take up jobs in the trades or risk all their belongings on starting a business, more likely if they entered a partnership. College isn't for everyone and that will always be the case as long as humanity is around. She could have sat down and told her parents why she was failing in college and needed time off, as her father suggested. Or if not, forget the scholarship. Just take all your general education courses at a community college, save on money and just transfer the last two years at the university.
💯 agree
Yeah she went to a catholic high-school.
Actually she is normal- most kids are devious, entitled and live a fake social media existence. They are conditioned to avoid responsibility and take no accountability. Because of this, they have no ability to cope when exposed as a fraud.
She was a spoiled brat that was never told “no”, and was always told how perfect she was in everything she did. She failed at something and could not handle it.
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The Parents Trained Up This Demon! YT Parents Don’t Hold Their Children Accountable Because Their Not Held Accountable Either! Look 👀 At All The Sh$t Trump Did And Still Doing And Congress And Or “We The People Aren’t Holding Him Accountable Either! They Have This World Screwed TF Up! Smh 🤦♂️
@@clashon4life843 Hunter and Joe ⁉️🤔
Yes.
@@clashon4life843 Why bring politics in this?!!!
Innocent men have received more decades for doing nothing.
15 years? She will still be young enough to have kids when she gets out. THAT is disturbing.
There is obviously more to this story. There is a reason her mom texted her “ why do I always feel that you’re scamming me?”
Parents were probably starting to realize something was up with her.
Her answer to that question tells you everything…
Shows she was afraid to tell her mother becoz of what her mom says?
I failed college too, but I never thought of killing my parents to hide my failures. I wanted to unalive myself.
I'm glad you didn't & that you're still here. I hope you're doing well!
Same here i failed college aswell hated it there some of the teachers and students were rude. And never liked maths
I’m glad you didn’t. Not victim blaming but I think college is a big adjustment for a lot of people and that’s not always appreciated. Hope you are happy and doing well
Narcissist think the other person is the problem. Not themselves.
I’m glad you’re still with us. My dad told me he failed out of college his first semester when he was on a full ride scholarship. He used it as a lesson to me to not play around with my life. I’m sure he felt terrible at the time and regrets it to this day, but he turned it into a lesson. He eventually went back to school in his 50s, so I know it’s never too late. Glad you’re well now
Part of me feels sorry for her bc I know the pain of failing in college and letting down everyone who has high expectations of you. When you're a smart, high performer in HS your personality is built on that foundation of "who you are." I have no doubt she was trying to figure things out so she could quietly get back in without disappointing her family. Clearly there were some mental issues going on here (delusions) likely based on this mental illusion of being the smart kid in the past. When she was put against the wall during the phone call, that illusion was shattered. She was forced back into reality and snapped. Still doesn't excuse what she did.
Bruh... People need to realize there is more to life.
I just heard about a guy in Toronto Canada who killed his mother, father, sister and grandmother because he too was failing in college then dropped and didn't want his parents to find out.. this is sickening
It's called university in Canada
15-YEARS for deliberate MURDER! Thats eft up ...
Why does everyone keep harping on only 15 years? Did you not listen to what the video said? Apparently not, because it was clearly 15 years to LIFE. She'll come up for parole after 15 years but mist likely will be DENIED. Pay attention.
Eft 😂 that's a first
This is such a strange case, I don't even know what to think about it. But one of the oddest things about the daughter's behavior in court was the way she consistently looked so devastated, yet as far as I could tell, not a tear was shed.
She was probably only devastated for herself, having to go to jail.
15 years? Sounds like she got a plea deal without having to do a plea deal.
Crying when she’s eligible for parole in 15 years. Doubtful she’ll get it but she got a slap on the wrist.
Her entire family will beg for her to be released like they begged for as much leniency as possible. The parole board will take that into account. Unfortunately, I could see them releasing her when the family supports her more than the actual victim.
Hopefully she's denied parole in 15yrs.
At that point she was making the faces of crying but I didn't see the tears.
Yeah & on top of that she said she was gonna appeal! 🤯🤬
Dad dropped the ball, he knew she was lying about being enrolled when he came home from work. Don't coddle your kids hold them accountable.
The parents created a high stress and traumatic situation, causing the girl to snap. It is the parents fault.
@@yasureyabetcha I hope this is sarcasm..
Right! How does one get a call about their own child not being enrolled anymore and then confront them and he just simply believes her!? Like wtf talk about being very delusional. He just goes back to work 🤦♀️
He’s obviously a huge beta male and probably left everything up to the wife.
@@dschoenfeld9277 because any alpha dad thinks “I better stick around in case my kid MURDERS my wife” 😂 captain hindsight over here
Poor father. Lost his wife and daughter in one moment of time.
The friggin' judge was soft and gentle towards the murderer! What a vile joke!
Right. She treated her like she was the victim that had been wronged.
She is a female, what do you expect?
@@shannondbrown1552 *He sees his sister..Daughter in the victim..That's a whole other topic* 👀🤷🏾♀️
The "judge" should serve the rest of Sydney's 15 year to LIFE sentence. What a DISGRACE this judge is. Stabbing her own mother some 23 times in the face and neck with a kitchen knife, brutally killing her, and receiving ONLY a 15 year to life sentence?!! What kind of "justice" is this?? What a complete JOKE!!!
@@user-kb4vo3lp7r I know a man who strangled his wife, pled to a lesser charge, got 5 years only, and then served only 18 mo. This system if f'ed up.
Shows how corrupt and evil the court system is. Only 15 years for cold blooded murder? And her attorney and others defending her.. she lied about everything saying she couldn’t remember. I can’t believe people were defending her actions. Sick sick people/world. She should be in prison for life.
The fact they allow women to be judges tells us how corrupt and evil they are.
of course her attorney defended her, what do you think they're supposed to do?!
@@louisedavis6821 her father must have been paying him thousands and thousands of dollars to defend her. Sickening
Throughout my childhood I was afraid of my Dad. I'm choosing to not go into details. Parents... please love your children and let them know that no matter what you will always love them and support them.
What the heck. As a young person, whos life revolves around studying im sure she felt like she was doomed. The school should have been more understanding.. sometimes teachers/schools think what they are doing is helpful.. they dont know the situation or what is going through the students mind.. sad that it resulted in this unfortunate outcome. And the fact she was digging herself deeper just so as not to disappoint her mom.. it's a never ending cycle. The fear keeps getting worse until you eventually crack and do something crazy.