Judge Bonnie Sudderth testifies on behalf of her pedophile brother.

Bonnie Sudderth is currently serving as judge of the 352nd District Court in Tarrant County, Texas. The judge’s brother Skylar Sudderth was indicted by a Williamson County, Texas grand jury for nine counts of aggravated sexual abuse of a child, and one count of tampering with evidence, with penalties from five to 99 years to life in prison. Judge Sudderth is supporting her pedophile brother, who is charged with sexual abuse of his 7 year old step daughter. Judge Bonnie Sudderth testified at the bond reduction hearing, to persuade another judge to release her brother from jail. Judge Sudderth testified that she was in court because of a subpoena, but this was false. There is no return of a subpoena in the court file, signed by any sheriff, constable or anyone else. A subpoena cannot compel a witness to appear in court over 150 miles from the place of service. Under oath, she misled the public into thinking that she was legally compelled to appear and testify. She was there voluntarily. She appeared in person to use her influence on another district judge. As a result her pedophile brother, Skylar Sudderth, is now out of jail on bond.

Judge Sudderth testified that she was aware of the facts of the case (see Court hearing). She had read the complaint and other court filings. The file discloses that DNA evidence was found in the child’s vaginal vault, and that DNA evidence was found on a mattress. She was in court to conceal the Sudderth family secrets, and she is enabling the perpetrator instead of protecting the victim. Copies of the court documents which detail the facts of this heinous crime are Investigators’ affidavits, on this website. These documents are located in the court file which Judge Bonnie Sudderth reviewed before she testified. She also testified that Skylar could stay in her home with her, and her minor daughter.

Judge Sudderth was quoted in the Abilene Reporter-News, as follows: "A lot of people scratch their heads and wonder how this could happen. All I can say is bad things happen to good people- that's the sad reality." To whom do you think Bonnie Sudderth was referring? Do you think she is referring to the seven year old girl raped by her pedophole brother? No. She is referring to her child rapist brother as a "good person." She sees her brother as a victim of the situation, when in fact he raped a seven year old girl. This statement is a window into the character of Bonnie Sudderth, and it raises questions about her judgment, her values, and her fitness to serve as a judge.

This is not the first time Skylar Sudderth has slipped through the court system with the help of influential friends. Skylar Sudderth was the District Attorney of Brown and Mills County, Texas. He lied to a district judge to procure a reduction in the sentence of another sex offender. In 2003 he was indicted on charges of aggravated perjury, and tampering and fabricating physical evidence regarding a case in which he made a plea bargain with a sex offender. Those charges were dismissed in June 2004 after Skylar Suddereth resigned as district attorney.

The family’s strategy is simple; get Skylar out of jail on bond, and then delay, delay, and more delay, until the public forgets about it. Then dismiss it, or reduce the charges to a misdemeanor. They attempted to use political influence to get Skylar out of jail by having Judge Sudderth in court to testify on his behalf, and by packing the court room with relatives and friends of Skylar Sudderth.

This case has three different Williamson County District Court case numbers. The case was reindicted August 14, 2006. That file is open: #06 1152 K 368. It contains the ten count indictment, described above. A copy of that indictment is on this website. The original two files were consolidated into this open file. They are #06-1134-K 368; #06-1034-K 368.

The investigator’s affidavits are statements under oath by police officers’ who know the evidence. They include the sworn complaint of Allen J. Keirn, Leander P.D. dated June 19, 2006; sworn complaint of Allen J. Keirn, Leander P.D. dated June 23, 2006; affidavit for search warrant; transcript of bond hearing. All of these documents, and the ten count indictment are on file in the Williamson County District Clerk’s Office.

(NOTE: The 352ND District Court is located in Tarrant County, Texas, and has jurisdiction over residents of Azle, Texas, Bedford, Texas, Benbrook, Texas, Blue Mound, Texas, Burleson, Texas, Colleyville, Texas, Crowley, Texas, DFW Airport, Euless, Texas, Everman, Texas, Forest Hill, Texas, Fort Worth, Texas, Grand Prairie, Texas, Grapevine, Texas, Haltom City, Texas, Haslet, Texas, Hurst, Texas, Keller, Texas, Kennedale, Texas, Lakeside, Texas, Lake Worth, Texas, Mansfield, Texas, North Richland Hills, Texas, Watauga, Texas, and White Settlement, Texas.)

This crime affects public morals, confidence in the courts, faith in the legal system, good government, respect for law, welfare of children, sexual abuse of minors, election of judges, appointment of judges, judicial ethics, judicial temperament, political influence, and shocking the public conscience.

INVESTIGATOR'S AFFADAVIT

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Tampering With or Fabricating Physical Evidence

Cause Number: 305263-416
L.P.D. Case: 305263

COMPLAINT

In the name and by the authority of the State of Texas

I, A.J. Keirn, do solemnly swear that I have good reason to believe, and do believe, that Skylar Barclay Sudderth who is hereafter called "Defendant", on or about the 5th day of June 2006 A.D., and before the making and filing of this Complaint, in the County of Williamson and the State of texas, did unlawfully then and and there, knowing that an offense had been committed, to-wit Aggravated Sexual Assault - Child, intentionally or knowingly alter sheets, girl's panties and a mattress, with intent to impair its verity or available evidence in any subsequent investigation or official proceeding related to the offense.

Affiant's belief is based on the following:

Your Affiant is currently assigned to the Criminal Investigation's Division of the Leander Police Department as a Detective.

Your Affiant on June 5, 2006 was called to 3000 Lakeline Blvd #412, Leander, Williamson County, Texas to investigate an Aggravated Sexual Assault - Child. During the investigation, your Affiant transported the complainant, age 7, to the hospital for an examination. The examination revealed injuries to the Complainant's vagina and anus, which were consistent with a sexual assault. Furthermore, the SANE examination also recovered a trace amount of semen, which was later verified by an analyst at the Texas Department of Public Safety - Crime Lab.

Your Affiant transported the Complainant to the Williamson County Children's Advocacy Center where she stated that Skylar Barclay Sudderth, age 39, hereinafter Defendant, had placed his penis into her mouth, anus and vagina.

Your Affiant, during the course of the investigation, spoke with Danielle Reynolds, the mother of the Complainant. Reynolds advised that after the assault occurred the Complainant approached her and told her that the Defendant had touched her and peed on her and her panties. Reynolds removed the Complainant's panties and examined them. Reynolds indicated that she believed that the Complainant's panties contained semen. Furthermore, Reynolds indicated that she examined the Complainant's bed and believed that it contained a substance that was also consistent with semen.

Reynolds then advised that she confronted the Defendant. During this confrontation, the Defendant grabed Complainant's panties from Reynolds' hand and retained them. Reynolds then left the apartment and returned a short time later that morning. Reynolds then indicated that when she returned she observed that the Defendant had placed the Complainant's bed clothes into the wash, as well as the pantiesthat she was wearing when the assault occured. Furthermore, Reynolds indicated that she discovered that the Defendant had washed the mattress that the assault occurred on.

Your Affiant spoke with Detective H. Garrett who advised that she examined the scene and determined that the Complainant's bed clothes and panties were located in the washing machine, which had been run through the washing cycle. Furthermore, Detective Garrett indicated that she examined the Complainant's mattres and determined that it had been washed and and was wet. The mattress top was recevered during the investigation and transported to the Texas Department of Public Safety - Crime Lab where (2) semen stains were located and identified.

Based on the foregoing, your Affiant believes that the Defendant was altering physical evidence to conceal that he committed the offense of Aggravated Sexual Assault - Child.

(Sworn to and subscribed by A.J. Keirn on June 19th, 2006)
THE INDICTMENT

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Counts 1-9: Aggrevated Sexual Assault Child - Penal Code Sec. 22.021 F1
Count 10: Tampering with Physical Evidence - Penal Code Sec. 37.09 F3

Indictment in the 277 Judicial District Court of Williamson County, Texas

No: 06-1152-K-368
SID: TX07234045
DA Control No: 06-04958

STATE OF TEXAS
V.
SKYLAR BARCLAY SUDDERTH

IN THE NAME AND BY AUTHORITY OF THE STATE OF TEXAS

The Grand Jury for the July 2006 term of the 277 Judicial District Court of Williamson County, Texas, having been duly selected, empaneled, sworn, charged and organized, presents that before the presentment of this indictment,

Count One

on or about the 1st day of November, 2005, in Williamson County, Texas, Skylar Barclay Sudderth, hereinafter "defendant", intentionally or knowingly caused penetration of the anus of (Name WItheld), a child younger than 14 years of age, by the defendant's penis,

Count Two

The Grand Jury further presents that on or about the 5th day of June, 2006, in the County of Williamson and State of Texas, Skylar Barclay Sudderth, hereinafter "defendant", intentionally or knowingly caused the penetration of the anus of(Name WItheld), a child younger than 14 years of age, by the defendant's penis,

Count Three

The Grand Jury further presents that on or about the 5th day of June, 2006, in the County of Williamson and State of Texas, Skylar Barclay Sudderth, hereinafter "defendant", intentionally or knowingly caused the anus of (Name WItheld), a child younger than 14 years of age, to contact the sexual organ of the defendant,

Count Four

The Grand Jury further presents that on or about the 5th day of June, 2006, in the County of Williamson and State of Texas, Skylar Barclay Sudderth, hereinafter "defendant", intentionally or knowingly caused the anus of (Name WItheld), a child younger than 14 years of age, to contact the mouth of the defendant,

Count Five

The Grand Jury further presents that on or about the 5th day of June, 2006, in the County of Williamson and State of Texas, Skylar Barclay Sudderth, hereinafter "defendant", intentionally or knowingly caused the the penetration of the female organ of (Name WItheld), a child younger than 14 years of age, tby the dedfendant's penis,

Count Six

The Grand Jury further presents that on or about the 5th day of June, 2006, in the County of Williamson and State of Texas, Skylar Barclay Sudderth, hereinafter "defendant", intentionally or knowingly caused the sexual organof (Name WItheld), a child younger than 14 years of age, to contact the sexual organ of the defendant,

Count Seven

The Grand Jury further presents that on or about the 5th day of June, 2006, in the County of Williamson and State of Texas, Skylar Barclay Sudderth, hereinafter "defendant", intentionally or knowingly caused the sexual organ of (Name WItheld), a child younger than 14 years of age, to contact the mouth of the defendant,

Count Eight

The Grand Jury further presents that on or about the 5th day of June, 2006, in the County of Williamson and State of Texas, Skylar Barclay Sudderth, hereinafter "defendant", intentionally or knowingly caused the penetration of the mouth of (Name WItheld), a child younger than 14 years of age, by the sexual organ of the defendant,

Count Nine

The Grand Jury further presents that on or about the 5th day of June, 2006, in the County of Williamson and State of Texas, Skylar Barclay Sudderth, hereinafter "defendant", intentionally or knowingly caused the mouth of (Name WItheld), a child younger than 14 years of age, to contact the sexual organ of the defendant,

Count Ten

The Grand Jury further presents that on or about the 5th day of June, 2006, in the County of Williamson and State of Texas, Skylar Barclay Sudderth, hereinafter "defendant", knowing that an offense had been committed, namely, aggravated sexual assoult of a child, altered destroyed, or concealed any record, document, or thing, namely, semen, bedsheets, a mattress, a pillow, a blanket, a comforter, panties, or any combination of these items, with intent to impair its verity, legibility, or availability as evidence in any subsequent investigation of or official proceeding related to the offense,

AGAINST THE PEACE AND DIGNITY OF THE STATE