DAVIS COUNTY, Utah (ABC 4 News) - It's an ABC4 exclusive as mother and accused killer Stephanie Sloop finally speaks out from her jail cell.
ABC4 wrote Stephanie Sloop a letter last week, asking the Layton woman about her thoughts and feelings on her life, her deceased son Ethan and the potential murder charges. On Wednesday, ABC4 finally received a response from Stephanie on the back of the original letter we sent the accused killer.
"HA, HA, HA (in capital letters she writes), I've invoked my right to remain silent or didn't my attorney already say that?" Sloop wrote in large letters in pencil on the back of our request then mailed it in our lilac self-addressed envelope we originally enclosed. The Chief Deputy for the Davis County Jail confirms that Sloop is the only one who could have seen that letter.
However, Criminal Defense Attorney Greg Skordas says sending the letter was a bad idea. "Her tone is offensive and mocking," Skordas told ABC4 after reading it. "It's creepy."
Skordas addded that if her defense wanted to say she wasn't mentally competent at the time of the murder, the letter contradicts that defense. "She references the 6th amendment of the constitution, it contras any potential defense if she says she doesn't remember or was in a fog, " Skordas believes.
Stephanie and her husband Nathan Sloop are currently behind bars in Davis County. The couple will appear before a judge on Friday where aggravated murder charges may be filed. Autopsy results on 4-year-old Ethan Stacy's body are expected as well.
