Goodnight, Sugar Babe: The Killing of Vera Jo Reigle

Firstly, I agree with the other reviews that believed this film seemed to be more about the hillbilly family than the victim or her murder. Secondly, I've never seen so many f*caked up teeth in one film. With the exception of perhaps 4 ppl in the entire film (none of which were part of the family) everyone had the most twisted, funky grills. Most all the boys in the film were either inbred or had clear traits of some sort of disability. In short, a family of white trash recruits a mentally disabled woman to live in their house and be their slave. The mother (a toothless, 400lb woman in a wheelchair) controls a syndicate of hoodlums made up of her welfare sons. The mother convinces the 22yr old special needs woman to get pregnant by her 16yr old son, in hopes of her having a little girl. Again, let me emphasize the rotten teeth... The mother clearly is a sociopath with severe mental limitations, with a perverse obsession with baby girls. After the mentally disabled woman has the baby, the cult mother has her killed by a couple of the kids living in the house. There is almost no attention given to how or why society allowed this poor disabled woman to be abused and murdered by this family with a combined IQ of about 30. The brooks family was clearly bred to either do manual labor in prison, become members of the MAGA movement, or to appear in another Hills Have Eyes movie. And yet, these ppl continue to breed in multitudes...

These people are just absolute garbage human beings. I don't think a single person in that family has any redeeming qualities. I am not normally a judgmental person, but oh my god...this entire bloodline needs to be put out of it's misery. The Brooks family make regular white trash look like the Kennedy's. I feel so sad for the poor girl who got caught up in this mess and lost her life, although seeing her background, it's unlikely she had a chance in life anyway. The problem with this show is that Vera seems to play a minor role in the story of her own murder. A lot more focus is put on these "hills have eyes" rejects that barely pass for humans. It so heartbreaking that children are even allowed around a single member of this psychotic, despicable family. If ever there was a case for forced sterilization, this is it! These people continuing to breed is more terrifying than any potential terrorist attack.

What happened to aiding and abetting being a crime???

Every single person that was EVER in that house was part of this crime. (Oh yeah, I would go to their house for pizza and Vera would be getting shoved in the oven, but boy the pizza was good)

WHAT? WHAT ?

My brain is stuck.

Just when I thought I saw it all in regards to the worlds most disturbing films....enter this. This story hits from every angle in which the human race can be the most disgusting and vile on the planet. Not often do I watch something with my mouth hanging open the whole time in awe... but with this... it seemed to just get worse and worse. This is real life folks. This is not a movie. So if you want to witness life at it lowest point, where every person is a victim turned demon, please look no further.

This was one of the most infuriating documentaries I have ever watched. The entire cast of people interviewed in this film appear to be products of incest, rampant drug/sexual abuse, and mental illness. I had no idea people this creepy even existed, especially not in Ohio. I am a social worker with homeless people in a major southern city, and I have never witnesses anyone even remotely as grotesque and ultimately insane as these people. It was hard to look at and listen to these people. What really enraged me was that everyone knew exactly what was going to happen as Vera left the house the night of her death, and yet they just stood by and watched. Not to mention the many other incidents of abuse that they all watched Vera endure. I'm still not sure how all of these people were witnesses to some of the events that occurred and not charged with anything..seriously, how many people lived in that house? They all seem so aloof and most of them seem developmentally delayed. The entire family is revolting, and I don't understand why Cheri "sugar babe" is not in prison. Good film, but trashy people and disturbing events.