Shannon Richardson gets 18 years in prison , must pay $ 367,000 in restitution . Texas actress had minor roles in ` ` The Walking Dead '' and ` ` The Vampire Diaries '' and wrote ricin - laced letters to President Obama and Michael Jackson . Investigators found that her computer storage devices contained the text of threatening letters to Obama and the couple 's computer records showed that her husband could n't have printed them because he was at work at the time , according to an FBI arrest affidavit . The woman gave birth to a baby boy , Brody , while in prison , CNN affiliate reports .
Shannon Richardson gets 18 years in prison , must pay $ 367,000 in restitution . Texas actress had minor roles in ` ` The Walking Dead '' and ` ` The Vampire Diaries '' and wrote ricin - laced letters to President Obama and Michael Jackson . The woman gave birth to a baby boy , Brody , while in prison , CNN affiliate reports .