Kelsey Briggs Dancing With The Angels

The judge Sept. 10. 2007 ordered Raye Dawn Smith to serve the FULL 27 years in prison for enabling child abuse. Jurors in July found Smith guilty of allowing her then-second husband to abuse Kelsey. They chose the punishment of 27 years Kelsey, 2, died on Oct. 11, 2005, at her home near Meeker. Doctors determined she died from abuse. Jurors heard testimony that Kelsey had been abused for months, suffering broken bones, bruises, a sexual assault and other injuries. Kelsey, 2, died Oct. 11, 2005, at her home near Meeker after months of suffering broken bones, bruises and other injuries. (On October 11th, 2005 at 1:30 p.m., an Oklahoma DHS worker visited Kelsey for the last time. That worker said everything looked fine, about two hours later Kelsey Died)The tragedy exposed serious flaws in how the state protects children because, at the time of her death, both the state Department of Human Services and a judge were overseeing her care because of abuse allegations.Smith was convicted of enabling child abuse, accused of allowing her then-husband, Michael Lee Porter, to injure the child.He once was charged with sexually abusing and murdering Kelsey but pleaded guilty to a lesser charge of enabling child abuse after reaching a deal with prosecutors. He and Smith wed on April 18, 2005,Kelsey's father, Lance Briggs, (who was Serving in Iraq at the time of Kelsey's Death) called the prison sentence fitting. "I was relieved," he said. "What this was, right here today, was justice for my daughter."Many are pointing to Kelsey's death as as an example of how the judicial system and DHS fail to protect children. Kelsey died four months after a judge returned her to her mother, despite suspicions the mother had abused her

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[cne08]

R.I.P. Kelsey.

[cne08]

Poor little Kelsey.

[christien455555]

KELSEY you deserve to live but i love you so much i hope you have fun just rember that everyone still love you

[krissyislove62]

that guy deserves to die....

[a4n28a93]

R.I.P

HOPE YOU ARE HAPPY WITH GOD

[mydmforlife]

child abusers should be beat to death like they beat kids so they know how much pain we go through when they get mad at us... BASTARDS... R.I.P. angel, no one can hurt you in heaven now God is on your side

[davidcookrocks5]

i know this is horrible to say but i hope michael has a horrible painful death e.i. like final destination horrible. who the fuck does that?

[KKyle08]

R.I.P. I hope the general population in prison whoops his dumb ass

[DustieBeautie123]

omg i am crying, Kelsey you deserve soo much more!!! Your killer should die because HE cut your life short... you are a beautiful angel in heaven and in no more pain!! RIP Kelsey GIRL

[nicklebackfan1576]

he should be put away 4 life 4 murdering a sweet innocent child

[sAxPlayer10123]

what happened to Kelsey?

[demons4579]

I Hope that mom and stepdad of Kelsey gets beaten to death in prison for what they did to this little precious soul. I love you Kelsey!!! Ret in heaven little angel!!