The Kelsey Briggs Story.

Kelsey Briggs was born in Oklahoma on December 28,2002 after her parents Lance Briggs and Raye Dawn Smith were divorced.

At the end of 2004 Raye Dawn Smith started dating a man named Michael Lee Porter, whom she met at a local bar.

The first reported incident of child abuse regarding Kelsey was made on Jan.17,2005.

DHS confirmed Kelsey was abused and stated her mother Raye Dawn was the perpetrator due to her conflicting stories of Kelsey's injuries.

Kelsey Briggs grandmother Kathie Briggs was granted emergency custody Jan.24,2005.

Raye Dawn Smith married Michael Lee Porter on April 18,2005.
Kelsey was having overnight visitation with Raye and Porter even though a court order stated Porter was not to be around Kelsey.

On May 3,2005 Kelsey was taken out of her grandmother Kathie's care by OKDHS.

Kelsey was put in protective custody because of her broken legs that were confirmed from abuse.

May 4,2005 Kelsey was then moved to her maternal Grandmother Gayla Smith.

Kelsey suffered months of documented abuse.

June 15,2005 Judge Craig Key went against DHS recommedation and sent Kelsey back home to her mother and stepfather.
The judge confirmed Kelsey was being abused and stated,
"Perpetrator Unknown."

Kelsey was visited by a social worker approximately once every week.

Kelsey's biological father Lance Briggs was a soldier in Iraq he was undergoing care at a treatment facility for a back injury and was in the process of checking out from his duty in Fort Benning,Georgia.

Lance was schedueled to be home within
a week or two.

On October 11,2005 Kelsey was murdered.
Raye Dawn and Michael Porter were the only ones who had contact with Kelsey in the hour leading up to her death.

The cause of death was blunt force trauma to the abdomen,it was ruled a Homicide.

Two weeks later Porter was arrested on first degee murder.

Kelsey's mother Raye Dawn was later charged with two felonies, Child Neglect, and, Enabling Child Abuse.

In April of 2006 Kelsey's body was exhumed for a second autopsy where sexual abuse was documented.
The Stepfather's charges were amended to add the sexual abuse.

Porter and Smith divorced after Kelsey's death.

On February 2,2007 a plea negotiation was entered and approved by the paternal family.
The stepfather plead guilty to a reduced charge of Enabling Child Abuse and received 30 years in prison.
He has no possibility of parole for 25.5years.

Kelsey's mother Raye Dawn Smith went on trial July 9,2007.
She was found guilty of enabling child abuse, she will serve 27 years in prison, without the possibility of parole for 23 years.

Please visit
http://www.kelseyspurpose.org/
and remember HER innocent face next time you hear of someone being abused, reach out and help.

With the help and persistence of Kelsey's paternal grandma Kathie,
a new law "The Kelsey Briggs Child Protection Act" was established
into Oklahoma Law to help prevent this type of failure in the Oklahoma State System.

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[Robinbiswas86]

The judge who did the preceedings was a dumbass. Why would he send her back to her mother after the abuse. Wow that was real stupid and insensitive. The judge was a piece of shit and doesnt deserve to be a judge!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[brendan27065]

poor girl i watched this about 2 year ago and still cry now R.I.P poor farther u fight for ur country and dont deserve this pain R.I.P

[Thenecromancer626]

I wanna avenge poor little Kelsey and like, kill Michael Lee Pooper! -:,(

how and why would you end a young innocent life?!!!!??! O and screw the mom btw o. O

[mountaindew492]

seeing her in these pictures i wish i could of just swept her up and tooken her in. this is so sad. i showed this to my 5 year old sister a couple of years ago and she started crying.

[MissBad421]

R.I.P. Kelsey you didnt deserve to die especially the way you did the little time you have been on this earth should of been the best <3

[justice84ify]

@fluffypuppy10 because both of them beat her up so hard she died

[justice84ify]

R.I.P Kelsey.child abuse...Tsk Tsk Tsk

[innterupptingcowmooo]

I hope the mother, that guy she was going to marry and the judge that gave Kelsey back to them all get skinned alive. R.I.P Kelsey, it is such a horrid thing that you had to see and endure the bad in the world for the little time you were on it. <3

[UtubeDuDeDuh]

The mother keep crying innocent but she is the most guilty regardless.. Even if she didnt abuse her child and it was micheal still she knew what was going on and she MARRIES this dude? She's just as evil.

[MsSassymouth]

On my gosh I cried

[iiBeToXiC]

Rest in peace kelsey.

[iiBeToXiC]

Both of them should die.