Kelsey Shelton Briggs

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

After nine months of documented abuse and two court hearings a Judge sent Kelsey Briggs back home to an abusive home. She remained in state custody and was to be supervised by state agencies. Her father was in Iraq fighting for our country while Kelsey was here fighting for her life. On October 11, 2005 she was murdered. The cause of death was blunt force trauma to the abdomen. Two weeks later her stepfather was arrested on first degree murder. Her mother was later charged with two felonies of Child Abuse and Enabling Child Abuse. In April 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. 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 25.5 years. The mother was found guilty of Enabling Child Abuse and sentenced to 27 years in prison. She is asking for a new trial. A new law has been named for Kelsey in Oklahoma to prevent this type of failure in our state system.

 

Dec. 28,2002 - Oct. 11, 2005