Michael Porter was arrested Thursday for the death of his two year old stepdaughter. He is accused of striking the little girl in the abdomen earlier in the week causing blunt force trauma and inflicting deadly wounds.
The little girl was described as having significant bleeding in her intestines and bruising on her ribs, the front of her chest, side and back. Records indicate that she had bruises in other areas of her body and medical examiners believe she suffered from possible kneeing, punching or squeezing.
Kelsey Smith Briggs dies hours before her father was due to return from serving in Iraq.
Port has recently filed divorce papers on Rae dawn Porter, the little girls mother.
The bond has been set for $1 million, after he plead not guilty in court Friday morning to charges that he killed the toddler, Kelsey Briggs. The judge in the case has issued a gag order for everyone in the case.
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Video, grandparents speak out, grandmother report the abuse without any results. Custody was had for a limited time been granted to the grandparents, who show evidence of the little girls abuse dating back months.
Video, History of abuse, child dies hours before her father returns home from Iraq. Death ruled homicide. Judge overruled DHS recommendations.
Video, mothers side of the family, reaction to stepfather, seemed like such a nice person. Home movies of the toddler, including one with her having two broken legs. Family wants to believe that Porter never meant to hurt her. Family puts blame on seizures- while admitting that they have never seen her have one.
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For more posts on Kelsey as I follow the case:
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The little girl was described as having significant bleeding in her intestines and bruising on her ribs, the front of her chest, side and back. Records indicate that she had bruises in other areas of her body and medical examiners believe she suffered from possible kneeing, punching or squeezing.
Kelsey Smith Briggs dies hours before her father was due to return from serving in Iraq.
Port has recently filed divorce papers on Rae dawn Porter, the little girls mother.
The bond has been set for $1 million, after he plead not guilty in court Friday morning to charges that he killed the toddler, Kelsey Briggs. The judge in the case has issued a gag order for everyone in the case.
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Video, grandparents speak out, grandmother report the abuse without any results. Custody was had for a limited time been granted to the grandparents, who show evidence of the little girls abuse dating back months.
Video, History of abuse, child dies hours before her father returns home from Iraq. Death ruled homicide. Judge overruled DHS recommendations.
Video, mothers side of the family, reaction to stepfather, seemed like such a nice person. Home movies of the toddler, including one with her having two broken legs. Family wants to believe that Porter never meant to hurt her. Family puts blame on seizures- while admitting that they have never seen her have one.
**Update
For more posts on Kelsey as I follow the case:
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#4
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everybody's attention. Let's
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I say this because of a report that Kelsey had a major facial bruise and was "timid" according to a DHS report from August. Her grandmother says she stopped talking about this time. Videos from around this time show a wandering left eye, a sign of a blowout fracture, which had not appeared in previous videos. She was more than just "timid," she was brain damaged, and if a health professional had accompanied the DHS worker on this visit, or if the DHS worker had been properly trained to recognize such injuries, perhaps Kelsey would still be alive.
Then there is the question of the judge, Lincoln County Associate District Judge Craig Key. Perhaps they too need to receive training in recognizing child abuse. It was a judge who returned Ryan Luke to his home in a body cast where he subsequently got murdered. It was a judge who returned Kelsey to the home of her mother against recommendation of several doctors and DHS. We all need to remember the name of this judge when it comes time for re-election!
Who should be charged with the murder? I think it isn't just Michael Porter who should be sitting in jail. Both Michael Porter and Rae Dawn had time alone with the child the day of her death. They are pointing fingers at each other, giving each other a perfect "reasonable doubt" alibi. I think they should be charged together. If Michael Porter were repeatedly abusing the child, the mother is responsible for staying with this monster. She should be charged with depraved indifference to human life (I'm not a legal expert, but I think that's Murder II on "Law and Order.")
Finally, what good is a law on the books, if public agencies can defy it and ignore it. DHS should be fined for every day they delay in producing records in accordance with the Ryan Luke law. And an outside party needs to be involved in supervising the "typing up" of the court records. And how long should that take actually? A day at the most. Get real. This is ridiculous.
The only truly innocent party in this case is the father who was off serving his country and came home to a dead child on the very day of his arrival! My heart and prayers go out to him that he keep his cool and let the justice system work and not take the law into his own hands.
This is Raye Dawn's 3rd pregnancy. She drank so heavily that she had a miscarriage on the first one before Kelsey. Raye Dawn was evidently trying to marry for money because she's now trying to get what Mike Porter had previously in their divorce. Good luck Raye Dawn, if you get anything you won't be able to spend it from jail or hell.
>>and if a health professional had accompanied the DHS worker on this visit, or if the DHS worker had been properly trained to recognize such injuries, perhaps Kelsey would still be alive.<<
Who is going to pay for this? You DO know that DHS Child Welfare workers get paid less than School Teachers, don't you? And the position REQUIRES a Bachelor's degree.
>> DHS should be fined for every day they delay in producing records in accordance with the Ryan Luke law.<<
Are you talking about the records that showed how the Judge went against the DHS recommendation? Also, any Government agency like this is required to conduct an internal investigation on any worker involved in the case. There is also a Child Death Review Board that meets and reviews all the information. If they release that information before they know if the worker was at fault, they are condemning that worker to unwarranted public scrutiny. They also have to redact certain information from the files. Names and identifying information has to be scrubbed to satisfy the confidentiality laws.
Lastly, I was wondering how many people who were calling for DHS heads to roll have called their local office to ask how they can help. CASA volunteers, Post Adjudication Review Boards, Foster parents, Shelter homes; it all comes down to how much the individual is willing to do to help the system and those who work inside of it.
Raye Dawn is guilty as sin, she did it, Mike Porter is taking the blame for something she did, if they don't take this baby away from her it is just another child that the system has failed...it will be abused and possibly killed as Kelsey was...
LANCE, KATHY & FAMILY OUR PRAYERS ARE WITH YOU...KELSEY IS WITH YOU!
WE HAVE TO KEEP FIGHTING RAYE DAWN AND PUT HER WHERE SHE BELONGS...Her and her family showed what low class people there were in court the other day...all Oklahomans seen what kind of people they are - it just backed up what we SUSPECTED all along!
I have two words for kelseys so called mother and step-father - Mandatory execution! - a life for a life, the judge who sent kelsey back to her pig mother should be shot! or at least have his license to practice revoked!
Im not from the U.S.A; but stumbled accross this site from another link.
Concerned New Zealander
secondly, mike porter's daughter whitney has been listed as a witness on behalf of the prosecution. supposedly whitney is going to testify that mike kicked kelsey off of the bed, and raye dawn yelled at him. so if raye saw this happen, and supposedly yelled at mike, then why is raye not just as guilty??!?! she obviously knew something was going on. surely she's smarter then an 8 year old. i know she'd like us all to think that she has a seat reserved right next to god in heaven...but freaking seriously!!
smotherman is a joke. kelsey deserves justice. kelsey's paternal family deserves justice. if smotherman lets raye off with a plea and mike doesn't get convicted of what he's been charged with...no one will pay for what happened! i pray that smotherman knows more then he's letting on and i pray he's not as dumb as i think he is. he just needs to remember that craig key was not re-elected. he lost by more then 1800 votes. smotherman...don't think it can't happen again.
raye dawn....don't get too comfortable. if we're lucky...you'll be in a cold jail cell soon enough.
See the article at usobserverok.com
Amazing how they have placed themselves next to God. Lance wasn't out protecting us he was too busy getting himself kicked out of the military for drugs and assault, and Kathie's been working hard trying to make money off of Kelsey's death. I knew there had to be a catch......
The Briggs want the mother convicted of something she didn't do so they can put $millions in their pockets