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Kelsey Smith Briggs

Some stories are harder to let go of than others. Almost everything I write about could have been prevented. How I go about picking one out of hundreds, sometimes it's difficult. Other times the story just captures me. And for reasons I can't explain, I can't seem to let it go.
This is one of those stories. Every detail of it angers me. A soldier returning home to a murdered child. A two year old beaten to death. Child services that didn't protect. And a system that seems to be more flawed than I can imagine.
Briggs died at two years and nine months, and the report analyzes the last nine months. It started Jan. 10 when a physician reported that bruises on the girl were not accidental and were the result of abuse.
It continued on Jan. 17 when the Department of Human Services was contacted and was informed of bruises on the girl's face and body and abrasions on her bottom and neck. On Feb. 3, the report indicated that the mother admitted to spanking Kelsey on her diaper and her hand but denied having seen the reported bruises. On Feb. 23, the Lincoln County district attorney filed court documents saying Briggs had been physically abused.
Eventually, Briggs' legs were both in casts -- caused by intentional breaks, according to doctors.This pattern of reporting and ruling continued through October, when Kelsey eventually died -- the cause of blunt trauma to the stomach, according to the Oklahoma medical examiner.


That is no life for a little girl. That's no life for a child at all.
The father of Kelsey is requesting that the documents be released. If the State has nothing to hide in terms of responsibility for letting this happen, why are they not releasing the information? Just what is the judge in this case hiding? The extent that they let this go on can not be taken back- but they can show respect and release the requested information. This child was returned to an abusive home, only to be killed by those that where suppose to be protecting her. Someone needs to step forward and explain why this was allowed to happen.

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Anonymous said…
Wow, your research is lacking a bit. Look further and harder to find the truth. I think you are truly 'lost' in the propaganda of the Briggs family.
10/7/06
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