Meeker, Oklahoma-
(An Innocent Lost,Thanks to DHS)
Kelsey, born December 28, 2002 -this precious little angel died tragically on October 11, 2005 in her home. The state doctor performed the first autopsy said Kelsey died from blunt force trauma to her abdomen and more than one impact.
Kelsey suffered bruises on her stomach,face,chest,thighs,legs, and her right hand. She had abbrasions on her back and a tissue tear in the inside of her mouth. There was bruising to the back of her head. She was literally beaten to death the DA said.
The prosecutor said “her death was the final chapter in a series of physical injuries and abuse.” Previously this baby had endured:
- A broken collarbone
- 2 broken legs
- Several bruises and other injuries from abuse
Her mother Raye Dawn Smith was arrested and charged in connection with her death, as was her mother’s husband Michael Lee Porter. Prosecutors said that Smith either abused the girl or was sitting back allowing the abuse to be carried out by Porter. Kelsey’s stepfather was initially charged with her murder and child sexual abuse and pleaded down to enabling abuse. According to him the child’s mother was the abuser. My the fingerpointing that goes on! Well, he got served a 30-year-prison sentence and this past July 2007, the mother went on trial. She was found (guilty) by a jury and sentenced to 27 years.
That’s a long time to think about what she did and allowed her ex-husband to do to little Kelsey.
To read more about Kelsey’s case see:
Kelsey’s Purpose- (Wonderful website, created by her Grandmother. Please visit to see how she is keeping Kelsey’s memory alive by helping other children).
46 Comments
December 13 ,2007 at 5:38 am
People who abuse and rape others should get more than 30 years. especially if the person kills the child or adult. 30 years and maybe a chance for poral is a slap on the hand. why do you think we have people getting out of jail and repeating the same crimes? They know what the punishment is so they are not scared. People like this need to go through some of the pain that they put others through and see how they would like to be kicked or hit to death. Sometimes I think the court is in favor of the criminals not the victuims.
August 28 ,2009 at 10:29 am
That video I just watched was so sad, I cant beleive someone would do something like.. I feel for the family that actually loved her.. I have a 2 yr old and a 6mth old and would go crazy if someone hurt them like that.. I live in michigan and would love to meet that stepfather and mother when they get out and beat the shit out of them.. Im dedicated to that and will find out when there released..
September 1 ,2009 at 9:30 pm
Hi Matthew. I did a Google search on Porter; that fucking piece of shit is on Facebook but has his Profile turned off… . And in cases if abuse, the child gravitates toward the abuser, not away as one would suspect. The child does everything to please the abusive parent..or parents in this case.
December 16 ,2007 at 12:18 pm
I completely agree with you, anyone who rapes and abuses (IMO especially children) should get a life sentence because that is what these poor children like Kelsey got: Her life was taken from her by the evilness of people who were supposed to love and protect her.
Until the judicial system gets serious about these sentences, we unfortunately will see more and more of these crimes. It does seem as though the system is all about protecting the abusers rather than the victims and that just makes me so mad.
September 2 ,2009 at 12:48 pm
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By The Canadian Press
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A 19-year-old woman has been charged with attempted murder after a 14-month-old baby was beaten in a Winnipeg street.
City police say Nikita Solange Eaglestick has also been charged with abduction and aggravated assault. Constable Jason Michalyshen says police are scratching their heads over why the baby was attacked.
Police say there was a party in the area and drinking was involved.
A witness saw a woman beating a baby’s head against the sidewalk early Tuesday morning and interrupted the attack.
Police were called and took the suspect into custody a few blocks away.
January 11 ,2008 at 8:54 pm
that pour little baby im 10 and i heard of a lot of cases but this ones horribal i hope michal lee porter and raye dawn smith roght in hell
January 14 ,2008 at 10:39 am
This case made so many people angry and made more cry for little Kelsey because it seems like the child protection agency would not listen to her grandmother who suspected Kelsey was being abused, documented things, took pictures and everything and they chose not to listen. They needed to realize that this baby was in real danger but they didn’t until it was too late.
After learning about this case, I could really understand how some grandparents take the grandchildren and run, to keep those kids safe when the law refuses listen to them about abuse they have seen or the child has disclosed.
January 20 ,2008 at 11:21 pm
hi, i read and watched some vidios yesterday on utube and i cant get that prshus lil baby off my mind i have a friend and when she was lil she was beat by her crack head mom so im sorry for all the peole hurt by her pass away at least she is in a betterplace know
February 16 ,2008 at 4:42 am
hi i’ve heard alot of stories of children missing and beated, this is the worst ever. i hope michel lee porter loves it in hell and also raye dawn smith for doing nothing about her kid(kelesy). i know kelesy would have been a wonderful little girl
February 16 ,2008 at 11:31 am
In a world ruled by mens nothing will be intelligent
February 20 ,2008 at 5:14 am
Hi,
Kelsie didn’t die in vain, Please see the the site:
heavens-gates.com/kelseybriggs/
Read and learn about how her grandmother and others worked tirelessly (and still are) to bring awareness and law/legal changes to child abuse in their homestate (Oklahoma) and nationally.
February 28 ,2008 at 8:58 am
My sweet little Kelsey, I miss you sooo much, i remember all the memories we shared, like at the last Christmas Party you were at, we both won a game of Limbo, and how we danced to “Here Comes the Sun” and “Octopus’s Garden” by the Beatles on Christmas morning, 2004! I love we both share December Birthdays, although were 5 days apart, I love it. I remember the last time I saw you, October 2, 2005, just days away from you going to heaven, but I know where you are, you are most happy, no more suffering for you my little Cousin!! Wait for me in Heaven, I miss you lots!! Love, Your Cousin, ******.
March 1 ,2008 at 8:32 am
I’m sorry that you lost such a sweet little girl and close cousin like Kelsey. I know she is a beautiful angel smiling down on you and your family and she doesn’t hurt any longer and isn’t scared. I hope to honor her memory by including her here, and that you and all of her family members and friends can try to remember the good times you shared with her while she was still here.
March 12 ,2008 at 5:14 am
i am so sory about kelsey briggs i don’t know how her own mother could allow for this to happen, i am sure kelsey is smiling on us from abovex
March 26 ,2008 at 4:15 pm
they shd hv death penalty for sexually abusing and raping, esp young children. how cld they do such thing! kelsey was so loving and cute, and beautiful, and her mother deserved it for not protecting kelsey!
April 18 ,2008 at 2:51 pm
All i could do is cry for her……made me feel so helpless and angry. Why can these monsters still live to do so much damage?
As a mum i would lay my own life down before my child i can not except that kelsey’s mother allowed this to happen and not stop it…..she is to blame.
Why couldn’t the court just take her away from this hell….they have blood on ther hands too!
And as for that poor excuse of a human being michael porter…..he’s nothing in this world…..he shouldn’t be aloud to exsist and same goes for the rest of those detestable lot…………burn.
No child should suffer!
April 22 ,2008 at 5:36 am
this stupid asshole better not hurt one more kid or ill kick his ass
April 22 ,2008 at 5:37 am
ok lets get 1 more thing stright he didnt have to hurt her anyway
April 26 ,2008 at 7:19 am
oh my gosh i’m soo sorry this had to happen to that poor girl
i hope micheal and kelsey’s mom burn in hell…i’m soo sorry for your family
and to kelsey’s dad i am soo sorry this had to happen to your little girl i wish i could change it some how i don’t even know yall and i am sooo completely sorry that it happened to you i know there is no way to just let it go and move on but i still am so sorry i hope yall can remember kelsey as the great little girl that she is i wish you the best and i am sooo completely sorry i wish it hadnt happened to that beautiful little girl….
May 2 ,2008 at 10:34 pm
sorry for your loss
i was also beatin i felt her pain like it was my own
love,
michaelbowen
May 2 ,2008 at 10:38 pm
hi my name is karleigh vargas and i am so sorry for your loss i was also betin when i was little but i was lucky enough to get away and after reading this little girls story i have relized how lucky we were and i wish i could take her spot just so you can have your granddaughter back im so so so so sorry you know after reading this story it makes me wanna do something about child abuse
May 4 ,2008 at 1:56 am
This is from Jasmine Thompson-just moved it to Kelsey’s page:
“DEAR LANCE BRIGGS ,
I JASMINE THOMPSON AM
VERY SORRY FOR YOUR LOST
IT MIGHT OF BE YERS BACK BUT
I HOPE THAT SHE HAS GREAT TIME
IN HEAVEN AND I HOPE YOU DONT HAVE
A VERY BAD BUT I KNOW IT WILL BE HARD
AND YOU WILL GET THOUGH IT
SINCER LY JASMNIE THOMPSON”
June 25 ,2008 at 7:49 am
i already rote a comment when i was 10 but now im a 11 i dont feel any older but im so glad about having my family and im so hurt about kelsey this little baby. i dont know who would want to hurt her i hurd of missing kids, raped kids,and abused kids but i looked at kelsey videos for a year and ther were ones of her playing and i thought no more pain for this little baby gir i hope mikle loves it in hell because thats ware he is going
R.I.P. KELSEY BRIGGS
August 17 ,2008 at 6:49 pm
If that awfull pair of pityful excuse for human beings come in contact with another child ever again i will personaly hunt then down and make them suffer in the name of kelsey.if i don’t get the pleasure of seeing michel suffering or behind bars for life i hope he enjoys hell.let him burn to the bone
August 17 ,2008 at 11:49 pm
I am SO sorry of what happened to your cute, pretty daughter of yours. We NEED to stop child abuse before someone gets hurt again. Kelsey was the CUTEST girl I had ever seen in my life. If she was still alive, she would be the same age as my sister, Cayla. She won a princess pagent too. Well, sorry for your loss. And RIP Kelsey!
xoxo Caitlyn
September 7 ,2008 at 7:13 pm
I had a little girl that was sexually abused an now she’s mentally retarded . her dad an hsi mother did this to her . i was abused by my ex an i’ll never get over it . But God will make them pay for this when they have to stand before him . sorry about your loss but i lost my daughter too .
candy
October 11 ,2008 at 1:09 am
I have watched Kelsey’s videos and it’s been a month now. I just can’t seem to get over it. Not a day goes by that I don’t visit Kelsey’s site and c her beautiful face. I have 4 kids, I too get exhausted and irritated but I wud not even dream to do what Kelseys’ parents did to her.
Confusion is, cannot actually tell who all she was abused by. It seems like she was abused by Kathy, who tried to make it look like Raye was doing it to get custody, and then Mike the bastard took advantage making Raye believe it was the paternal side. I feel like shooting Mike for what he has done to sweet lil Kelsey. I wish I could have looked after her!!!!
October 19 ,2008 at 2:39 pm
Ohhh i fell soo sorry for her. her poor dad must be heart broken that she died a few days before he was coming from iraq. if i could go back in time i would somehow save Kelsey. She was a very beautiful girl. Just looking at this makes me want to do something and anyone can too. Taking just even one crackhead out of the world can like make a difference. May she rest in peace. And may her stupid mom and step-dad rot in hell and be misirable in jail for doing this. If i ever get childeren one day i will never abuse them and my husband wont either. I’ll MAKE sure of it because i can be really scary when i get mad. I cant get over what happened i just hope she has a good life in heaven. WE ALL LOVE YOU KELSEY!!!!!!!
November 23 ,2008 at 8:19 am
Dear dad of kelsey, she seemed like the sweetest girl in my life. My mom has a feriend and she had a baby. I don’t know what my life would b without her. she was the cuteest little girl.I feel so bad for you. I can’t believe that you had to come home bury daddy’s little soilder. Rest In Peace Daddy’s Little Solider (Kelsie Briggs)
December 27 ,2008 at 8:45 am
i hate everyone who killed a child and mostly mike and raye may they rot in hell mike took advantege and waited til her dad went to iraq and then killed her i hope kelsey R.I.P in heven
January 19 ,2009 at 4:49 pm
Can I have five minutes alone with the Porter fellow? I am 6′10 tall, weight 340.00 and participate in Ultimate cage fighting matches.
Maybe the prison will let me visit with this guy and will do everything evryone has mentioned very slowly and painfully.
Anyone who hurts children should simply have a bullet put in their head, save everyone time and money and call it a day.
January 19 ,2009 at 9:40 pm
im in 9th grade and have to do a health report on a topic i choose.
i chose child abuse and decided to you kelsey as an example. this little girl touched my heart<3
February 6 ,2009 at 6:12 am
These parents do not deserve children, they are baby killers. They should all be put in one hell hole that constantly plays out a tape of what they did to remind what monsters they are. They have no brains picking on an innocent child. If one thinks about it tough if those children did not die they would grow up being constantly beaten by monsters thats why i figure that god must of ended those childrens misery. God took away a gift they did not deserve
February 9 ,2009 at 6:48 pm
Dear Mike and Raye Dawn:
Please take this e-mail very, very seriousely for when you are finally released from prison, I will hunt you both down and serve final justic on your pathetic lives. Even though I will be an old women, I will find you and when I am done, I will slowly walk to the nearest police station and turn myself in. I will then spend the rest of my life in prison, (the very few left by that time) with a big smile on my face knowing you are both buring in HELL.
February 10 ,2009 at 11:46 am
Well, In my mind I would love to do this, but in my heart I could not do, but hope someone else does.
April 3 ,2009 at 8:14 pm
Dear the both of you i hate you with all of my heart you guys are the dumest people alive i wat to hunt you down and beat you till you die just like you did to Kelsey and i am glad that you are in jail and i hope that you die in there
June 7 ,2009 at 8:33 am
i luv uu kelsey xx
i am soo angry at the court:@
know what i am really mad at tho
i am angry because sum people in this world(my aunty)cannot av children but wen monsters like(raye not uu lance)and people like(michael)get the rite to be step-parents n parents they throw away tht right it makes me sick:@ they throw away the priveledge tht sum people dnt get n kelsey wasnt even michaels child n he toke her away from her daddy tht cares(lance)he had no rite he lost his lil solider xx
R.I.P kelsey xx at least ur in heaven now n u can play with all the other children tht suffered the sme fate as uu xx
ur my concrete angel xx i luv uu
n i feel sorry for lance n kathie xx
July 7 ,2009 at 1:01 am
How can someone raise his hand on the helpless child???
Even if the mother didn’t hurt the child herself she should have prevented whatever was happening… Only mentally sick mothers can ignore the fact that the child is being hurt….
It may sound silly, but in our modern society we should think of creating some special programs or psychological tests for parents before letting them to be around children.. what is it ? Like unknown sick gen that makes some parents to be violent toward their children ??? I can’t even think of a tremendous pain that Kelsey’s dad and grandmother are going through……
The only thing I will pray for a little adorable angel Kelsey to come back to our world to a loving, caring family…………..
August 28 ,2009 at 1:51 pm
Very sad, sad story. I feel so sorry for her father who was helpless to defend her as he served our country, defended “us” and our causes, while his young daughter perished at the hands of her own mother and stepfather, who terrorized her final months. The system failed this young girl. The bruises, broken bones..yet CASA and others say she was fine in the home of her mother. I am now a grandmother of a sweet girl just Kelsey’s age…I can’t imagine the anger and hurt I would feel should someone ever harm her. I think a public hanging..and left to hang..would be a good place to start with people like her mother and stepfather. Rehabilitate? What a joke! How about drop zone their pathetic souls in the middle of some fanatical country in the midst of protest against Americans and get some real justice. I feel so sorry for her paternal grandmother…I am sure she did all she could to protect her granddaughter amidst accusations against her. A true human tragedy.
August 31 ,2009 at 3:38 pm
Any adult that abuses a child physically or sexually should be sentenced to death. Children are helpless and cannot effectively defend themselves. Very sad that he only recieved 3o years and the mother 27 years. How could you allow your child to be beaten and do nothing. Sad world we live in, in 30 and 27 years they will be able to live there lives and that poor little girl and her father will never be able to see each again.
September 1 ,2009 at 2:11 pm
The step father and mother need to be tortured for weeks then be burned alive…
September 2 ,2009 at 3:55 pm
I just saw the video today although I remember hearing this on the news. I was never able to have a baby and this mommy did not protect and did unthinkable things to hers. How do we as a society let this happen? My heart breaks for her daddy, he is the one that needs our prayers now. Kelsey is in heaven and without tears. He has to go on without her and all his dreams for her. I agree with Charlotte two comments prior to this. My heart and prayers will be with him always. The picture of him at her grave was to much to bear for me, I just cannot imagine how awful for him. God bless and keep this man!!!
September 6 ,2009 at 4:10 am
hope both of them get what they deserve in jail…bastards
September 8 ,2009 at 5:41 pm
I don’t understand how she was abused for months and the mom still was allowed to have her. Where was child service. They took her away once but gave her back to the mom and stepdad. Shame on them. Why would a judge do that? Not only that she got 2 broken legs and they still let them have her. I am so sad and pissed off about that.
September 29 ,2009 at 2:36 pm
I am so disturbed about what happened to this innocent angel. I was introduced to this story today and cannot stop thinking about it. I have spent most of the day researching this and trying to understand what happened. There is no peace with this story.
November 4 ,2009 at 10:03 pm
I am deeply saddened for this precious angel. This site is one of several that I have read about this child on. One of the sites said that this little angel was drop-kicked in the stomach. If parents don’t want their children then they could always give them up for adoption. There are so many people out there that cannot have a child on their own and would probably love to have the child give to them. As a christian we are supposed to pray for these people who are abusing & killing kids. GOD will deal with them come judgement day & may HE have mercy on their souls.