Raye Dawn Smith Gets 27 Years for Death of Daughter, Kelsey Smith-Briggs
In Oklahoma, Raye Dawn Smith, 27 will get 27 years in prison for the 2005 death of her two-year-old daughter, Kelsey Smith-Briggs. The judge found Smith guilty enabling child abuse.
Kelsey suffered multiple injuries including a broken collarbone, broken legs and bruises. Kelsey’s stepfather, Michael Porter, abused her for months and Smith did nothing to stop him.
Porter finally sexually assaulted and murdered little Kelsey. He’s serving a a 30-year prison term for enabling abuse, not murder or sexual assault.
There’s a lot of family drama in this case since Smith blames the Briggs family, namley Kelsey’s grandmother Kathie Briggs, for filing false charges and possibly abusing Kelsey. She even had the audacity to look at her and say, “Kathie I forgive you.”
I agree with Briggs - Raye Dawn Smith is demented. Thank god she’ll be put away for a long time and won’t get out until after she goes through menopause.
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48 opinions for Raye Dawn Smith Gets 27 Years for Death of Daughter, Kelsey Smith-Briggs
just me
Sep 16, 2007 at 8:02 pm
OMG!!! i have a myspace and a few months ago my cousin had posted a bulletin about this young girl. search her name on you tube and ull see a very sad video about her. when i saw that video i was soooo sad for her. she was the cutest little thing ever. and her mom doesnt even look like that kinda of person either!!! thats what gets me! oh but her father…..he was just so crazy about that little girl!!! he loved her so much and when kelsey died….well just go to you tube and search her name and watch that video. theres also a kelsey briggs website that u can look at too. its http://www.kelseyspurpose.com. as for her mother….i AM SO FREAKIN GLAD she got in trouble too!!! thats what she gets cause she totally knew what was goin on with her daughter and her dumb ass boyfriend. ugh they both make me so sick!!! know that asshole, Porter is goin to see what it feels like being sexually violated against his own will. i only wish i could be there!!!
we love you kelsey!!!! R.I.P. sweetie!
just me
Sep 16, 2007 at 8:04 pm
sorry guys. its http://www.kelseyspurpose.org, not .com!! my mistake. but go visit that site it has the autopsy report and alot of other things to know more about her short lived life and all that happened. it might make u mad though because of what happened and what could have been done to prevent the whole thing…….
Kathy
Sep 17, 2007 at 5:01 am
This woman is a bitch and she will burn in hell for what she allowed to happen to her daughter. The fact that she shows no remorse make me sick to my stomach. IMO, her sentence is too light. I hope she is tortured by dreams of her little girl every night.
Ihavekidstoo
Sep 17, 2007 at 5:24 am
I can only hope that she gets a special reception from her fellow prison inmates, many of whom are probably mothers pining for their children - and who will have no sympathy for a worthless woman who allowed her daughter to tortured and murdered.
Brand the words “baby killer” on her forehead and on her P.O.S killer husband and let their fellow inmates apply a little bit of prison-brand justice.
suki
Sep 17, 2007 at 2:49 pm
I visited the website, that last pic of her with her
dad just breaks your heart.
bearkat
Sep 18, 2007 at 2:09 pm
I was unable to get on the websites above, but I found this site which has two heartbreaking videos. She was so adorable and sweet and reminded me of my little 7 month baby. I couldn’t help but project feelings onto this little girl, which makes the notion of her dying unbearable!
Seeing the photos of this beautiful, happy child who experienced this horrific abuse has affected me beyond words. It is unfathomable to me how her step”dad” could have done this to her and how her mother could have allowed it. He (and she) would have to mentally ill or a socio-path!! It is horrific beyond words. It’s a story that will haunt me forever.
http://www.snopes.com/politics/crime/briggs.asp
suki
Sep 18, 2007 at 4:06 pm
the website is
http://www.kelseyspurpose.org
I think there is a comma in the other address
somewhere that messed it up.
Amanda
Sep 19, 2007 at 7:26 pm
Ok. This is the worst possible thing to imagine. I watched the video and cried my eyes out!!! What a precious baby girl! I can’t even imagine what her dad is going through. My heart goes out to him and his family.
Lisa
Sep 19, 2007 at 8:30 pm
My question was about the father, or more specificaly his spouse. When the accustions of abuse started to fly, why didn’t the fathers wife get temporary custody of her while her father was in Iraq?
As far as my opinion of this stupid monster and her demon husband, they should be tourtured to the brink of death (preferably over a long period of time) and then fed to the aligators.
bearkat
Sep 20, 2007 at 3:43 am
Does anyone know the name of the artist who sings “Somwhere over the rainbow” in one of the videos for Kelsey (see the second video in the link I posted above)? Thank you.
bearkat
Sep 20, 2007 at 5:45 am
The name of the artist who sings “Somewhere over the rainbow” is Eva Cassidy and it is featured on her album Songbird. It is the most touching rendition of the song I’ve ever heard, and it’s used as a poignant tribute to little Kelsey in one of the You Tube videos. I can’t stop crying over her story!!
Shel
Sep 20, 2007 at 9:28 am
Lisa - unfortunately step-parents have very little rights to custody. I was surprised she was even given visitation as it was. I think from reading the paperwork from the courts there is no doubt that the two people responsible for the abuse were Kelsey’s mother and step-father. The courts had granted them custody with no visitation to anyone in order to find out if Kelsey was suffering from seizures. I think Porter took that as his opportunity to sexually abuse and then murder Kelsey since he thought her death would be classified as a seizure. He must not be a very educated man if he thought that punching or kicking that little angel in the stomach wouldn’t leave evidence for the medical examiner to find.
I think Kelsey’s mother is a sick sick sick woman who should have been given life in prison. At least she will be too old to procreate when she is released!
I too was touched by the picture of Kelsey with her father in uniform. He must have felt so helpless while all this was going on.
Ihavekidstoo
Sep 21, 2007 at 3:04 am
Kelsey’s horrific death should inspire us all to write, call, e-mail and flat out harass the hell out of our legislators until they start making some laws that really protect children. The fundamental problem with our child welfare system is that in most states the focus is on preserving the family unit, rather than on protecting the child at all costs. That’s how a judge could justify (in his own narrow little mind, at least) giving Kelsey back to her mother - he was trying to “preserve the family” despite the evidence that clearly said this woman was no kind of fit mother.
The people making decisions at children’s services need to wake up and realize that blood relationship with a child DOES NOT necessarily mean a person is a fit parent for a child. They also need to start fast-tracking adoptions. Biological parents found guilty of abusing their children should lose them forever, no exceptions.
It really breaks my heart that Kelsey had to go through what she did when every adoption agency in the country has seven-year waiting lists - and thousands of loving people who would gladly have taken this little angel into their homes and hearts.
Susan
Sep 21, 2007 at 4:38 am
I wouldn’t be surprised if the seizures she was having was due to some kind of damage to the brain that had already been caused by abuse.
Shel, your right, stepparents don’t have any rights to anything with a child that is not biologically theirs. I went through this with my stepdaughter, I came into her life when she was 1 1/2 years old, I was the only real “mother” figure she had, and shortly after I came into the picture, she started getting overnight visitations with her bio mom. At first, biomom was the only one that wasn’t actively participating in her life, then after about a year of marriage, my exhusband began “pushing” her away so to speak, he didn’t spend much time with her either. She had so many issues going on in her little life, things were happening to her at her mom’s house, dad didn’t want to get involved to do anything, and I was left to carry the weight of her world on my shoulders, she called me mommy #1, and her biomom mommy #2, she did all of that on her own, I never pushed her to call me mommy, I always told her I was Susan. After 5 years of being actively involved in her life, getting her prepared and then started in school, holding her hand in counseling sessions, etc, my ex left us, taking her with him, and cut off complete contact between me and her. Now he’s trying to say I abused her (since he’s $6000 behind in child support to me for our daughter!), he hasn’t let me talk to her, I had to watch her through windows when they would show up at a store next to the house we lived in, and I’ve had to watch her through pictures that her biomom now sends me. The last time I spoke to her on the phone, she cried and told me she missed and loved me, and that she wished her daddy would stop lying about me, she said it herself that I didn’t do anything to her but love her. I asked when he left if I could have visitation with her, and the attorney told me I could ask but I probably wouldn’t get it, because BOTH bio parents would have to agree to it, and her biomom agreed to her visiting with me but dad didn’t. I now have to go through her biomom to try to give my daughter any kind of a relationship with her halfsister. Everytime I tried to do anything, even at the doctor’s office, to try to keep this little girl safe, to get her visitation changed, etc, I was told I couldn’t, I had no legal rights, and of course her dad wouldn’t do anything to protect her.
I cried at the picture of Kelsey looking up at her dad, it’s so sad to think that people take their childrne’s love for granted, and those who truely care and love a child are so easily pushed to the side of a child’s life, even grandparents sadly have very little rights when it comes to a grandchild! What are we doing to our poor children when even those around them who aren’t blood can’t protect them and get them out of abusive situations! Ok, I need to take a walk, be back later
Shel
Sep 21, 2007 at 5:06 am
I totally agree on the adoption idea. If a child is abused by their mother and the father is unfit to take custody or vise versa, then I think the court should take custody of the child and not put them in foster homes for years and years, but begin the adoption process immediately. It is much harder to adopt children who are over the age of 9 than it is the younger ones. I know a lot of families adopting right now and trying to keep siblings together. One family is looking at a group of 4 who all have MAJOR issues socially, emotionally and educationally (they watched their father shoot and kill their mother)! It’s a lot for them to take on and these kids have been in the system for years (two are teenagers already)! Even with these kids, they waited to see if the father had family or the mother had family that would take them and when that didn’t work out they pursued the jail system to “teach” the father how to be a parent (anger management, parenting classes, etc) in the hopes if he came out on good behavior he could take custody. Like these kids would want to go back to the man who shot their mother right in front of them!!!
I have a step-daughter now who is 10 and her mother was not very involved with her until 3 years ago when I started dating my husband. Then her mother only wanted to share custody so that “another woman wasn’t raising her daughter”. She takes her, but it’s not quality time and she uses her daughter as a housekeeper more than enjoying the aspects of mother-daughter love. I have to deal with a step-daughter who looks to me to fill the gaps in her relationship with her mother and then resents me because it hurts her more to resent her mother. It’s a real shame and my husband and I both know that if we split up, my daughter and his daughter would have a hard time being “sisters” any more since they are not blood related. I think it makes us work harder to be a real family and ignore the outside forces, so that as the girls become adults, they can decide what kind/if any relationship they want to have with one another. I think your situation is a sad and tough one, Susan. If it was at all possible, I would encourage her bio mom to have “play dates” with your daughter at her house or yours to try and maintain that relationship if possible.
Kathy
Sep 21, 2007 at 5:27 am
I applaud both of you ladies for picking up where someone else dropped the ball. Step families have so many issues, usually with adults who are so self absorbed intheir bad feelings that they neglect the children, its nice that there is a stable adult in the mix for the other to turn to.
Susan- I know your daughter is young, but maybe you can help her write letters or draw pictures to be mailed to her sister so that they can keep some sort of relationship. Your ex may not want you having contact with her, but how could he possibly deny his child’s right to know her sister?
And child support issues…please…they could fill ten blogs on dead beat dads out ther. I have a girlfriend whose hubby owns a collision repair service, JUST bought a $75, 000 Lexus..but won;t pay $300 a month in child support. Can you believe it? It’s disgusting.
Kathy
Sep 21, 2007 at 5:28 am
I should say deadbeat PARENTS out there. There are some women out there not fulfilling their obligations either.
Susan
Sep 21, 2007 at 7:45 am
well, the last time my ex found out that my daughter and I spoke with my stepdaughter, he had a fit, and then went to the biomom and started making threats to pull her visitation,etc, even went so far as to tell her there was a court order keeping my stepdaughter from having contact with us. First off, there is no court order, I already checked into that, they don’t put court orders against one child and another! Also, her biomom is a whimp, she’s not very bright, and she gives my ex more power then he deserves credit for! I have tried to tell her that he can’t threaten her visitations, etc, but for some reason, she keeps believing him, he has her scared that an investigator is watching her and if the investigator finds out she let my stepd talk to me or my daughter that she’ll lose her visitation. It’s really sad, because her and I had actually been planning to get the kids together from time to time (we both live in two different states now, I left the area almost two years ago to get away from him!), and when he found out about that through my stepd he had a fit! Second, him and his mom have filled my stepd’s head that it’s her fault she doesn’t get to see her little sister, they actually told her this, and she told me, when I tried to convince her that none of this was her fault, (we were talking over the phone while she was visiting at her biomom’s house), she kept telling me that her daddy was going to get mad at her for talking to me and that she had better go (she was crying something fierce, I wanted to hold her so bad and tell her it was going to be ok!). Sad part is, I can’t do anything to try to get her out of the situation she’s in, as a stepparent, I have no rights, he has residential custody of her with biomom sharing a joint type of custody thing with him, if I go and try to file a complaint about the way he’s treating her with the comments he’s making to her, etc, then they look at it that I’m being vindictive because of my divorce and custody cases going on with my daughter. Also, I have called social services numerous times to complain (annomyously as well), and they don’t do much other then maybe try to call him, when he can’t be reached, they close the case. The biomom is in the same type of situation, when she has complained, they say she’s just trying to get custody of the kid and get out of her child support obligation to him. At this point, he should be in jail come december for nonpayment of his support (we already have the civil contempt filed against him and a court date), hopefully they will put him in jail this time, if they do, then her biomom is going to go in and ask for emergency custody of her, so then when he gets out, it makes it that much harder for him to get her back! And, she’s almost 8 years old now, if the judge would only talk to her then he’d see what’s really going on, but they won’t always talk to a child that age! I could go on, but I think you get the just of what’s up! We pretty much make the two girls see each other through myspace pictures at this point, hopefully that can change for them soon!
Susan
Sep 21, 2007 at 7:59 am
And Kathy, your right, it’s always the poor kids that get caught up in the middle of it all, parents use the kids as tools to get back at the other parent, etc. My ex at one point told my stepd’s mom that she couldn’t have any of the baby pictures (he kept all the baby pictures of my stepd when him and his parents kicked her out of the house while the baby was still very young, wouldn’t let her have anything concerning the baby!) she kept asking for them and he would tell her once she paid her child support, he would get her copies of the pictures. When I found out what was going on (him and his mom had kept so much from me I found out later!), I had a fit, his mother wouldnt even let ME have pictures of my stepd when she was younger to hang around the house! So I came up with some lies, managed to get what pictures of could of my stepd from his mom, and went right away and got copies made, then gave her biomom copies of every picture I had been able to get my hands on. My ex didn’t like that, nor did his mom! I even tried to explain to my ex that he couldn’t keep pictures from her just because she hadn’t paid her child support yet that month, that child support was a whole different issue, and that the mother shouldn’t be denied pictures of her daughter just because she hadn’t paid her $125 yet that month (that’s all the mom has to pay him a month for support, $125). I was even the one who pushed a little more for her to get some overnight visitations on a trial basis, the biomom was going to college and working a minimum wage job, she was TRYING to at least be some kind of mother to her child, but he refused to accept that! He would even get mad because once she got married and had two more children, at christmas time I would take her and my son (and then my daughter when she came along) to the store and they would pick out a gift or two to give to the biomoms kids for chirstmas (even before she had the other kids, I would have my stepd get her mom something for christmas, or help her make something for her for mother’s day, etc), my ex would always get mad about this and state “well she won’t get our kids anything in return” and I would tell him that that’s not why I was doing it, who cared if the kids didn’t get anything in return (after the frist christmas, she actually did though start getting my son and then my daughter when she came along stuff in return as well from her kids), I was trying to teach the children to be giving, no matter what adult issues we may have had with the adults involved! Even now, I feel these poor kids are again being used..my ex says it’s my stepd’s fault, etc. Sometimes I just want to kick him in the head and be done with him!
Appalachian Lady
Sep 29, 2007 at 2:37 pm
I have read a lot about this case, and I agree, Raye Dawn Smith is demented.
However, I also think Kathie Briggs is demented, based on her belief that “Kelsey’s Purpose” was to die.
It appears that Kelsey was surrounded by demented adults, and as such that poor little girl never stood a chance.
From the hills
Oct 4, 2007 at 11:26 am
Wow! Appalachian Lady, Kathie Briggs never stated that Kelsey’s purpose was just to die! I am not a grieving grandmother ( and I hope to never be) but I am positive she is looking at the tragic way she lost her grand-daughter as a purpose, to help other innocent children be protected from child abuse. DUH!!! There is never anything GOOD that comes out of a child’s death. She is trying to use this tragedy to help others and reform laws that are supposed to help kids. Don’t you think if this happened to you, you might try to give yourself some peace and convince yourself that even thought you lost someone you love, you can use it for a PURPOSE and help others??!!! What’s wrong with you??? Obviously you are living in the mountains……. and I’m sorry but you gave me the ammunition for that one. THE MAIN REASON IN ALL OF THIS: Rest in peace sweet Kelsey, we will never forget you, nor will we ever stop fighting child abuse!!!
rockdoll_71
Oct 18, 2007 at 4:47 am
What the hell is wrong with this woman that she didn’t want to protect her little one? There are so many women that choose a fucking man before they choose their child. That is pathetic and wrong. I hate dumb women like that. I’m glad she got 27 years. I hope she is in there the entire time.
a loving mother
Dec 28, 2007 at 1:22 pm
This little girl’s story has deeply affected me. This is another instance where a woman has been selfish and put a man before her child. Some of the details such as hitting Kelsey with a hairbrush, made me think the mom was part of the abuse as well. Men usually don’t use a hairbrush. I hope they both rot in jail for the rest their sorry lives. Kelsey’s pictures showed obvious abuse before she ever died. I can’t believe she was given back to her mother. There are a few myspace pages that show alot pictures of her. She was a sweet little angel. All of these stories really break my heart and makes me wish people would just give their children to me or another loving family if they feel they are going to hurt them. I just don’t understand how you can look at a sweet, innocent child, and decide you are going to hurt them. Children crying breaks my heart, but it really upsets me to know that they are hurting or have been hurt. I’m sorry baby Kelsey. I wish I could have been your mommy.
dallas
May 3, 2008 at 6:30 am
Now on behalf of the mother’s side, i do NOT think she knew about the abuse, Porters daughter Whitney can tell anyone how her dad would only be mean and hurt Kelsey when Raye was NOT around. How can you get charges of enabling if you aren’t around? Porter gave valid excuses for Kelseys injuries, I to would have believed him.
Maybe you all should go read the DHS report it is very fact based
Lance kelseys dad was NOT in Iraq when Kelsey died, he wasn’t even on his way home from Iraq. He had been in Georgia for months, he does admit this to dhs.
http://www.FreeKelseysMom.com or http://www.thetruthaboutkelsey.com
dallas
May 3, 2008 at 6:33 am
do believe Raye Dawn is Innocent, and I hope this injustice ends soon. If we put moms in prison for things that didn’t happen, well it makes it scary to be a mom, cause you never know when you will be blamed for anything. I can assure you Raye never seen this coming in a million years. I don’t know her personally, but I sure hope i am there when she walks out of that prison. ok ok anyhow thanks again!!
http://www.FreeKelseysMom.com
http://www.thefactsaboutkelsey.com
http://www.thetruthaboutkelsey.com
email: kelseysmemories@yahoo.com
Ihavekidstoo
May 3, 2008 at 10:59 am
Any mother who does not know what’s going on with her child, who does not know her child is being abused because she just isn’t paying attention is a half-assed mother at best, and criminally negligent at worst. Mothers who don’t pay attention to their children to this extent richly deserve the fate this woman has received.
“How can you get charges of enabling if you aren’t around?” THAT is the point, isn’t it? She SHOULD have been around. She should have known more about who she was leaving her child with.
There are so many things in life that we can’t protect our children from. Parents who fail to shield their children from what they COULD be protected from, those are the people who deserve to be prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law.
rockdoll_71
May 3, 2008 at 11:39 am
Well said, I havekidstoo. I totally agree with you. How can I add to that?
dallas
May 3, 2008 at 2:38 pm
Ihavekidstoo,
First of all I LIVE here in Oklahoma do you? I to have kids! you know in the bible it says not to judge people, however opinions are fine and i accept your opinion of Raye. However you do not know what went on, how and why. Raye quit work to take kelsey for testing and appointments because she thought something was wrong with her. Raye trusted a very evil man, who on the outside seemed perfect, but had inner demons. I suggest before you opinionate get FACTS before saying things to that nature. I am here supporting Raye Dawn, and 100% believe she is wrongfully convicted. porter gave valid excuses to raye at the time, with all that and several agencys watching over them all, don’t you think for one second that raye could have been over whelmed with all the drs appt. court hearings and accusations of child abuse. its easy seeing from the outside in, but in the circle we do not know what we would have done.. i do to have kids and would never let someone harm them, Raye did NOT LETTTTTTTTTT him hurt and kill kelsey!!! she did not know it was porter hurting kelsey, she thought it was the briggs, as the briggs thought it was raye. briggs helped porter that way he would not get life in prison or death row. they all conspired against raye, just cause the briggs wanted her in jail, even if it was for one day. if you ever want to read real documents let me know i have most of them. i have did my work on this case and it truely seems to me raye did not have a clue at all. She now see’s red flags but she didn’t on her own, the osbi guy pointed out things to her. She said if she knew now what to look for she would have ran with kelsey, but she thought kelsey was sick, and not abused. You are titled to your opinion as i am mine. RAYE D. SMITH DID EVERYTHING SHE COULD THINK OF TO HELP KELSEY, WHY DON’T YOU GET THE FACTS AND READ THE REAL REPORTS, I HAVE REAL COPIES FROM THE COURTH HOUSE IF YOU WANT COPIES.
better yet ck out the websites: http://www.usobserver.com, http://www.thetruthaboutkelsey.com, http://www.freekelseysmom.com
Ihavekidstoo
May 3, 2008 at 7:17 pm
Dallas, you’re entitled to your opinion too and I applaud your sympathetic nature. It’s marvelous that you are so much smarter and better informed than the people who convicted Raye. I imagine you’re privvy to so much more information than would ever have come out in court.
And PLEASE don’t quote that Bible-thumping CRAP to me about “judge not, lest ye be judged.” Let me tell you something, I AM judged. Every day. By people I’ve known a long time and people I’ll only meet once. So are you and Rae and everyone else. It is HUMAN NATURE to judge. In fact, using our judgment is how SOME of us manage to avoid leaving our children with psychotic criminals. Maybe if RAE would have employed a little judgement her baby would be alive today.
No, I’m not interested in reading any police reports. I trust my 12 peers who unquestionably saw, heard and learned more about this case than me OR YOU. And judged this woman to be criminally negligent.
April RJ
May 4, 2008 at 7:38 pm
Ihavekidstoo - BRAVO!! If she was not guilty, she wouldn’t be sitting in prison and her baby wouldn’t be dead. If she thought it was the grandparents abusing her daughter then why weren’t they arrested??? If I thought my in laws were abusing my son, I would kick their asses all the way to the police station.
The bottom line - This is another case where penis was more important than a child. BLEH! She got what she deserved.
April RJ
May 4, 2008 at 7:48 pm
BTW - No I am not from OK. I live in California. And Dallas, don’t throw your bible thumpin’ metaphors at me either. I have formed an opinion on this case and until that bitch walks free with solid proof that she is innocent - I hope she rots in Hell.
rockdoll_71
May 4, 2008 at 8:50 pm
I hate it, I mean hate it when someone throws religion in something like this. Isn’t it convenient how people do that when they THINK they are right? Tell me something, how did that child sustain all of those injuries if she had such a good mother? If it were only one, you could understand but from my understanding there were several.
As a mother, it’s your JOB to protect your baby. If you fail, you should pay the price.
Janice Randall
May 5, 2008 at 3:12 am
Raye Dawn was never a good mother and was a horrible daughter. She was always drinking and doing drugs. It’s too bad that she ended up in prison and her mother had to leave Meeker to protect her FINE reputation. Her grandmother is having to stick it out in Meeker and try to fix Raye Dawn’s reputation and raise more money to pay for her second house that she’s just recently bought. That part of our family has brought lots of bad publicity to our family. It’s just too bad that she was such a bad person.
rockdoll_71
May 5, 2008 at 10:22 am
Janice, thank you for sharing with us what must be a horrible ordeal for your entire family. I am so sorry about what happened.
That little girl was so pretty. I don’t feel any sympathy at all for Raye Dawn. I do feel sorry for the grandmother, however. As far as Raye Dawn goes, may she die in prison. She should pay for her neglect of her daughter.
dallas
May 5, 2008 at 2:25 pm
lmao ok first of all just to let you know Janice Randall did NOT write that message!! I just talked to her daughter, she is out of the country and is NOT around a computer and she would never write that. Janice Raye’s aunt was there with her the whole time during her trial!!
Seems to me Kathie Briggs or her psycho side kicks are at it again!
Please dont believe everything you hear or read, you all have no clue what Kelsey did or did not go through.
dallas
May 5, 2008 at 2:27 pm
Did you all know the so called “good grandma kathie” told dhs in 1979 to take her kids or she would kill them. did you all know that in 2005 kelsey was removed from kathie’s care because that is where she had gotten her legs broke and did NOT have medical attention until her mother’s visit and her MOTHER took her to dhs and the er NOT the briggs family….
Ihavekidstoo
May 5, 2008 at 6:23 pm
So the Briggs family are also a worthless lot who didn’t deserve Kelsey in their lives. What’s your point? Does their lack of saintliness mean Rae is innocent by default? All this tells me is that this poor little girl had the deck seriously stacked against her from the beginning.
From the hills
May 6, 2008 at 5:17 am
Really the only thing that matters bottom line is that Kelsey was abused and died because of it. People failed to protect her and the damage is done. It’s so funny to me to read these comments from people obviously family and friends of Rae’s, what are you doing to spread awareness? What are you doing to help protect other children? NOTHING. All I have seen is a bunch of selfish, fingerpointing babies all about clearing Rae Dawn’s name. So what if Lance wasn’t really in Iraq! So what about the alleged comment Kathie made about killing her kids! Kelsey died in the care of her mother! All this crap about Rae trusting an evil man, poor Rae, shoot, if something like this happened to one of my kids, I wouldn’t care about sitting in jail, I would want to die there. If my baby was gone, my life would be over anyway! What a joke. Instead of trying to persuade people into thinking there was some type of conspiracy in conviciting “poor Rae” why don’t you use your energy and do something for innocent children that can’t help themselves?? You might be able to sleep better at night………
Ihavekidstoo
May 6, 2008 at 6:57 am
Well said, From the hills!
dallas
May 6, 2008 at 4:18 pm
well let me say this, there is ton’s of people wrongfully convicted of crimes they did not do, i help people to the best of my ability if i truely feel they were wronged. maybe you should read the book “The Innocent Man” its a book written by an oklahoman who was put in prison for a murder he did not commit, and years later a dna cleared him. I know its not like this case but everyone is quick to judge and I have been on this case since day one. Kelsey did not die in her mother’s care, she died in Porter’s care, her mom wasn’t home.
Another thing “hills” I DO belong to several child abuse groups and not just the one’s that yap on the comp, we actually volunteer at CASA and such, I do hand out flyers during child abuse awareness month, i do go to child abuse hearings, I donate alot of money to child abuse programs before you go telling me what to do, ck my back ground first.
From the hills
May 7, 2008 at 5:50 am
Wow! You must not get it! My point is regardless if Rae Dawn is “innocent” and Mike Porter was actually the one who killed Kelsey, Kelsey is gone! I have never lost a child and god I hope I never do but how can Rae Dawn even think about being wrongly convicted? HER BABY IS GONE. That alone would consume my thoughts everyday, not worrying about getting out of jail. Not worrying about trying to place blame on everyone else but myself when ultimately I am the one to blame because it is my duty as a mother to PROTECT my children. She obviously is not the brightest bulb in the world, she was “tricked and manipulated” by an evil man, she had “no idea” that he was abusing her baby right??Whatever! She probably is a danger to whoever she involves herself with in the future anyway so she is probably safer sitting in jail. Whatever makes you feel better about yourself I guess.
As far as checking your background………um ok. I don’t give a crap if you break for butterflies! That is great if you do all those things you do for child abuse, but I think it kinda cancels out seeing how much time you “yap” on this website trying to defend Rae Dawn. I have followed this case for awhile, and honestly regardless of the “truth”, the people from Rae’s side of the family have done a bang up job of establishing credibility and respect. The Briggs side has thrown themselves into changing laws to protect children and worked to advocate things pertaining to child abuse. So please make sure to respond to this comment with some more stupid shenanigans, I am not buying it! That precious little girl is gone, either at the hands of her mother or stepfather, guess we will never know, doesn’t really matter because Kelsey is gone either way. Quit disrespecting her memory and do something worthwhile with your time! You are wasting it here!
dallas
May 7, 2008 at 2:17 pm
I DO NOT AND WILL NEVER DISRESPECT KELSEY SHELTON SMITH-BRIGGS!!!
Sorry I am not going to argue with you on here, you think the way you wish. Maybe you need to get a hobby, yeah I am on here yaping about Raye because I fully believe she is wrongfully convicted. I never said i didnt yap on the comp. I said I do more than just sit on a comp and yap! And no me supporting wrongfully convicted people and me supporting child abuse is two different things, now if Raye was home when Kelsey passed yes i probably would say she is to blame to, but she wasn’t. You know what forget arguing with you on here, it is a waste of time, i came here to state my opinion not to argue with an uneducated person. If you want here’s my email oklahomacitygirl80@yahoo.com.
rockdoll_71
May 7, 2008 at 5:05 pm
Dallas,
Just because people don’t support a convicted murderer and think like you doesn’t mean they are uneducated. You are the one who is coming off as ignorant.
Any good mother wouldn’t have let it go as far as it did. I hope that bitch fries.
Ihavekidstoo and Fromthehills are right.
dallas
May 8, 2008 at 6:08 am
First of all I am not supporting a convicted murderer, thanks to the Briggs NOONE was charged with the murder of Kelsey. Like I said if you are uneducated on this case it shows. Second of all alot of mothers can’t tell their children are abused, especially sexual abuse. Get some flyers from your local casa or court and read, how 50% cater to their abuser because its what they are taught, I AM a survivor of child and sexual abuse, noone in my family knew until i was 30!!!!
Ihavekidstoo
May 8, 2008 at 6:24 am
Dallas, I’m very sorry you were abused as a child. No matter how our opinions differ regarding Rae, I think we agree that no child should EVER have to experience abuse of any kind.
But now I see how you can defend this woman. You grew up in an enviroment where your mother, like Kelsey’s mother, wasn’t paying enough attention to recognize when her child was being abused. You think this level of inattention is normal since it’s what you grew up with. You don’t know any different.
A mother is a child’s first - and last - line of defense against those in the world who would hurt him or her. Ultimately, if a mother is “unaware” that her child is being abused it can only be because she is simply not paying enough attention - or she’s laboring under the foolish notion that she’s “respecting” the child’s “right to privacy” by not insisting the child talk when she sees something is bothering them.
Thankfully, I was never abused as a child. That’s not to say I wasn’t exposed to people who might have abused me if they’d had the opportunity. I had an “uncle” who was always a little too attentive, too quick to pat, fondle and touch other kids in my circle. My mother’s vigilance is the main reason he - and other potential abusers - never got the chance to harm me.
rockdoll_71
May 8, 2008 at 6:51 am
Dallas,
It says and I quote: (directly from the story)
Raye Dawn Smith, 27 will get 27 years in prison for the 2005 death of her two-year-old daughter, Kelsey Smith-Briggs.” I have been able to read for quite some time now and have 4 years of college so please don’t say I am uneducated. That would make you WRONG.
I hate to hear that you were abused as a child. It’s terrible. Someone failed you. I want to see ALL child abuse come to an end forever. I know it’s never going to happen but we should punish offenders in the harshest way because children are innocent. They don’t ask to be here.
I don’t believe this woman knew what was going on with her child. There were too many injuries. If she did know, she is just as guilty as the man who killed her.
dallas
May 8, 2008 at 1:47 pm
NO offense I meant uneducated about Kelseys story, not you totally being uneducated! 99% of the things that have been seen on youtube or the news is the media spreading gossip. I do feel ABUSERS should have harsh punishments, I stand my ground on believing Raye, with all the agencies, testing, court/dr visits its wonder that baby lived that long, she was clearly stressed. And I do agree with you 100% on if she did know she is just as guilty, but as i see it she was commited for a crime she did NOT commit.
“Give me a pink shirt and a new hair doo, I’ll convict her”…. that was a remark one juror said during recess break and in front of the media ~ that was from a juror (Michelle Reeves). Just to show ya sometimes you’re convicted before court, even with a jury trial.
the real Janice Randall
May 10, 2008 at 8:29 am
Yes, I have opinions about this case and whoever is posing as Janice Randall should know that while you are entitled to your opinions, you are NOT, repeat NOT entitled to hide behind my name, pretend to be me and state your opinions. For the rest of you, be assured that everyone on this and every other Raye Dawn bashing blog has their own agenda and many are willing to stoop to the lowest of low, including impersonating others to press that agenda. Be wary of what you believe.
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