Raye Dawn shows off her belly at the beginning of her pregnancy with Kelsey.
Raye Dawn and Kelsey at a visitation on February 12, 2005.
Among many lies that have been told in this case, Kathie Briggs has her followers believing that Raye Dawn is being housed on death row and is only let out an hour per day. This certificate debunks yet another lie, when in fact, Raye Dawn is an inspiration to other prisoners and is helping others while in prison. Raye Dawn told me: "This was not her (Kathie's) plan. She would have a fit if she could see all of this. It might not have been her plan, but God's got me...God's awesome!"
PEOPLE SAY RAYE DAWN DID NOTHING - HERE IS PROOF THAT SHE DID EVERYTHING SHE COULD DO
DHS documented a
critical incident that was reported on September 2, 2005 by the
defendant, Raye-Dawn Smith regarding her concerns because Kelsey was
biting herself and having night terrors. On September 25, 2005 the
defendant, Raye-Dawn Smith called to check in with the DHS caseworker.
DHS documented another critical incident that was reported on September
28, 2005 by the defendant, Raye-Dawn Smith regarding her concerns
because Kelsey was refusing food. On August 11, 2005 the defendant again
called just to check-in with her DHS caseworker.
These documented reports are documentation that the defendant, Raye-Dawn
Smith was concerned and took all necessary actions to obtain care for
her daughter, Kelsey. All referrals received by DHS during this time
were screened out; having no merit.
Additionally, there were several medical visits that further prove that
the defendant, Raye-Dawn Smith did not act willfully or maliciously to
commit the crime of Enabling Child Abuse. The defendant's diligence and
persistence with regards to a possible serious medical condition
afflicting her daughter Kelsey, confirms that the defendant was aware
that Kelsey was suffering from some sort of crisis, and that she
genuinely believed that crisis to be medical in nature.
On May 11, 2005, there was a genetics department consultation at the University of Oklahoma Medical Center. The written impression from that evaluation by Dr. Susan Palmer include the possibility of osteogenesis imperfecta, which could not be excluded but was not considered likely, and possible malnutrition. (Kelsey lost a significant amount of weight and a baseball size area of hair in the back of her head while in the custody of Kathie Briggs from April to May.) Blood tests for rickets, a skin biopsy, collagen fibroblast culture and tests and follow up visit were recommended during that evaluation. The tests were completed as requested and the results from the biopsy done at the University of Washington Seattle Medical Center were unequivocal, and do not confirm or necessarily exclude the diagnosis of osteogenesis imperfecta. The test that was conducted was for research purposes only and not an FDA approved for clinical diagnosis.
On August 16, the defendant, Raye-Dawn Smith took Kelsey
to her pediatrician, Dr. Kellie Koons, with a DHS worker present.
Several symptoms such as self injury, weight loss, vomiting, hair loss,
night terrors, anxiety and easy bruising were noted and the doctor was
extremely concerned for Kelsey's health.
Just seven days later on August 23, 2005 the defendant,
Raye-Dawn Smith again sought medical care for Kelsey, visiting the same
pediatrician for a follow up from a motor vehicle accident (the hit and
run accident mentioned earlier) in which Kelsey was badly bruised. Dr.
Kellie Koons took detailed notes regarding the bruising on Kelsey's face
and hip, and again expressed concern of a possible serious medical
crisis.
Just two days later on August 25, 2005 the defendant took
Kelsey in for a scheduled CT scan as part of her attempt to obtain a
medical diagnosis.
Five days later,
on August 30, 2005 the defendant, Raye-Dawn Smith
completed an application to enroll Kelsey in Child Role Play Therapy (Raye
Dawn suggested the therapy) again showing that she was not aware of what
was causing Kelsey's crisis, but that she was performing in a manner
expected of a parent who is concerned for the well being of their child.
One day later, on August 31, 2005 the defendant, Raye-Dawn
Smith again took Kelsey in for a follow up visit with Dr. Kellie Koons.
Just thirteen days later on September 13, 2005 the
defendant, referred by Dr. Kellie Koons, again sought medical care for
Kelsey by taking her to The Jimmy Everest Center for Cancer and Blood
Disorders in Children for an exam and blood work up.
Then seven days later the defendant, September 20, 2005
the defendant, Raye Dawn-Smith took Kelsey to the Shawnee Medical center
with a complaint of vomiting and a high fever.
Seven days after her visit at the Shawnee Medical center, on
September 27, 2005 the defendant, Raye-Dawn Smith took Kelsey to
the Jimmy Everest Center for a follow up visit and to get the results of
the tests that were performed.
The defendant,
Raye-Dawn Smith sought medical care for her daughter Kelsey Smith-Briggs
a total of eight times in just less than four months. These medical
reports serve as evidence that although the defendant Raye-Dawn Smith
was aware that her daughter was suffering from a crisis, she
never suspected or should have suspected that her daughter was being
abused in the home. None of the agencies, including DHS, CASA,
or CHBS, or the physicians involved with Kelsey's medical care expressed
definite concern or indications regarding the possibility of child abuse
in any report dated between June 16, 2005 and October 11, 2005. In fact,
at the September 8, 2005 hearing to stop visitation with the paternal
family that the paternal family ignored and did not bother to attend,
things were going so well with Kelsey in Raye Dawn's home that the state
wanted to drop all charges against Raye Dawn as a possible perp in any
abuse allegations and take all the services from her home. Judge Craig
Key, the judge that heard the custody hearing insisted that the law
requires that services stay in the home for six months after a child is
returned to his or her parent and so upon the judge's persistence,
services remained in Raye Dawn's home at that time.
Furthermore, there was no evidence of a criminal or violent history
with regards to Kelsey's step-father, Michael Lee Porter. The defendant,
Raye-Dawn Smith never reported or indicated to any person that Michael
Porter had the propensity to act in a violent manner toward Kelsey, or
the other children in the home. Before the June hearing Michael Porter
had been investigated and everyone spoke highly of him and of his
parenting his two children. It wasn't until after Kelsey's death that
the defendant's eight year old step-daughter indicated in a statement to
a counselor that her father was mean to Kelsey when no one was around.
It is painfully
obvious that the State of Oklahoma failed to provide any evidence that
the defendant, Raye-Dawn Smith acted in a willful or malicious manner
with regards to the abuse that killed Kelsey Smith-Briggs. The State was
only able to offer circumstantial evidence based on hearsay testimony
with regards to what the defendant, Raye-Dawn Smith should have known.
Testimony obtained from what would be considered hostile witnesses and
one witness whose family has since the outcome of the trial apologized
to the Smith family for the witnesses obvious lies on the stand.
The State of Oklahoma never provided a single example of evidence that
meets the culpability requirements of Title 10 Oklahoma Statute 7115,
the defendant Raye-Dawn Smith was able to provide DHS Reports, Medical
Records, and Criminal History to conclusively prove that she did not
enable the abuse that killed her daughter, Kelsey Smith-Briggs.
Can SOMEONE EXPLAIN to me how she ENABLED ABUSE?
Kathie and her supporters have claimed that Raye Dawn is the one who murdered Kelsey. That is impossible and nonsense!
Some have tried
to say Raye Dawn was gone the day Kelsey died for only 10 or 15 minutes.
That's impossible! The EMT said he got his first call at 3:16pm. The EMT
left his headquarters at 3:20pm and arrived at the home at 3:27pm. Raye
Dawn got home between 3:30 and 3:40.
According to Mapquest, the drive, alone, from Meeker to Mike Porter's
daughter's school - one way - is approximately 18 minutes. Raye Dawn's
house was four miles east of Meeker on Highway 62. So add another four
miles to the mapquest distance. Just to drive from her house to the
school and back would have taken a minimum of 36 minutes. She also
stopped at the post office while she was out. Raye Dawn said in her
testimony that it took 20 to 25 minutes to get to Whitney's school. Then
you have to figure the length of time it takes to pick up a child at an
elementary school. You have to wait in the parent pick up line for your
turn, plus she went by the post office.
Raye Dawn said in her testimony that she and Kelsey had JUST laid down
and went to sleep when Mike came in the room. Mike stood with Raye for a
few minutes in the room to make sure Kelsey wouldn't wake up before Raye
Dawn left. Mike described to investigators exactly how Kelsey was lying
on the bed at that time. He didn't mention her being in any kind of
distress.
Here is Mapquest's time and directions to the
school from Meeker, which is four miles away from the house.
Maneuvers Distance Maps
1: Start out going EAST on US-62 / W MAIN ST toward S CULVER ST. 0.4
miles Map
2: Turn RIGHT onto OK-18 / DAWSON ST. Continue to follow OK-18 S. 11.0
miles Map
3: Turn LEFT onto E INDEPENDENCE ST. 0.5 miles Map
4: End at Sequoyah Elementary School:
1401 E Independence St, Shawnee, OK 74804, US Map
Total Est. Time: 18 minutes Total Est. Distance: 12.01 miles
Mapquest
map
The DA has never sought to implicate Raye Dawn
with what happened on October 11th outside of allowing it to happen,
unless you include the underhanded tactic of referring only to the first
ME report. During the trial, the DA sought to suppress the 2nd ME report
in an effort to underplay the significance of sexual trauma, which tends
to be associated with male perpetrators.
The accusations by the Briggs claiming Raye Dawn caused the injuries to
Kelsey and then left her there to be found by Porter have no foundation
in evidence. Their accusations are made solely on emotionally charged
innuendo. Taking into account the drive time, call times, EMT arrivals
and Kelsey condition/ TOD, we are left with the conclusion that the
first ME, Dr. Yacoub, intimated at the trial, "I have no evidence that
this bleeding had any time to heal. Hours would be generous." Remember,
time to heal includes the body's first step in reducing/ stopping blood
loss clotting.
Raye Dawn not only drove from Meeker to Shawnee but made it back before
the EMTs left according the the testimony of John Jenkens (Firefighter
EMT), "...she arrived right before we left." That level of trauma and
bleed out does not allow for Porter to do dishes & laundry while Raye
Dawn is gone that length of time.
This isn't about whether you like or dislike Raye Dawn; its about
evidence and the lack of it.
Innuendo and out the other.....the ballad of Kathie Briggs
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Kathie, I wish you wouldn't have quit Kelsey after you were told to stay off the phone during your visits with her and actually spend time with your grandchild. I wish you wouldn't have turned over your visits to Ashley after you heard what DHS said about you in court. I wish you wouldn't have quit Kelsey and that you would have showed up for the September hearing. You're so quick to blame everyone else for not protecting Kelsey. You didn't protect her and then you befriended Mike Porter. After reading what he did to Kelsey, I'm sure you wish you would have done things differently. You were too worried about putting Raye Dawn in jail for "murder" than to see the murderer was in front of you and you "enjoyed your visit" with him instead of getting justice for Kelsey. Stop pointing fingers when you didn't protect Kelsey in life or death! It's apparent to us that your focus has only been on your hatred for Raye Dawn and her family and Kelsey comes second on your list.
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(Notice that both Starla and Kathie have avatars of pictures of Kelsey that Raye Dawn had made. Why chose Raye's pictures for their avatars when Kathie is a photographer and had her own pictures?)
Kathie to Mike Porter - "...if they don't put the little hussy in jail soon..." She was referring to Raye Dawn. Kathie stated that to the man who sexually assaulted and murdered her grandchild!
This email is from Shirica to one of our forum members. In it she admits that Lance was in a hospital and not Iraq. Why didn't the military take away Lance's weapons and put him in observation when he thought his daughter was being beaten like the Briggs have claimed? This is from Shirica:
In Craig Key's
book he states on page 86: "It was the CASA worker who learned of
Lance's location. The CASA worker had gone to pay her insurance
bill in Prague, Oklahoma, where Lance's sister (me) worked. It was
discovered that Lance had been in Fort Benning, Georgia, at a military
hospital for observation. Lance's family expressed how upset they
were at the amount of medication Lance was taking, because it was having
a negative impact on him.
Finally, on September 23, 2005, Lance contacted DHS. He informed
DHS that he was injured while driving a truck in Iraq. He stated
his orders were sitting on someone's desk, and he should be home in the
next two weeks. Why was the public told Lance was injured in Iraq,
but his sister let down her guard and informed the CASA worker of his
actual whereabouts?"
The CASA worker, Carla Lynch, is my customer. She comes in every month on the 3rd and makes her payment. I do remember having a conversation with her about Lance. I did state that he was in Georgia and he had been in a hospital environment for observation. Apparently, in the military, when a soldier faces a life changing event (such as your wife telling you over the phone that she wants a divorce from her desk at work without ever changing the tone of her voice or without taking a moment to quit typing on her computer without any warning at all), they take your weapons away from you and put you under observation to make sure you do not cause harm to yourself. That was what I was refering to when I stated to her that he was under observation. At one point Lance was being medicated for pain and it concerned us that they were just medicating for the pain and not trying to fix the actual injury that he received from the accident. Lance was in an accident on July 29th. It was a severe accident and I have the photos from it. Lance hurt his back while pulling another soldier from the wreckage that had to them be medi lifted to the hospital and from the impact of the wreck itself. Lance receives a disability check from the military for this injury. I had spoken to Carla on more than one occasion regarding Lance and I have to say she is not the smartest hen in the hen house. I do not know if it was her that twisted my words and repeated them incorrectly or if it was Craig who decided to add a little color to the situation. It seems that it has happened a lot in this case. People hear just the part that sounds good and then adds their own spin to it. I have said many, many times that the reason it is so easy to believe the lies told by the Smith family is because they mix just enough truth in it that it seems true. I do not know if this is where the whole drug rehab thing came from, but that is my guess at what happened. I do try very hard to not have conversations with Carla anymore and try to not even wait on her at all when she comes into my office. We have often thought that she was the reason Craig Key had been under the impression that Lance had threatened him. Carla comes off to me as the kind of person that just wants to get in with the "in" crowd and tried really hard to do so. I often wonder if she did not take Lance's words and add a few dramatics to it to get his attention and then it went too far. That is just me speculating though.
I want to add
one last thing tonight ~ On the day of Kelsey's death, picking up
Whitney was not the only place Raye went when she left the house.
She also went to the post office to pick up her child support check that
she knew would be there from the MILITARY. She knew he was in the
military because she knew where her child support checks were coming
from.
Shirica
(After Lance's "accident" in Iraq, he was put on disability with the military. Family members say he doesn't have to work because he draws disability and is going to school on the government (We're paying the tab). If he's so "disabled," how was he able to beat up two women? Visit Lance's page and read about his two latest charges of domestic violence. Why hasn't the military looked into this?)