When one-year-old Kelci Lewis wouldn’t stop crying, an 8-year-old boy beat her to death
About 11 p.m. on October 10. Katerra Lewis, 26, and her roommate, a mother of five, left their Birmingham, Alabama home to go nightclubbing. Lewis left Kelci Lewis, her one-year old daughter, in the care of her roommate’s children who were between the ages of 2 and 8. Those children were far too young to care for each other.
While they were gone, Kelci began to cry. When the toddler wouldn’t stop crying, an 8-year old boy knew how to stop her. He savagely beat her to death.
When the two women returned home about 2 a.m., they did not bother to check on the children. In the morning, Lewis found Kelci unresponsive in her crib.
Birmingham police report that Kelci suffered severe head trauma and "major internal organ damage." Had the women bothered to check on the children when they returned home, paramedics might possibly have saved the baby’s life.
Lewis was arrested and charged with manslaughter. She was released from jail on a $15,000 bond. The 8-year-old boy is charged with murder and is in the custody of the state Department of Human Resources. The prosecutor has not said whether the other woman will face any charges.
I hope Katerra Lewis had herself a ball at that nightclub because I think that, in the near future, she will be spending many nights in the slammer.
1 comment:
Leaving an 8-year old to care for a infant for more than a few minutes is incredibly stupid. if she didn't want the kid she should have done the American thing and sold it to somebody who did want it, then should could have spent a LOT more time in the bar. Now the kid is dead, the 8-year old is in legal trouble and she is in serious legal trouble. What a moron.
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