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Lance Briggs was on his way home from Iraq. In a matter of hours, he would get to see his little girl, Kelsey. Kelsey was only two and a half years old and he missed her terribly. He and Kelsey's mom were divorced before she was even born, and in fact Kelsey's mom had tried to keep him from having anything to do with his daughter. He'd gone to court and won shared custody -- and then got activated and sent to Iraq. While he was gone, Kelsey stayed with her mother and her stepfather and Lance's family had very limited contact with the little girl. He was worried about Kelsey, his mom had told him of repeated abuse and injury to Kelsey over the last nine months, something new every time they'd been allowed to see her: bruises, a broken nose, both legs broken with "spiral" fractures, broken collarbone. Her hair was falling out. She was losing weight. The light had gone out of her eyes, and she was no longer smiling and happy. She was timid, withdrawn, shut down.Kelsey wasn't there to meet his plane. In fact, before he ever got off the plane in Oklahoma, he'd gotten an emergency phone call to let him know she wouldn't be there. He'd made it to Fort Benning, Georgia, when he got the phone call telling him that Kelsey was dead, beaten to death. A case worker from DHS had seen Kelsey a couple of hours before her death and reported that everything was fine and Kelsey was doing well, although she was withdrawn and jumpy. Very clingy, wanted her mother, the caseworker reported.Kelsey's stepfather, Michael Porter, has been charged with beating the toddler to death.
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