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Girl 5, Locked in Closet, STARVED to Death -Mother Charged With Murder
5-Year-Old Girl Dies of Severe Neglect: Kinsleigh Welty Case
Mom admits to neglecting 5-year-old daughter, locking her in closet for several months
NBC 23 APR 2024
Kinsleigh Welty
Toni McClure and Ryan Smith
INDIANAPOLIS (WISH) — The mother accused of neglecting her 5-year-old daughter to death is now charged with murder.
Court documents show that 29-year-old Toni McClure admitted to police that for several months she had been keeping her daughter Kinsleigh Welty locked in a closet in her mobile home.
Court documents show that 29-year-old Toni McClure admitted to police that for several months she had been keeping her daughter Kinsleigh Welty locked in a closet in her mobile home. Doctors say the girl weighed more at 2½ years old than she did when she died.
McClure told police she knew her daughter needed help, but did nothing because she was afraid of losing her other children.
“Starvation and dehydration,” said Marion County Prosecutor Ryan Mears as he described the conditions that led to Kinsleigh death.
McClure told police she had only been feeding her one small meal a day.
Detectives say the closet Kinsleigh was being kept in smelled like urine and feces.
A sibling of Kinsleigh described the closet as a cage when interviewed by detectives.
Kinsleigh was covered in feces and lice the day she died. Mears said, “We believe that this is one of those cases that warrants one of the most severe punishments under the law. That is a life-without-parole sentence.”
Mears characterized the abuse to Kinsleigh by her mother and others as “torture.” He said, “When you see everything that this child went through it didn’t have to happen.”
McClure is not the only one accused of wrongdoing in this case.
Her boyfriend, 27-year-old Ryan Smith is being charged with three counts of neglect, and one count of criminal confinement.
McClure’s mom, Tammy Halsey, has also been arrested and will face charges.
The Marion County Prosecutor’s Office is also going to be investigating what the Indiana Department of Child Services (DCS) knew about what was going on.
The mother who neglected her 5-year-old daughter to death is now charged with murder.
Girl 5, Locked in Closet, STARVED to Death -Mother Charged With Murder
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