Keith Sims was just 3 years old when he was beaten to death by his grandmother. He had been living with her because his mother was ill. This little boy was beaten with electrical cords, burned with cigarettes, and was starved. At the time of his death he only weighed 28 pounds. The day he died his grandmother beat him with a cutting board and repeatedly threw him down to the floor, because she caught him going in the pantry trying to get food. After she beat him, she left him laying there on the floor and went to bed. The next day his little body was still laying there motionless, she walked over to him, examined his body and said to her 11 year old daughter I think he's dead. She left his body laying there for a full day before calling 911.
Barbara Briggs, 42 years old was found guilty and faces a 25 year to life sentence.
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