Judge dismisses homicide by vehicle charge

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Posted: Sunday, June 17, 2012 2:00 am | Updated: 12:19 am, Sun Jun 17, 2012.

Judge dismisses homicide by vehicle charge By Jennifer Harr HeraldStandard.com heraldstandard.com |

A Fayette County judge dismissed a homicide by vehicle charge and a speeding citation filed against a Uniontown man in the 2009 death of a Connellsville woman in Dunbar Township.

In a Friday ruling, Judge Steve P. Leskinen found that prosecutors could not show that the speed at which Michael P. Williams, 31, was driving rose to the level of gross negligence, an element that changes something from an accident to a criminal act.

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Posted in Local news on Sunday, June 17, 2012 2:00 am. Updated: 12:19 am.

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~Memories of Kelsey Briggs from her grandmother Kathie~

Kelsey survived a broken clavicle, two broken legs, and bruises from head to toe. She could not survive her last blow. June 15,2005 Judge Craig Key sent Kelsey back to an abusive home. On October 11th, 2005 Kelsey was murdered while at the home of her mother Raye Dawn Smith. Someone hit or kicked Kelsey in her stomach. Her death was ruled a homicide due to blunt force trauma to the abdomen. It is unknown who murdered Kelsey because both her mother and stepfather Michael Porter were home with her but both deny murdering her and both blame the other. Kelsey's paternal family tried to get help for her granddaughter but no one listened. Kelsey's father Lance was a soldier in the army and had to leave his precious child behind. Because of someone's hate Kelsey has missed out on the many joys that a child goes through. She may be forever gone but her memory lives on. The song used in this video is very special because it is from a show Kelsey liked to watch, Brother Bear. Somewhere in heaven Kelsey is smiling down dancing and singing.

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