Read the sickening Facebook messages detailing years of ‘torture’ little girl, 5, went through before her death

Sickening Facebook Texts have emerged showing that a five-year-old girl was tortured for years by her mother and grandmother before her death, newly released court documents show.

Kinsleigh Welty appeared unresponsive when officers from the Indianapolis Metropolitan PD arrived at a home on Denver Drive on April 9.

Officers noticed the juvenile was severely malnourished with bite marks, lice crawling on her face and head, and feces in her hair and on her feet. She was transported to Riley Hospital for Children and died of severe malnutrition. civil servants reported.

The message exchange between Kinsleigh’s mother, Toni Renee McClure, 29, and grandmother, Tammy Halsey53, describes how the pair allegedly tormented the youngster over the years.

The alleged torture included frequent beatings, withholding food and drink, and the use of duct tape to prevent the little girl from escaping from a locked closet in which she was being held. Part of the reason was to keep her hidden from the Department of Children Services. Law & Crime reported.

Kinsleigh Welty was found unconscious when officers from the Indianapolis Metropolitan PD arrived at her home on April 9. Officers noted the juvenile was severely malnourished with bite marks, lice crawling on her face and head, and feces in her hair and on her feet.

The mother and daughter duo often talked about ways to punish the youngster, including locking the refrigerator and cupboards so she could not access food and drink, the texts showed.

Officials said the blonde-haired, blue-eyed girl weighed less than she did when she was two years old.

In the lyrics, Kinsleigh is said to be referred to as ‘Demon’, ‘Dummy’ and ‘Evil’.

In a text message from May 2022, the grandmother was seen telling her daughter to “put something in front of her so she can’t push the door” as the little girl escaped from the closet.

“I’ve already tried that,” McLure said.

Halsey replied, “You’re going to have to keep her home for the weekend just to show her you mean business.”

McLure replies, “She hates being hit in the stomach, just so you know.

The grandmother hits back: “Oh, I know.”

In a text message from May 2023, the grandmother asked, “Didn’t you wrap her up?”

McClure tells her mother that “she did,” but Kinsleigh “got out.”

Her mother replied, “Damn it, tighten it up.”

During an exchange in July 2023, McLure asks her mother to watch Kinsleigh.

When her mother replies that she is ‘too tired and has to work the next day’.

McLure tells her, “Do your duct tape thing.” Sleep. I won’t ask again.’

The gruesome text messages from two years ago, May 2022

Another set of texts from May 2023 and July 2023 shows the horrific abuse the mother and daughter inflicted on Kinsleigh before her death in April 2024

On October 6, 2023, McClure said Kinsleigh broke the door lock and shoved feces under the couch. Halsey told her daughter to ‘tie her up’

On October 6, 2023, McClure said Kinsleigh broke the door lock and shoved feces under the couch.

Halsey told her daughter to “tie her the fuck up.”

McClure replied “get one for the crazy team guy,” with laughing emojis, skull and crossbones.

She continued, “You do your method and it works. That’s not possible here. I’ll clean her up first.’

On January 2, 2024, Halsey asked McClure if she was babysitting the children that day.

“It doesn’t matter,” McClure wrote. ‘As long as you promise [if one] of assholes show up that you let them leave and tell them [the children aren’t] over there. That’s the only thing I’m concerned about,” Fox 59 reported.

On March 22, Halsey McClure announced that DCS had “resurfaced.”

“Oh Jesus Christ,” McClure replied. “I guess we should figure out a day where you can take Kinsleigh and I can handle it, but I really don’t want that.”

On April 9 of this year, McLure texted her mother that the Department of Children Services was coming to her house.

“I don’t have much in my fridge or cupboards but DCS is coming out today,” she wrote. “Call me for your lunch.”

That was the same day officials discovered the youth’s lifeless body.

April 9, 2024 was the day Kinsleigh was declared deceased

In April, the Marion County Prosecutor’s Office arrested Kinsleigh’s mother, Toni McClure, and McClure’s boyfriend, Ryan Smith, 27.

McClure was charged with murder, criminal confinement and neglect in the death of little Kinsleigh.

Smith was charged with three counts of neglect of a dependent.

Halsey faces five counts of neglect and one count of failure to report child neglect and abuse, Marion County Prosecutor Ryan Mears said in a news release Thursday.

“These charges are a direct result of law enforcement’s commitment to justice for Kinsleigh,” the Marion County Prosecutor’s Office said in a statement reported by WXIN.

“We will continue to pursue leads and information and file charges if necessary as the investigation continues.”

Halsey and Smith are due back in court on June 18.

Smith has since been released on bail. According to a report, McClure and Halsey remain in custody.

IMPD Chief Chris Bailey said, “My heart breaks knowing what Kinsleigh went through in her short life and how she left this world.”

“The circumstances surrounding Kinsleigh’s death are horrific and incomprehensible. No human being, let alone a child, should be treated the same as her.

“These alleged suspects, if convicted, should never step foot outside a prison.”

Bailey further said, “I am so grateful to the officers, detectives, crime scene personnel, emergency room personnel, coroners and deputy prosecutors for their steadfast commitment to the innocent.

‘What they see and hear every day is something most of us would not be able to bear. They are truly special people.

“I pray that Kinsleigh has found inner peace and for her siblings who will need much love and care in the days, months and years to come,” he said. KTLA News reported.