How Could You? Hall of Shame-6-Year-old Foster girl case- Child Death

This will be an archive of heinous actions by those involved in child welfare, foster care and adoption. We forewarn you that these are deeply disturbing stories that may involve sex abuse, murder, kidnapping and other horrendous actions.

From Lakeway, Texas, foster mother Chelsye Reagan Witcher, 40, killed her soon-to-be-adopted 6-year-old foster girl by drowning her. She died on November 2, 2024.

“The Ring camera footage allegedly showed a child locked in her room with a short “bathroom break” of only two minutes and no food for six hours. The child also asked to use the restroom and urinated on herself.

The affidavit claims the girl was forced to run on the treadmill before the bath, and Witcher yelled at her to lie down in the tub and held her there for 41 seconds. The affidavit also stated Witcher did not call the police until 15 minutes after she found the child unresponsive.”

“Other children in the home claimed the young girl was on a diet and had to eat meals in her bedroom. They also stated a Ring camera was set up in the bathroom to watch the child. Medical records also showed no reason to be concerned about seizures.

Witcher eventually admitted to holding the child underwater and pushing her down, stating she “lost her cool.” She also said she removed the Ring camera that was previously placed in the bathroom and hid it in her vehicle.

The affidavit said the child died by drowning by homicide.

Witcher was arrested Friday in Austin, where she’s held in the Travis County Jail for charges of Injury to a Child and Tampering with or Fabricating Physical Evidence. “

Lakeway woman allegedly drowned her ‘soon-to-have-been-adopted’ daughter after ‘losing her cool’

[KVUE 12/23/24 by Morgan McGrath]

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