A 10-year-old child found dead in her family's apartment in central Kentucky was routinely belittled and lived in fear of upsetting her father, relatives and neighbors said.
McCaylah Watkins' bruised and lifeless body was found in her family's Winchester apartment Sunday. Her father Patrick Watkins, 30, and his wife, Joy Watkins, were charged with first-degree criminal abuse on a child under 12. Police said their investigation lead them to file more charges against the couple.
Police said the child was dead for at least 45 minutes before emergency workers were called to the apartment, The Lexington
Herald-Leader reported Tuesday on its Web site.
Family members and neighbors said the couple often cursed the
girl and called her harsh names in public.
Joy Watkins' grandmother, Betty Stokley, who lives next door to the couple, said Patrick Watkins was cruel to McCaylah, his daughter from a previous marriage. Stokley said she had seen him kick the girl in the back, knocking her down.
Winchester police Capt. Harvey Craycraft said McCaylah had "trauma injuries" on her body. Patrick Watkins told police that the girl had fallen down some stairs, Craycraft said.
Officials with the Cabinet for Health and Family Services declined to comment on past or current investigations involving the Watkinses.
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God's Loan
I'll lend you for a little time,
A child of mine he said
For you to love while he lives
And mourn for when he is dead
It may be six or seven years
Or twenty-two or three.
But will you, till I call him back
Take care of him for me?
He'll bring charms to gladden you,
And should his stay be brief,
You'll have his lovely memories,
As solace for your grief.
I cannot promise he will stay
Since all from earth return.
But there are lessons taught down there
I want this child to learn
I've looked this wide world over
In my search for teachers true
And from the throngs that crowd life lanes
I have selected you
Now will you give him all your love
Not think the labor vain,
Nor hate me when I come to call,
And take him back again
I fancied that I heard them say.
Dear Lord thy will be done
The risk of grief will run,
We'll shelter him with tenderness,
We'll love him while we may
And for the happiness we've known
Forever grateful stay
But should the angels call for him
Much sooner than we planned
We'll brave the bitter grief that comes
And try to understand.
(author unknown)
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AGAINST WOMEN MEN CHILDREN
THE ELDERLY AND EVEN ANIMALS
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ITS GONE ON LONG ENOUGH
WE HAVE LOST ENOUGH LOVED ONES
WE HAVE BEEN HIT TO
MANY TIMES TO LET THIS CONTINUE
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SOMEONE YOU KNOW MAY NEED THE HELP
SOMEONE YOU LOVE COULD DIE
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GET HELP
GET OUT
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