A mother’s aberrant actions cost her baby her life and leave her daughter without feet

Unworthy behavior. On March 11, 2021, around 8 a.m. in the state of Colorado, police officers in Moffat County were alerted after the discovery of a car near a road usually rarely traveled in winter. Arrived on the scene, the officers first found that the vehicle, stuck in the mud and snow, was empty. No one was aroundand therefore broader research was launched, reports specialized site Law&Crime.

The occupants of the car were eventually found with air support. It was about Kaylee Messerly36 years old, and her daughter Alena, 3 years. both were located just over 1.5 kilometers from the vehicle. But the police also discovered the woman’s other daughter, Emma, ​​18 months olda hundred meters from them, frozen to death.

Kaylee and Alena Messerly were rushed to hospital. But on the spot, the doctors had to resolve to amputate both of the girl’s feetbecause of his frostbite which had become too massive.

The mother under the influence of drugs at the time of the tragedy

According to the investigation, the mother had actually found herself stuck in the snow with her two daughters two days before their discovery. Kaylee Messerly had consumed from methamphetamine and then made terrible choices when his vehicle got stuck. She indeed got out of her car with her two daughters and, obviously very confused, wandered in the nature looking for a way. But she ultimately never found it, nor was she able to return to her car.

For this outing in the cold, Kaylee Messerly had also not equipped her children enough. The little deceased was thus dressed in a jacket, but wore neither socks, nor shoes, nor a hat. According to the autopsy, she died of hypothermia during the first night of wandering. During the trial, however, prosecutors said there were enough clothes in the car to cover the little girl enough to withstand the extreme cold.

“A person in those circumstances who was not under the influence would have made different decisions.”, lamented the prosecutor during this trial, thus insisting on the American’s drug taking, which increases her guilt. Kaylee Messerly was eventually convicted of “child abuse causing death” and “child abuse causing grievous bodily harm”. She was thus sentenced to 16 and 10 years in prison, to be served consecutively.