As Dericka struggled, she was forced to kneel down with her chest on the seat of an arm chair while Posey sat on the girl's back.ĭericka reportedly screamed twice that she couldn't breathe, and after Posey got up and realized Dericka wasn't breathing, she called 9-1-1.
She took a ruler and a thin pipe intended to give the ruler "weight," then went over to the Smiths' home on Bryant Road and helped Grace Smith whip Dericka. "Once her feet hit the floor getting out of bed, she was determined to beat these children," Shea said. In an autopsy, the medical examiner found Dericka had severe bruising on her buttocks that she described as "injury, on top of injury, on top of injury."Īssistant State Attorney Amy Shea said on the day of Dericka's death, Posey was roused from her sleep by a phone call from Grace Smith saying that Dericka and her 8-year-old sister were acting up.
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