Body Of 2 Year Old Meeker Girl Returned After Second Autopsy

MEEKER, Okla. (AP) -- A second autopsy has been performed on the body of a 2-year-old girl who prosecutors say was killed by her stepfather.<br/><br/>The body of Kelsey Smith Briggs was exhumed last week

Tuesday, May 2nd 2006, 9:38 am

By: News On 6

MEEKER, Okla. (AP) -- A second autopsy has been performed on the body of a 2-year-old girl who prosecutors say was killed by her stepfather.

The body of Kelsey Smith Briggs was exhumed last week at the request of Lincoln County District Attorney Richard Smothermon.

The body was returned to the grave Monday.

Smothermon says he can't comment on the reasons for the second autopsy because of a gag order in the case.

The girl died last October and the first autopsy said she suffered blunt force trauma to the stomach.

Her stepfather, Michael Porter, is charged with first-degree murder and her mother, Raye Dawn Smith, is charged with felony child neglect and enabling child abuse.