18 Months Old Baby Beaten To Death!!

18 Months Old Baby Beaten To Death!!

Now known as monster mum to the general public, Kandyce Downer has been jailed for life for beating her 18-month-old toddler Keegan Downer to death after taking care of the little one as a foster mother.

The 35-year-old was convicted after a trial at Birmingham crown court of killing Keegan, formerly Shi-Anne at the family home early this month.

Downer took the little girl in at her home in Beckbury Road, Weoley Castle, in January The 2015 after she was born to a heroin-addict mother. But she died in September last year from septicemia, infection, blunt chest trauma and an old head injury after Downer inflicted more than 120 separate injuries on the youngster.

"It is a horrific tale of callous conduct," Mrs Justice Frances Patterson said while sentencing Downer. " It can only be described as vicious. You have shown no remorse. I sentence you to life and you must serve a minimum period of 18 years."

Keegan Downer’s paternal grandmother was reported to have spoken to the media after kandyce’s trail, the woman who is understood to be based out of the UK flew back for the trial.

"I never met Keegan before but when I heard about what happened I had to be here. I have nightmares about it. I can’t explain how I feel. I know I’ve never met her but she was part of me. l will never see her grow up or hear her laugh or watch her get married. I feel terrible about being robbed of that. It’s a nightmare but I’m pleased justice has been served."

Spokesman for the toddler’s former foster family Darren Mahon, who cared for the baby described the killer as “conniving and manipulative.”

"She has showed no emotion or remorse at all. Hearing the details has been a nightmare. None of us have been able to sleep. When we go to bed we think of her and when we wake in the morning we think of her. It’s just heart-breaking what has happened to her. I am just grateful to the police and the way that the paramedics and hospital cared for her even though they could not save her."



Police now fear Downer, who has four other children, only wanted the child so she could pocket extra benefits. Birmingham Crown Court heard little Keegan suffered two broken legs and seven fractured ribs over a “significant period”.

Downer denied murder and causing or allowing the death of a child. After almost three hours of deliberations, a jury returned a verdict of guilty on both counts.

A trial heard Downer was paid a weekly fee by the local authority to care for the tot. Keegan moved in with Downer and her four other children in Weoley Castle, Birmingham. She was last seen by a health visitor five months before her death - who reported that the youngster seemed fine.

September last year Downer, a full-time business student, made a 999 call from her family home. When paramedics arrived she told them:

"I don’t know when she stopped breathing because I was in the bath."

Shockingly, the court heard Downer had delayed calling 999 and instead drove off to dump Keegan’s old blood-stained mattress, a baby grow and pajamas near a skip. Jurors were told a post-mortem examination revealed 127 separate injuries to Keegan’s body.