Kelsey Smith-Briggs' mother gets no money from lawsuit settlement

Raye Dawn Smith wanted half of the $345,097 leftover from the settlement. She is in prison for enabling her daughter's abuse.

The ruling by U.S. District Judge Timothy DeGiusti means that money will go to Kelsey's father.

Kelsey died from abuse Oct. 11, 2005, at her home near Meeker. The case was one of the most highly publicized murder cases in Oklahoma for the next two years.

Smith testified in January she wanted half to repay her family for her legal expenses. She said she would give anything left after that to an infant crisis center in Oklahoma City and a children's hospital.