Police say, Shaun A. Lockett, 32, and another relative, Lashawn S. Brown, 27 severly burned Mr. Lockett’s 10-year-old daughter with scalding water and the denied her medical treatment. She died a week later.

The girl, Quiniece Lockett, was blind, partially paralyzed and had cerebral palsy. The girl suffered second and third degree burns to her back, neck and legs after being lifted out of her wheelchair and placed in the scalding water by Lashawn Brown. When the father returned home, the opted to not seek medical treatment, but rather to apply salve to the burns. Burns so bad that Quiniece’s skin was falling off.

“This girl died a horrible, horrible death,” said city Police Chief Charles Kellar. “I’ve seen everything that comes down the pike. This is one of the worst ones. It’s just horrible.”

Lockett and Brown initially lied to police stating that they had taken the girl to the hospital, but the hospital states that there is no record of this, and had they seen the girl, she would have been automatically transferred to the burn unit. The hospital was not called until her family found her dead in her bed on SundaySunday reviews morning. AutopsyAutopsy reviews reports Quiniece died of complications from thermal burns. Police charged Lockett and Brown with criminal homicide, endangering a child’s welfare and two counts of conspiracy.

Four other children living in the household have been turned over to child-welfare authorities.

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