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Ongoing case · 2024
Also known as Kinsleigh Welty neglect case
Ongoing case: this file carries charge-sheet facts only. Anyone charged is presumed innocent unless convicted.
The short answer
Five-year-old Kinsleigh Welty died from severe neglect and malnutrition in Indianapolis in April 2024; multiple adults were charged, and her mother's first murder trial ended in a mistrial.
The coverage index
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Who Failed 5-Year-Old Kinsleigh Welty?
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The case file
Pending-case notice: Toni McClure, Ryan Smith, and Tammy Halsey remain listed as charged. A mistrial is not a conviction or an acquittal, Smith's and Halsey's plea agreements remain under advisement, and every defendant is presumed innocent unless and until a court enters a judgment.
Kinsleigh Welty was five years old when emergency personnel found her unresponsive at an Indianapolis home on April 9, 2024. She was taken to Riley Hospital for Children and died that evening. Reporting based on police and court records described severe malnutrition and prolonged confinement. The allegations concern sustained neglect rather than a single brief event, and they form the basis of the pending criminal proceedings. [WRTV](https://www.wrtv.com/news/local-news/crime/5-year-olds-grandmother-accused-of-tying-her-to-bed-duct-taping-her)
Prosecutors charged Kinsleigh's mother, Toni McClure, with murder, criminal confinement, and battery of a person younger than 14. They also charged McClure's then-boyfriend, Ryan Smith, and Kinsleigh's grandmother, Tammy Halsey, with neglect-related offenses. Because these allegations remain subject to criminal adjudication, the people entries identify each defendant only through a documented legal role and do not present the prosecution's account as a verdict. [Court TV](https://www.courttv.com/news/do-your-duct-tape-thing-messages-detail-abuse-against-kinsleigh-welty/)
In late 2025, Smith and Halsey entered agreements to plead guilty to Level 1 felony neglect of a dependent resulting in death in exchange for proposed 20-year sentences and cooperation in McClure's case. WRTV reported that the court took both agreements under advisement pending resolution of McClure's prosecution. [WRTV](https://www.wrtv.com/news/local-news/crime/mothers-boyfriend-accepts-20-year-plea-deal-in-death-of-5-year-old-kinsleigh-welty)
McClure's jury trial began on June 22, 2026. The next day, the judge declared a mistrial after inappropriate communication between a juror and a witness. The Marion County prosecutor said the state intended to present the case again, and online court records placed McClure's retrial on August 24, 2026. That setting remains subject to change. A mistrial is neither a conviction nor an acquittal, so McClure remains listed as charged and the case remains ongoing. [WRTV](https://www.wrtv.com/news/local-news/crime/mistrial-declared-in-murder-case-of-mother-accused-of-5-year-old-daughters-death)
The criminal proceedings and a separate civil complaint concerning child-welfare contacts may develop further. This account avoids conclusions about individual guilt until the courts enter final judgments.
5 dated entries · 2024–2026
Kinsleigh Welty was found unresponsive at an Indianapolis home and died at Riley Hospital for Children.
Ryan Smith and Tammy Halsey agreed to conditional guilty pleas on neglect-resulting-in-death charges.
Toni McClure's murder trial began in Marion Superior Court.
The judge declared a mistrial following improper communication between a juror and a witness.
McClure's retrial is scheduled to begin in Marion Superior Court, according to online court records reported by WRTV; the future setting remains subject to change.
4 named in this file
Victims first. Every legal label is set from public records and court outcomes, not from the prose.
Five-year-old child whose death led to murder and neglect prosecutions[3]
Convicted by guilty plea to a Level 1 felony charge of neglect of a dependent resulting in death; sentenced to 20 years in the Indiana Department of Correction in 2026 after testifying at Toni McClure's murder trial.[4]
Convicted by guilty plea to a Level 1 felony charge of neglect of a dependent resulting in death, under a plea agreement for a 20-year sentence in the Indiana Department of Correction, conditioned on cooperating and testifying in Toni McClure's trial; McClure was convicted in September 2026, satisfying the condition.[4]
Charged with murder, criminal confinement, and battery; her first trial ended in a mistrial and a retrial is scheduled for August 24, 2026. She is presumed innocent unless convicted.[3]
From the record
5 cited
Coverage is not a source: every fact in this file rests on the records below.
PressThe Indianapolis Star via AOLAccessed Jul 13, 2026
PressCourt TVAccessed Jul 13, 2026
PressWRTVAccessed Jul 13, 2026
PressWRTVAccessed Jul 13, 2026
EncyclopedicWikidataAccessed Jul 13, 2026
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