Kaylee Gain walking with 'little to no' help after horrific Missouri fight: 'Amazed'
ST. LOUIS (TND) — Kaylee Gain is now walking with “little to no" assistance nearly a month and a half after she suffered traumatic brain injuries from a fight in Missouri, according to a GoFundMe.
Video of the incident, which shows a brawl between 16-year-old Gain and another girl near Hazelwood East High School, went viral online in March. The other girl can be seen throwing Gain the ground and slamming her head onto the pavement several times, with Gain immediately convulsing. The 16-year-old later fell into a coma.
Gain sustained a fractured skull and brain bleed from the fight and she was walking with a helmet this week due to "still missing her bone flap," according to the GoFundMe.
“We have been truly amazed by the progress she has made in such a short time,” Gain’s father, Clint, and stepmother, Jamie, wrote. “We are so grateful for the support and prayers. The power of prayer is truly seen through her recovery so far."Gain has worked to regain cognitive abilities, with her parents noting she will have to undergo physical, occupational and speech therapy and counseling for assistance. The family will seek legal retribution for her adversary’s actions.
“This evil and complete disregard for human life has no place in Missouri, or anywhere,” Missouri Attorney General Andrew Bailey stated last month. “I am praying for the victim. The criminal should be charged and tried as an adult.”
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The Gain family’s attorney, Bryan Kaemmerer, argued the alleged attacker should be tried as an adult given her understanding of the violence she could inflict.
“If anything, the accused's reported level of intelligence suggests that she was fully capable of understanding that violence of this nature would lead to the devastating injuries that Kaylee has sustained, and therefore provides a further reason why it is appropriate for her to be tried as an adult,” Kaemmerer told The National Desk (TND).
Nearly a week after the fight, a Change.org petition originated urging Rick Gaines, chief juvenile officer of the St. Louis County Family Court, to refrain from charging Gain’s alleged adversary as an adult. The petition’s creator, Yaya Seven, pointed to the alleged attacker’s academic and extracurricular records as reasons for showing “compassion.”
“This single event is being used to define her character and incite racial divisions and political strife with the MO AG calling on the courts to charge her as an adult,” Seven stated. “It is unjust that such an accomplished young woman should be charged as an adult for assault without considering all the facts of the case that led to the incident where harm occurred.”
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