| Location | Kirk Hallam, Derbyshire. |
| Age | 2 years |
| Cause of Death | Murder |
| Date of Birth | 7/1997 |
| Date of Death | 12/1999 |
| Visitors | 4,672 since 10/05/2008 |
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Chelsea Brown was born in 1997 and died aged two and a half on the 6th December 1999.
Father Robert Brown was given a life sentence for what police have described as one of the "worst
cases of child abuse they have ever seen". The two-year-old had been tortured and shaken to death by
a father who had a history of violence towards children.
A postmortem examination found 47 injuries on Chelsea's head and body, including bruises running the
length of her spine. At the house, police found the imprint of her head in a ceiling where Brown had
smashed her into it.
Robert Brown,then 33, was visited by the same social worker 27 times in the 10 weeks before he
killed Chelsea. On each occasion the social worker, Norma McDevitt, accepted his claim that he and
his wife had not harmed the girl.
Ms McDevitt knew Brown was a convicted robber with a record of violent offences against children but
took no action despite Chelsea's numerous injuries.
Brown variously told Ms McDevitt that Chelsea had fallen in the garden, walked into a table, or
banged her head while on a bus. He also blamed his other daughter, claiming the 17-month-old left
Chelsea battered and bruised by pelting her with toys
Derbyshire's director of social services, Bruce Buckley, acknowledged that his staff made errors in
the case. "The workers were concerned and that is why they were visiting regularly but clearly on
this occasion we did not make the right decisions," he said. There were Warnings Chelsea was
considered at risk from her father as soon as she was born, and she was immediately put on the child
protection register. But despite visiting the family at least 27 times in just over three months,
the authorities decided it was safe to leave her with her father and mother Maria Brown, of Kirk
Hallam, Derbyshire.
Neighbours said they warned social services that Chelsea was at risk after hearing Brown's outbursts
of temper and the child's crying. Stephen Baker (a neigbour) said "The only retort we got was 'if
you hear anything again give us another ring' and that was as far as it went." Another neighbour Bob
Kemp said: "Someone should have picked up on it, end of story. To me it was totally preventable."
Even after a doctor suspected abuse when she noted bruises on Chelsea, the child was still not
removed from her parents' care. Just over three weeks later Chelsea was dead after she was violently
shaken by her father. Brown had a string of convictions, including actual bodily harm for slapping
his 16-month-old nephew and another when he dragged him through the street. In February 1998 he was
placed on probation for threatening to kill his own mother and a social worker. Despite his violent
background, Derbyshire social services decided to allow Chelsea to return to her parents after her
paternal grandmother said she could no longer care for the girl. "At the time Chelsea went back
no-one could have predicted the outcome based on Mr Brown's previous behaviour," said Mr Buckley.
The couple by then had another daughter, 17-month-old Courtney, who Brown tried to blame for causing
some of the injuries to Chelsea. Hilary Owen, the author of an independent report into the case,
told a press conference that Brown had been able to mislead professionals about the cause of many of
Chelsea's injuries. She added: "There was increased concern about Chelsea in the time she was living
with her parents and removal was an active consideration in the last few weeks of her life."
Mr Buckley refused to discuss whether the principal social worker in the case, Norma McDevitt, would
be disciplined.
Authorities agreed in 2000 that the many lessons learnt from the loss of Chelsea Brown and Victoria
Climbie should this time guarantee that no child dies in such tragic and violent circumstances
again.
Please remember this little girl, please, please sign this petition to demand the radical reform of
current legislation for child welfare and social services. Be a voice for all the special little
angels that have suffered, let the government know we will not tolerate the same mistakes being made
over and over again.
http://petitions.pm.gov.uk/Savekids/
Type in the above into your address bar and follow the prompts, its quick and easy and every
signature matters.
Thinking of You with Love
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_______________*____ _GOD BLESS. X
REST YOUR WEARY HEAD AND DRIFT OFF INTO DREAMS,
FROLIC IN THE SUNSHINE AND BATHE IN GODS MOONBEAMS.
USE THE STARS AS STEPPING-STONES TO TAKE YOU TO YOUR PEACE,
THE PAIN OF LIFE FORGOTTEN NOW YOU HAVE FOUND RELEASE
WITH OUT RAIN A FLOWER FOLDS,THE PETAL DROP AND DIE,
THERE WAS NO WAY TO SAVE YOU,YOU COULDNT EVEN CRY.
SO WE CRY ALL THE TEARS INSTEAD AS WE MUST LET YOU GO,
TO HEAVEN AND GODS GARDEN TO BLOSSOM AND TO GROW.
THE LITTLE SEED IS PLANTED,YOU'LL BE WATERED EVEY DAY,
THE ANGELS WILL TEND ALL YOUR NEEDS AS IN THEIR ARMS YOU LAY.
YOUR LIFE WILL BE AMAZING NOW AND FULL OF WONDEROUS THINGS,
REST IN PEACE DEAR SWEET CHELSEA,GO FLY ON ANGELS WINGS.
(Author unknown)
FOR MY LITTLE ANGEL FRIEND
Somewhere over the rainbow
Way up high
There's a land that I heard of
Once in a lullaby
Somewhere over the rainbow
Skies are blue
And the dreams that you dare to dream
Really do come true
Some day I'll wish upon a star
And wake up where the clouds are far behind me
Where troubles melt like lemondrops
Away above the chimney tops
That's where you'll find me
Somewhere over the rainbow
Bluebirds fly
Birds fly over the rainbow
Why then, oh why can't I?
Some day I'll wish upon a star
And wake up where the clouds are far behind me
Where troubles melt like lemondrops
Away above the chimney tops
That's where you'll find me
Somewhere over the rainbow
Bluebirds fly
Birds fly over the rainbow
Why then, oh why can't I?
If happy little bluebirds fly
Beyond the rainbow
Why, oh why can't I?
You Will Never Be Forgotten,
You Will Always Be Forever In My Heart.xxx
︽☆︽ BEAUTIFUL ANGEL ︽☆︽ ABSENCE MAKES THE HEART GROW FONDER ︽☆︽ THAT’S WHAT PEOPLE SAY ︽☆︽ MANY A HEART WAS BROKEN ︽☆︽ THE DAY YOU WENT AWAY ︽☆︽
GOD BLESS YOU ANGEL.
xxx
For a beautiful girl named Chelsea xxxxxxx
The Next Place That I Go
By Warren Hanson
The next place that I go
Will be as peaceful and familiar
As a sleepy summer Sunday
And a sweet, untroubled mind.
And yet . . .
It won't be anything like any place I've ever been. . .
Or seen. . . or even dreamed of
In the place I leave behind.
I won't know where I'm going,
And I won't know where I've been
As I tumble through the always
And look back toward the when.
I'll glide beyond the rainbows.
I'll drift above the sky.
I'll fly into the wonder, without ever wondering why.
I won't remember getting there.
Somehow I'll just arrive.
But I'll know that I belong there
And will feel much more alive
Than I have ever felt before.
I will be absolutely free of the things that I held onto
That were holding onto me.
The next place that I go
Will be so quiet and so still
That the whispered song of sweet belonging will rise up to fill
The listening sky with joyful silence,
And with unheard harmonies
Of music made by no one playing,
Like a hush upon breeze.
There will be no room for darkness in that place of living light,
Where an ever-dawning morning pushes back the dying night.
The very air will fill with brilliance, as the brightly shining sun
And the moon and half a million stars are married into one.
The next place that I go Won't really be a place at all.
There won't be any seasons --
Winter, summer, spring or fall --
Nor a Monday, Nor a Friday,
Nor December, Nor July.
And the seconds will be standing still. . .
While hours hurry by.
I will not be a boy or girl,
A woman or man.
I'll simply be just, simply, me.
No worse or better than.
My skin will not be dark or light.
I won't be fat or tall.
The body I once lived in
Won't be part of me at all.
I will finally be perfect.
I will be without a flaw.
I will never make one more mistake,
Or break the smallest law.
And the me that was impatient,
Or was angry, or unkind,
Will simply be a memory.
The me I left behind.
I will travel empty-handed.
There is not a single thing
I have collected in my life
That I would ever want to bring Except. . .
The love of those who loved me,
And the warmth of those who cared.
The happiness and memories
And magic that we shared.
Though I will know the joy of solitude. . .
I'll never be alone. I'll be embraced
By all the family and friends I've ever known.
Although I might not see their faces,
All our hearts will beat as one,
And the circle of our spirits
Will shine brighter than the sun.
I will cherish all the friendship I was fortunate to find,
All love and all the laughter in the place I leave behind.
All these good things will go with me.
They will make my spirit glow.
And that light will shine forever In the next place that I go.
FOREVER YOUNG
May the good Lord be with you
Down every road you roam
And may sunshine and happiness
surround you when you're far from home
And may you grow to be proud
Dignified and true
And do unto others
As you'd have done to you
Be courageous and be brave
And in my heart you'll always stay
Forever Young, Forever Young
Forever Young, Forever Young
May good fortune be with you
May your guiding light be strong
Build a stairway to heaven
with a prince or a vagabond
And may you never love in vain
and in my heart you will remain
Forever Young, Forever Young
Forever Young, Forever Young
Forever Young
Forever Young
And when you finally fly away
I'll be hoping that I served you well
For all the wisdom of a lifetime
No one can ever tell
But whatever road you choose
I'm right behind you, win or lose
Forever Young, Forever Young
Forever Young ,Forever Young
Forever Young, Forever Young
For, Forever Young, Forever Young.
SWEET DREAMS MY LITTLE FRIEND.xxx
BEAUTIFUL ANGEL.
HELLO BEAUTIFUL ANGEL UP ABOVE
HOPE YOU CAN SEE ME
SENDING YOU ALL MY LOVE
SPREAD YOUR WINGS
AS WIDE AS CAN BE AND
HERE'S A GREAT ((((((BIG HUG)))))
SENT TO YOU FROM ME.
ALL MY LOVE I SEND TO HEAVEN FOR YOU,xxx
GODS LITTLE ANGEL CALLED CHELSEA
GOODNIGHT
♥ღ☆ Tiny star, Shining Bright, It's Time for Me to say Goodnight. ♥ღ☆ so close your Eyes & Snuggle up Tight, I'm wishing you Sweet Dreams Tonight ♥ღ☆
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♥Love To You Always Angel ♥
God saw that you were suffering
And helpless as can be
So he took you gently in his arms
And whispered, little one come with me
I will take you far away from here
To a place where you are free
From the pain and hurting
Up in Heaven with me
A place when you can play again
And be loved eternally.
HAVE A WONDERFUL LIFE IN GODS BEAUTIFUL GARDEN.xxx
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