Miami-Dade mom accused of confining 9-year-old for years; police say girl would ‘beg’ to eat

MIAMI-DADE COUNTY, Fla. – A 9-year-old girl was once left not able to learn or write and would ceaselessly have to “beg” for meals after being confined within of a southwest Miami-Dade house for “years,” in accordance to police.

Miami-Dade police accused her mom, Kelli McGriff-Williams, 42, of maintaining her daughter within the house within the 12000 block of Southwest ninety fifth Court for the bulk of the younger girl’s lifestyles.

According to an arrest record, the confinement lasted from 2017 to 2023 till the Florida Department of Children and Families intervened on Aug. 26.

Police mentioned but even so failing to supply ok meals and an training to the girl, McGriff-Williams didn’t even take the girl out of their Kendall house to take her to the physician, in spite of events the place she was once “very ill.”

Authorities Baker Acted McGriff-Williams after arriving to the home on Aug. 26, the record states.

Police spoke to the girl’s father on Aug. 30, the record states. Detectives wrote that he showed the allegations and advised police he’s been attempting to get custody of his daughter in the course of the courtroom gadget since 2017.

Workers with the University of Miami’s kid coverage staff mentioned, after interviewing the girl, that what she skilled constituted “child neglect, medical neglect, mental injury and educational neglect.”

The record doesn’t state whether or not DCF positioned the girl in its custody or that of her father, or some other relative or company.

Police formally arrested McGriff-Williams on Friday as she was once about to be discharged from Jackson South Medical Center’s behavioral well being unit.

McGriff-Williams was once being held within the Turner Guilford Knight Correctional Center on a $5,000 bond for a kid overlook price, in accordance to prison information. Her mugshot wasn’t to be had as of Wednesday night.

If you observed a case of kid overlook or abuse, name the Florida Department of Children and Families’ 24-hour hotline at 800-962-2873 or report the case online.