The video is too graphic to show in its entirety, however, the Douglas County District Attorney says it goes on to show Kayla Ray, 21, choking, smothering and punching one of her then-seven month old twins before throwing the child back into the crib.
The video was recorded in September 2018.
On Thursday, Ray pleaded guilty to five counts of cruelty to children in the first degree.
On Friday, the Douglas County D.A. released a statement saying in part:
“(Kayla Ray) deserves to spend the rest of her natural life in prison or under the state’s supervision", - Ryan Leonard, Douglas County D.A.
A judge handed her a 100-year sentence.
"There are definitely no winners at all," says Callies. "The one that it happened to, she's in a better place right now, but other than that nobody comes out a winner on this."
Ray must serve 50 years in prison and serve the rest of her sentence on probation.
Douglasville woman to serve 100 year sentence for abusing her young child
Douglasville woman sentenced to 100 years for abusing her one of her then-seven-month-old twins.
At the time of her arrest Ray was pregnant with a fourth child. She delivered while in custody.
Daniel Callies says he is glad he paid attention to his intuition and set a phone to record the interactions between his seven-month-old grandchild and the child's mother. When he went back to watch the video, he says he was bothered to see the child being beaten and shaken.
“I didn't expect anything like this,” says Callies. “When I started seeing it I got terrified. I didn't have anger because the Lord put the spirit on me that I was feeling what that poor baby had been through and I was scared.”
Callies reported the video to Douglasville Police. Officers arrested and charged Kayla Ray, 20.
The September 13 incident report lists charges as aggravated assault, battery, and cruelty to children.
Calleis says the young victim is a twin. He told FOX 5 News the two, and a sibling who is a little more than a year older, are with the Georgia Division of Family and Children Services. Calleis adds that his son, the father of the children, was in the hospital at the time of the assault. Hopes his family's situation resonates with others.
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Callies later learned the twins are not his biological grandchildren.
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