Dad Bids Farewell To Two Daughters Who Were Slain By Their Mother

A grieving father, Chris Draper arranged a horse-drawn carriage for ferrying the tiny coffins of his two daughters to the cemetery after they were assassinated by their own mother Louise Porton. Chris bade them a farewell saying, “Sleep tight. Love Daddy”.

Relentless appetite for money can turn one into a vicious monster and that is what exactly Louis, who aspired to continue her sex work by killing her children proved.

Lexi Draper, three, was suffocated in January 2018 by her mother Louis Porton who then went ahead to kill her younger daughter Scarlett Vaughan, 16 months, two weeks later.

The heartbroken dad exposed his wife’s unpardonable crime through his Facebook post where he wrote, “My girls am home now. Today your family lay u to rest even though you shouldn't be there but your daddy babies sent you away in style and the whole of Walsall and Bloxwhich knows who you are and to some people you are loved and babies, nobody will ever take that from especially from me my family and new friends, gave you the send of you deserved, all eyes on you and you'll be missed but never forgotten. Sleep tight babies, daddy got you, DADDY WILL ALWAYS HAVE YOUR BACK, sleep tight love your daddy,” The Sun reported.

Louise, who is now accused of putting both Lexi and Scarlett to death, will serve a life sentence following a verdict by Birmingham Crown Court.

Judge Justice Amanda Yip said after sentencing Porton, “"There is only one sentence that is a mandatory life sentence. As with Lexi you tried to pass her death off as an unexpected natural death. You pretended you were driving to hospital. The truth is both children died because you deliberately obstructed their airways, text messages and internet searches done on your mobile phone reveal a degree of pre-meditation. I am sure you were responsible for the events that led to Lexi’s admission to hospital, our internet searching was sinister, you delayed calling for an ambulance until you were sure she was dead. The murder of any child by a mother involves the process of abuse of trust. They ought to have relied on their mother to look after them. It is not a case of a young mother doing something in the heat of the moment. The evidence shows calculated decisions. In between the deaths you carried on as normal."