A fundraiser for Kaylee Gain, the 15-year-old whose head was brutally bashed into the cement near her Missouri high school, has raised over $220,000 in less than two days.
A video of the brutal beating, which took place in St. Louis last Friday, went viral on social media and sparked a worldwide outcry.
Gain remains hospitalized in critical condition, with a skull fracture and frontal lobe damage.
"With heavy hearts I am asking for support for our beloved Kaylee and family," the GoFundMe page states. "In minutes, this family's life shattered when their only daughter was assaulted outside of a North County high school. She was left alone on the ground to convulse before EMTs arrived on the scene. She was admitted to one of the local hospitals in Saint Louis with a skull fracture and frontal lobe damage."
Nearly 5,000 people have donated at time of publishing.
The fundraiser's description continues, "She has major brain bleeding and swelling and is in critical condition. Kaylee is fighting hard to stay alive and heal but this is only the beginning of a very uphill battle for Kaylee and her family. We will not know the extent of the brain damage that has occurred until she wakes up but the path to recovery will be extremely hard on the family, not only mentally but financially. Her mother and father are staying by her side night and day hoping to bring her back to the Kaylee they know and love. Your support would help with lost wages and piling up medical bills due to intensive care treatment."
In the shocking video, a much larger teen girl is seen repeatedly bashing Gain's head into the ground until she begins convulsing.
A 15-year-old girl was arrested for the vicious beating on Saturday and has been charged with assault.
Missouri Attorney General Andrew Bailey has called for the attacker to be tried as an adult. This evil and complete disregard for human life has no place in Missouri, or anywhere. I am praying for the victim. The criminal should be charged and tried as an adult. If the victim dies, that offense should rise to a homicide. https://t.co/WYdsYT0Ezd
— Andrew Bailey (@AndrewBaileyMO) March 10, 2024
"This evil and complete disregard for human life has no place in Missouri, or anywhere. I am praying for the victim," Bailey wrote in a post on X, the platform formerly known as Twitter. "The criminal should be charged and tried as an adult. If the victim dies, that offense should rise to a homicide."
Those who wish to donate can do so here.
