A helpless 7-year-old girl was tortured to d£ath in a house by three generations of women and was so badly battered that she di£d with 90 stab wounds on her body, prosecutors said.
Jor’Dynn Duncan was terrorized for at least a year inside the Bayport home, where 50-year-old Emily Kelly — who had been given custody of the child — and her mother and daughter allegedly abused the girl until her tiny body gave out, Suffolk County prosecutors said Wednesday, May 20.
Kelly is now charged with second-degree murd£r, while her mom, Barbara Renner, 75, and daughter, 24-year-old Elyssa Seymore, also charged in the prolonged child abuse.
“This was not an alleged single act of violence,” Suffolk County District Attorney Ray Tierney said in a statement.
“It was months of alleged systematic cruelty and sadistic abuse, meticulously documented.
“The child was allegedly left to di£ while these defendants watched her deteriorate,” Tierney said.
“No child should ever endure such horror, and we will seek justice for Jor’Dynn.”
Jo’Dynn, whose father is Kelly’s fiancé, was placed in the home by Child Protective Services in December 2024 — with the accused k!ller getting custody and guardianship in April 2025.
Emily Kelly
But over the course of the year, the girl repeatedly missed 40 days of school, with Kelly and her family making up excuses ranging from illnesses and de@ths in the family to a made-up trips to Disneyworld.
On Dec. 29, police got a 911 call at the house claiming Jo’Dynn suffered cardiac arrest. The girl was rushed to NYU Langone Hospital in Suffolk County, where she was pronounced de@d.
Police launched an investigation after an autopsy revealed that the girl di£d as a result of a massive untreated infection from “sharp force injuries” dating to at least January 2025, with about 90 wounds on her body, according to prosecutors.
On Wednesday, May 20, 2026, Kelly was charged with murd£r, reckless endangerment, unlawful imprisonment and endangering the welfare of a child and ordered held on $5 million cash bail or a $10 million bond.
Renner was charged with second-degree manslaughter and endangering the welfare of a child, and is being held on $50,000 cash or a $500,000 bond.
Seymore is charged with unlawful imprisonment and endangering the welfare of a child, and was ordered held on $25,000 cash bail or a $250,000 bond, the DA’s office said.