Cleveland woman convicted in nephew’s killing takes to social media calling to be released

CLEVELAND, Ohio (WOIO) – Brittany Barksdale, the Cleveland woman convicted of killing her nephew in 2022, has been recently posting to social media using the #freeme, garnering a lot of comments online.

Barksdale is convicted of reckless homicide after she shot her 10-year-old nephew Cayden Williams in the head. Police say that she was handling a firearm in June 2022 when she shot through the ceiling. The bullet ricocheted off a mirror and struck Cayden. He later died at the hospital.

Barksdale began serving the reduced 2.5 year sentence in October 2023. Monday, social media posts began appearing on X, formerly known as Twitter.

Under a now-private account, Barksdale was seen posting images like the one below, using the hashtag #freeme.

19 News became aware of the social media posts following increased traffic to our previous stories.

The Ohio Department of Rehabilitation and Corrections responded to 19 News’ request for comment on this saying:

“We are investigating this matter, but we preliminarily suspect these photos were sent to friends or family from the ViaPath tablet and posted on social media by an outside individual”.

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