CLEVELAND, Ohio (WOIO) – Brittany Barksdale, the Cleveland woman convicted of killing her nephew in 2022, recently posted on social media using #freeme and received many comments online.

Barksdale is convicted of involuntary manslaughter after she shot her 10-year-old nephew, Cayden Williams, in the head. According to police, she shot a gun through the ceiling in June 2022. The bullet ricocheted off a mirror and hit Cayden. He later died in hospital.

Barksdale began serving the reduced 2.5-year sentence in October 2023. Social media posts first appeared on X, formerly known as Twitter, on Monday.

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 after increasing traffic to our previous articles.

The Ohio Department of Rehabilitation and Corrections responded to 19 News' request for comment:

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

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