PICTURED: Missouri girl Kaylee, 15, left critically-ill after having her head bashed off concrete during vicious beating, as family says she's suffered severe brain damage

The family of a Missouri 15-year-old girl who was brutally beaten by another teen has spoken out, sharing her picture and saying she has suffered severe brain damage.

The victim, identified only as Kaylee, is fighting for life in critical condition - with a skull fracture and frontal lobe damage - after her head was repeatedly smashed into the ground during a brawl near Hazelwood East High School on Friday.

The family wrote in a GoFundMe: '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 has major brain bleeding and swelling and is in critical condition. We will not know the extinct 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.'

Kaylee's family added that the funds collected on the GoFundMe will be use towards 'easing these stressful days, allowing Kaylee's family to be able to be there 100% for her day and night and help with the medical bills that they foresee.'

Meanwhile Attorney General Andrew Bailey has called on the 15-year-old girl who beat another teen's head into concrete to be tried as an adult.

Bailey announced on X: 'This evil and complete disregard for human life has no place in Missouri, or anywhere. I am praying for the victim.

Failure to aid. This happened in the context of a general brawl. The others should also be arrested.

Not certain if liability attaches to all the other brawlers, but get the names of everyone fighting who walked away from her convulsing on the ground and consult a Lawyer. I do not think they were all minors, and I doubt there would be much money, but they need to be punished a way to make examples of them.

Missouri Law. (Thomas Law firm in MO.)

"One of the first things our firm looks at when investigating a case is whether you or a loved one is limited in bringing a lawsuit for personal injuries. If you or a loved one are the victim of an assault or some other criminal activity and are seeking compensation for your injuries, then you should know that one of the most important things affecting your ability to bring a case is the statute of limitations. A statute of limitation is a law which limits the amount of time for you to bring a case against a person who injured you or a loved one through reckless, negligent, or intentional action.

In Missouri, a criminal act which caused you or a loved one harm would likely be considered an “intentional act”. Under Missouri law, there is a much shorter time period to bring a case involving harm caused by the intentional acts of another person. As a victim of an intentional act, like an assault or some other crime, you are required bring a case against the person causing the injuries within two years.

This means you have up to two years from the date of the assault, robbery, burglary, or other intentional criminal act to bring a case against the person who harmed you. If you try to sue the person who intentionally caused your harm after two years, the court will likely dismiss your case. For example, if you are punched by someone and suffer a severe head injury, you only have two years to bring a case against the person who punched you."

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