David DeShields Broke MaKaylah
September 30, 2008 by impqueen
www.myspace.com/david_deshields
Morristown, TN – David DeShields seemed like a proud father, if his MyspaceMySpace
(now private) was any indication. DeShields, 27, and his wife Casey have two little girls – a daughter about 4 or 5 years old, and baby MaKaylah, now aged nine months.  But now MaKaylah has a broken nose and multiple fractures to both her legs – and David DeShields is in jail for the abuse of his infant daughter.Â
I don’t know how you get from the picture above, in which DeShields is proudly holding his new baby girl, to an infant with broken legs and a broken nose. Friends who have known DeShields for years say that he didn’t seem the rageful type, that he clearly adored his wife and children. They say they don’t know what happened.
I bet Casey DeShields does.
On Thursday, Casey DeShields took MaKaylah to a hospital in Morristown for treatment of a possible broken nose. What she said on Thursday I don’t know, but MaKaylah was sent back home with her mother.
On Friday, Casey left the home, presumably to go to work. She left the girls with their father, like you do when you’ve been married to your kids’ dad for years. She got home that evening around 11:00 and found that MaKaylah was crying inconsolably. Tylenol didn’t work. Cuddling didn’t work. Nothing worked, and MaKaylah was miserable. By Saturday morning, the baby’s legs were swollen.
On Saturday, Casey DeShields told her husband that she was taking MaKaylah back to the hospital. David DeShields responded by saying he’d just go on to work, thanks. David is employed as a security officer at Mountain View Youth Development Center in Dandridge, Tennessee, a center for juvenile offenders. As an officer there, David DeShields is an employee of the Tennessee State Department of Children’s Services. Niiice.
When Casey DeShields got MaKaylah to the hospital, it quickly became evident that she wasn’t just fussy. The baby had multiple breaks to the bones in her legs. I sort of wondered if Daddy lost his temper during a diaper change and perhaps slammed MaKaylah’s legs open on the changing table, something like that, just based on the trauma to the baby’s femurs. Beyond that, I have no idea how you break a baby’s legs in multiple places.
And David DeShields is not a tiny guy. He’s just under six feet tall, and weighs nearly three hundred pounds. That kind of force on the legs of a nine-month-old child, combined with anger and any number of factors from financial stress to job rage? He could have ripped that baby in half. And from the sound of things, he nearly did.
Casey DeShields told police investigators that she believed her husband had caused the injuries to MaKaylah, since he was the only adult at home with the baby at the time. Then she said he had also caused MaKaylah’s broken nose a few days before.  I’m curious, Casey: why would you leave your children with their father if you even suspected he might have hurt one of them? This can’t be the first time he’s lost his temper.
MaKaylah DeShields was transferred to East Tennessee Children’s Hospital in Knoxville, where she is being treated for her injuries. Â David DeShields was arrested early SaturdaySaturday reviews
afternoon at the youth detention center. He was charged with garrvated child abuse, and is now being held at the Hamblen Couty Jail on a $100,000 bond.
SoUncool is uncool with this guy in our forums.
8:33 am on September 30th, 2008
Wow, how awful!
I don’t know how any seemingly proud parent could hurt their own child like that…but then again, the mother’s story sounds a little fishy too:
That sounds to me like she’s admitting she knew he broke her nose and didn’t do anything about it. If that was the case, why would she have turned him in this time? Something doesn’t add up…
Poor Makaylah, I hope she gets her justice.
9:11 am on September 30th, 2008
Something’s not adding up for me with this story either. Mom knows…and I think she’s gonna tell. I’ll be waiting for more info on this for sure. Makaylah is such a beautiful little girl…why Daddy? Why?
9:12 am on September 30th, 2008
The momma definatly knows something.
9:37 am on September 30th, 2008
Yeah, she knows something alright. But she should have taken a frying pan to his head when that baby had a broken nose. Why would she leave them with him a second time?
Well, at least she took her to the hospital for treatment. Thats better than alot of people do…..
9:42 am on September 30th, 2008
http://www.knoxnews.com/news/2008/sep/30/dad-accused-of-child-abuse/
This website says it is unclear if Casey DeShields is the infant’s mother.
10:37 am on September 30th, 2008
If mom was told the big sister accidentally hit the baby or something of that nature, I could see her not suspecting dad over the broken nose. But after you find out her legs are broken, too, you start to look back at past experiences and connecting the dots, so in hindsight she probably would have realized he was responsible for the broken nose.
Just last night my mom, who works in a mom/baby unit of a hospital, got a call from another nurse for that baby who asked if she noted a hematoma (bruise) on the baby’s head, which she didn’t. I immediately suspected abuse likely b/c of my job, but my mom reminded me that the child had a 2yo sister. I remember catching my 2yo dragging my 6mo by her ankles, face down, over toys-and I had just turned my back long enough to screw in a lightbulb!
I’m sure not saying that’s what I think happened…I have no idea. I just wanted to point out that it is possible mom was not aware of or involved in covering up any abuse.
10:43 am on September 30th, 2008
Casey is definitely the mother. This is really sad. I hope they all get the help they need, especially that beautiful baby.
12:04 pm on September 30th, 2008
Thanks for clarifying that for me.
3:24 pm on September 30th, 2008
The Mom knew Dad was an abusive asshole. These people don’t just wake up one day and start beating their children. He must have shown signs of anger issues to her at some point…. I will be taking bets on how long before she changes her story and she starts defending his sorry ass.
4:20 pm on September 30th, 2008
Oh my heart breaks for this baby girl! she must have been in awful pain. I’d love to see this bastard broken up for good measure and left untreated for a week to give him a taste of misery.
This mother waited until the next day to take her baby to the hospital…not a good idea. Baby crying inconsolably probably most of the night, damn, poor sweetie.
How could either one of them stand to hear this baby cry in misery??
Baby MaKaylah I hope you mend and never really know your bastard of a father.
10:10 pm on September 30th, 2008
You’re right – hindsight is always 20/20. Poor baby, I hope she has a speedy recovery. I can’t imagine the pain this poor child is/was in.
1:03 pm on October 1st, 2008
You know, I can admit to being angry enough at my babies to squeeze or do something equally terrible. There’s something about a babies wailing after 20 minutes that just has a tendency to make some just snap.
But you know what? I used restraint. I had babies early, I was 19 when I had my first of two. But I did learn, that when they start crying, and you’ve done everything you can to get them to stop, and you’re upset, it’s only going to upset the baby even more, and it’s possibly why the baby wont stop crying.
So, parents, and parents to be, listen here, this could help you. When I got like this, I’d put the babies safely in their cribs, give em a pacifier, and go take a hot shower. Or go take a bath, maybe put some headphones on and read a book. Check on your baby, though. About 20 minutes ALWAYS calmed me down. And by then the babies had always settled themselves down and were napping, or at least I was better prepared to deal with the crying. My youngest had colic, so I became quite an expert on dealing with anger, but not taking it out on the children. Also, if a baby wont stop crying, and of course, you’ve checked everything. The vacuum cleaner is your best friend. Turn that sucker on, and just sit with it, baby will stop crying for a little while. It got me through colic, I love that vacuum cleaner. I just type this in hopes that parents who feel the same read this, and follow the advice, and wont hurt their children.
I really think it should be mandatory when one becomes pregnant, to register through their doctors, for parenting, and anger management classes. And yes, it should for subsequent pregnancies as well, so that people re-learn, or learn how to deal with more than one child, in more effective ways.
Hey, anger management worked for me. And it will work for others. People just have to take notice. To hell with bailing out wall street and mortgage companies. How about putting a few billion into helping our future children, who we will be looking to, to take care of this country some day!
9:35 pm on October 1st, 2008
How dare anyone judge Casey! Are you any better? I don’t think so! If you haven’t walked a mile in her shoes, then you need to shut up. You are not suppose to judge anyone! How about we tear your lives apart. How about we spread gossip that isn’t true! Casey never would have left her girls alone with her husband if she thought he would hurt them! Maybe you all sound fishy judging someone if you don’t know them. I hope and pray that God forgives you for putting doubt on a mother that loves her children more than life itself. Just because your father abused you and your mother turned her head doesn’t mean this is the case. Maybe it won’t be too long to see how stupid you are for judging someone without the correct facts first. Casey is my cousin and I know this girl better than anyone. She would never let anyone hurt her babies and get by with it. I am sorry but has anyone wondered what she is doing? She is taking a stand against this man! She has been by her girls side! If you have nothing nice to say then say nothing at all.
10:14 pm on October 1st, 2008
Oh, honey…you have us mistaken for another site. You must be lost…here, let me show you another site you might feel more at home at.
But before you go, mind enlightening us how she thought the baby got a broken nose? Reports are she told investigators she thought he had done it.
10:34 pm on October 1st, 2008
when anyone has a child,they have to know that it is a full time job,and yes there will be times when you will get a little angry because of the crying,but you know what..if your not ready duhhhh use a fuking rubber are birth control..this storie is alot like the justin and kim storrie,i think the mom here knew the peice of shit dada was a child beater,but did nothing u ntil the baby damn near lost its life..SHEESH.. wtf is this world coming too..
1:10 am on October 2nd, 2008
1. How dare you judge Casey – She’s a whore and a murderer. Fuck her. I’ll judge her skany ass all I want.
Are you any better – YES!!!! My son is 7. I have not murdered him. My husband has not murdered him. I have not lied to tthe autorities about his whereabouts. He has not been molested. He is fucking HAPPPY!!!!!!! HEALTHY!!!!!! LIVING!!!!!!!! BREATHING!!!!!! Get my point?????
Have you walked a mile in her shoes – No! I am not a stripper / whore / murderer. I hear those are tough shoes to fill.
How about we tear your lives apart / How about we spread gossip that isn’t true – BRING IT!!! I am not at all scared! Why??? Because I have no reason to be!! HA!
Casey never would have left her girls alone with her husband – That is because she is a whore and had no husband. No decent man would want a child murdering liar like Casey. They only thing she is good for is a place to plant seed (get it -she’s a whore!!).
Maybe you all sound fishy judging someone if you don’t know them – Um….What???? Are you on crack?? We sound fishy judging someone?? How is that?? Are you inbred??
I hope and pray that God forgives you for putting doubt on a mother that loves her children more than life itself – Teehee! That is funny. BTW – Children??? Did Casey have more than one?? Not shocked….. Does she know who the baby daddy is??
Just because your father abused you and your mother turned her head doesn’t mean this is the case – Wah?? Really?? You think all of our fathers and mothers committed this crime?? Really????? Delusional much?? My father NEVER touched me and my mother never had to turn her head. What the fuck is wrong with you???????????? Did your father touch YOU?? Uncle dad?????
Maybe it won’t be too long to see how stupid you are for judging someone without the correct facts first – Are you Cindy?? She is a stupid whore too.
Casey is my cousin and I know this girl better than anyone. She would never let anyone hurt her babies and get by with it – okay so you are not Cindy. But you are still part of this fucked up family. I’m still going with inbred.
I am sorry but has anyone wondered what she is doing? – No one care how or what she is doing!! Is she looking ofr her daughter?? NOOOOOOOOO!!! How is her FUCKING daughter????????? Answer that???????
If you have nothing nice to say then say nothing at all – Clever. I’ll have to jot that one down. SHe’s a liar and a whore. Oops…. Nothing nice to say…… I’ll go now. Good night and FUCK YOU!
1:17 am on October 2nd, 2008
Ummm April? Hi. I like you. But this is not the Casey Anthony thread. This is a new Casey. It is an unfortunate coincidence they have the same first name, though.
1:23 am on October 2nd, 2008
Also, I would like to add that I know David. As most people know, I am regular around here and did not find this story. I found out about this story from the very site I go to bash baby abusers — here. So to see this story here is, to say the least, disturbing.
I knew him in high school and we still keep in touch. He’d write me on MySpace about his baby girl and how happy he was. I have no doubt that he abused this baby and that is really very sad. I hope she is safe now.
As for the mother, I can see how she would not suspect anything, even after the broken nose. I am sure she was told it was an accident and believed her husband. I’ve seen their wedding photos and I could tell she loved him and trusted him. I am glad to read that she is now on her daughter’s side and I hope she continues to protect them. They need to come first from now on. I can’t imagine the pain Casey, the family, and of course that beautiful baby are enduring.
1:24 am on October 2nd, 2008
OOOOOPPPPSS!!! I missed that one! Thanks Kaytk. I take back MOST of it. And sorry to Sadie. Way too late and need sleeeeeeppp!!!!
1:28 am on October 2nd, 2008
Ok – I have to admit it did make me giggle a little bit. I was almost half way done reading it and I was like, “wow, she is being a little harsh.” Then I saw the Cindy comment and it clicked! haha. I think the name Casey just brings a fury out thanks to the bitch down in Orlando.
1:43 am on October 2nd, 2008
Tooooooo much wine, have hiccups….need sleep. Don’t know how I am gonna wake up in the morning! Glad to make you laugh……
1:49 pm on October 2nd, 2008
Aren’t you all big and bad using such language! Do you kiss your mother with that mouth? You are such a great influence on your child using such language. I bet you make your mom and dad proud talking like that if you know who they are. Where are you getting off saying murderer? Can you read? Maybe you are inbred and your mom turned her head. It’s just like I said maybe I hit a nerve and pissed you off. You have proven me wrong! There are asshole babies! YOU! I will not waste my time on such trash as you! MAY GOD BLESS YOU AND YOUR FAMILY!! I hope one day you see how stupid you are to make such remarks about a person that you know very little of.
3:00 pm on October 2nd, 2008
Wow – Slap my hand! I deserve it – sort of… Did you miss the part that I thought you were talking about a different Casey??? So I’ll be the big person here and appologize for MOST of my response. I was a dumbass that didn’t catch that you were talking about a different Casey. I’m sorry that your friend is married to this monster.
BTW – I am not inbred. Just for the record.
12:45 pm on October 5th, 2008
A broken nose. Some days later, broken legs. And look at him in the picture; he looks like he loves his child. I really think my taxpayer dollars should support parenting classes for all first-time parents of newborns, and more support for parents generally–whomever doesn’t support subsidized childcare and other such resources really isn’t putting the priority on the wellbeing of the children.
1:59 am on October 14th, 2008
I was sitting here and thinking, “If she knew her husband broke her baby’s nose, why the HELL would she leave him alone with her again?” But I reread, and now I’m thinking (hoping, really) that David had a ready excuse for MaKayla’s broken nose, but when both of her legs were broken in multiple places, Casey told authorities what she could. Even if she was just being stupid the first time, she sure as hell woke up to what was going on, and did something about it.
Bravo to see a mother standing up for her child, in any case. It’s rather uncommon, among these stories.
5:09 am on March 31st, 2009
Oh gee! How does one decide who to be more concerned about…hmmm, let me ponder this for a while despite the fact that my baby is in horrific pain. Hey, MOMMY DEARESTs out there, let us at DD give you a clue. BABY COMES FIRSTS…. ALWAYS!!
Women need to put kids always first…. men can take care of themselves; men don’t get to be “one of your kids”… if the man hurts the kids… he goes to jail! GOT IT?!
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