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The following information was taken from a 27-page arrest affidavit compiled by Sgt. Jesse Cox of the Delta Police Department:
Daven Beck told investigators he had put Cady down for a nap at about 1 p.m. and woke her up at about 2:30 p.m., when she began to “fuss,” to change her diaper, and she “seemed fine.” He said he became concerned when
he tried to wake her up at about 4 p.m. and she was limp. She opened her eyes, but wouldn’t move and only whined.
Daven told Desiree, who had called to check in, that “something is wrong,” and Desiree told him to take the child to the doctor or “somewhere.”
For the previous two weeks, Cady had diarrhea, and Desiree and Daven were scheduled to receive a stool kit on Dec. 22.
Daven drove the child first to a doctor, who handed him a stool kit, but Daven, who
didn’t appear frantic, told the doctor, “I have another problem,” and described the baby’s symptoms. The doctor checked the child’s heart and breathing and advised he take the child to the emergency room.
Almost immediately after walking into the emergency room lobby at about 5 p.m., nurses jumped into action after seeing Cady. They ripped open her shirt to try to discern what was wrong, placed blankets over her and rushed her into the emergency room. A CAT scan revealed the child was
bleeding from the front and back of her brain and that she had a blown pupil.
The baby was soon flown to Children’s Hospital in Aurora, and family members drove there.
During the ride, family members told police, Daven talked about how he would be going to prison and that he was in trouble.
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He never asked how this happened or said anything about hoping (the baby) was alright,” the affidavit said.
Daven Beck denied any wrongdoing after being accused in a heated confrontation at the hospital by Desiree of killing Cady. He changed his story to police about how the child may have injured herself.
He first said the baby
hit her head while lying on her stomach. Later he said she
fell in the bathtub the day before, and he may have
hit her head on a door or getting her into a car seat.
After the child died,
Daven called Desiree and told her about Internet research he had done that claimed babies judged to have died from shaken baby syndrome had actually died as a result of vaccinations.
Desiree has since left Daven, and their other child was placed in foster care.
The foster mother told police
the girl has shown troubling behaviors such as slamming her doll around and yelling, “Go nigh-night” and putting a blanket over its face as if to suffocate it. The guardian also reported a large bruise found on the girl’s buttocks.
Other family members later reported
regularly seeing small cuts and bruises on the children, but didn’t give it much thought.
Family members and friends said they had witnessed Daven spanking the girl roughly, and
Daven angered easily when the children were crying. Desiree told police he never hit her, but had shown his anger by breaking items.
An autopsy completed by forensic pathologist Michael Arnall indicated the child sustained a subdural hematoma. There was
bleeding in her brain in her spinal canal and abrasions on her right ear, the front of her scalp and on her jaw.
The muscles in her neck were bruised from a severe extension.
All of the injuries were the result of a “multiple direct traumatic event” that “occurred in a time frame consistent with 12-22-08.”
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