Trial has been delayed for Deshayla Day, the former First Baptist Church Daycare employee who is charged with first-degree criminal abuse.
It had originally been scheduled to start on May 1, but defense attorney Jason Holland requested a delay due to a scheduling conflict for that day. Special prosecutor, Graves County Commonwealth’s Attorney Richie Kemp had no objection, saying he also hopes to schedule a mediation and see if it can’t be resolved outside of trial.
Judge John Atkins set a new trial date to begin on August 12.
Day is accused of lifting a 16-month-old child by one arm from a classroom to the hallway and ‘firmly grabbed the child by the face’ during an incident earlier last year that was captured on video surveillance.
The child was later taken to Jennie Stuart Medical Center to be treated and evaluated for visible injuries, according to testimony from a Hopkinsville Police Department detective at a prior hearing