Spartanburg Man Charged In Child Abuse Death
Photo courtesy Spartanburg County Sheriff’s Office
The arrest warrant says David Anthony Tyre, 31, shook the young child and dropped her on her head.
Published: July 10, 2009
Updated: July 10, 2009
A Spartanburg man has been charged with homicide by child abuse and child abuse with great bodily harm following the death of a ten year old girl.
The arrest warrant says David Anthony Tyre, 31, shook the young child and dropped her on her head.
Tyre is being held in the Spartanburg County Detention Center with no bond listed according to the jail website.
The Spartanburg County Sheriff’s Office and the Spartanburg County Coroner’s Office are jointly investigating the death of Meah Danielle Weidner, 10, of Boiling Springs.
Photo Courtesy of Carolina Miracle League
A deputy was called to Spartanburg Regional Medical Center on July 5 for a possible child abuse case. The incident report says Tyre, who is the boyfriend of the mother of the child, said he told the woman Meah was having a seizure.
The deputy says multiple bruises to her body and head were found and it was learned the girl suffered a fractured arm two weeks earlier.
Weidner died on July 7 and another SCSO incident report says Tyre admitted he did break the girl’s arm after originally saying she fell out of bed. The report says Tyre told the deputy and other law officials that “I must have shaken her too hard” following Weidner’s death.
The SCSO incident report lists the cause of death as “brain injuries,“ but the manner of death will be announced once toxicology studies are complete according to Coroner Rusty Clevenger.
The child abuse with great bodily harm charge against Tyre is related to her fractured arm in June.
Chief John Hall of Hilltop Fire Department confirms Tony Tyre was a volunteer firefighter with the department up until this week when he resigned “citing personal reasons”.
Tyre had been with the department since 2002.
Hall says Tyre was “a good firefighter, always showed up to calls and performed his job well”.
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concernedmedic, I can honestly say I have never shaken my children or anyone else’s child. If you have done this, then I hope that you will never do it again. It does not take much to cause injury, especially if a young child or disabled child that has no control of their body. That was a pretty broad question you threw out there. I bet more people have not shaken a child than people who have actually done that.
And please use some punctuation. Your posts are hard to read.
if it were my child i would get all the facts before i did anything and if it were true then god help that person but i would not go off half cocked until i knew the story and the whole story all you know is what you have seen in the news and the papers and we all know they always get all there facts straight dont we im not approving what he did just we dont know the facts he stated he shook the girl ok how many times have you shook your children does that make you a child abuser no it doesnt you people should be more angry at the judicial system for letting a serial killer out on the streets like they did and cost 5 people there lives like they did
concernedmedic,no disrespect to you but would you feel the same way you do now if it was one of your loved ones.I dont think so !!!!!
Concernedmedic Where is the innocent until proven guilty. I dont think there is any doubt after all he admitted to abusing the child. You need to read the story. There is no innocent here.
i think we should all be ashamed that we let the gaffney serial killer do what he did he was in prison and they kept letting him out thats where your anger should be against the justice system there the reason those 5 got killed if a person does the crime then punish them no matter who you are if tony did these things then god help him but yes he should be punished but we are not judge nor jury let them do there jobs not us
i am tired of all you people out there that was not there just like i was not there we dont know all the facts i think this country were inocent until proven guilty if tony is trully guilty then yes he should be punished but dang people get off the band wagon if you were not there then shut up
It is ashamed that these kids are dying at the hands of adults. Where was DSS in this matter since there were signs of abuse. The mom should be liable in some way as well too. As far as the legal system, I have NO faith because to many people are getting out or slipping through the cracks. Tony will get his when he goes to prison! Nobody likes a child killer!
Here is another one!! Good Lord what is wrong with these people. My thoughts and prayers go out to the family. But this 31 year old punk needs the death penalty. (Electric chair)
OK Yesterday we had a man that just snapped shot an innocent 8 year old babay for something she had no control over ,today we have a firefighter that was there everytime he was needed ,well how lovely of these two monsters bottom line is they killed two innocent children and in return each of them should be paid back in the matter in which these little ones suffered.Who really cares if one snapped and the other was a firefighter I sure as crap dont they are both no good scum and I hope the judge punishes them like the rabid dogs they are.
my heart also goes out to the Family.
but Honestly this man deserves the Death Penalty. he shouldnt make out of the jail alive…its not fair to kill a innocent child…the child didnt do anything wrong
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