A Wichita man will have a jury trial in December for an incident where his 11-month-old daughter was found abandoned in the I-135 canal.
In a hearing Friday, a jury trial was scheduled for December 16th for the trial of 34-year-old Vincent Perez, who is charged with aggravated battery and aggravated child endangerment.
Investigators said Perez tried to suffocate the child at a friend’s house on July 22nd and then tried to choke someone who tried to stop him. He was seen later pushing a stroller near Harry and Hydraulic, and he abandoned the baby at Linwood Park. Someone saw the baby the next day in the canal near I-135 at Mt. Vernon. She was found by police with sunburns and a scrape on her forehead and she was covered in mud. Officers took the girl to a hospital, where bruises were found all over her body.
[ photo: Sedgwick County Sheriff’s Office ]
