SHEBOYGAN, WI (WTAQ) – A Sheboygan County man has been ordered to stand trial in the death of his fiancee’s four-year-old son.
31-year-old Armando Aguirre was bound over Wednesday at a preliminary hearing on a charge of second-degree reckless homicide.
The youngster was injured earlier this month at the home Aguirre shared with his fiancee near Cascade. The victim has been identified only as “Trey.”
The defendant told authorities he was playfully swinging Trey by the legs when his head struck a carpet. Doctors later said the injuries were not consistent with the way Aguirre described the incident.
During Wednesday’s hearing, a sheriff’s detective quoted Aguirre as saying the child suffered a “glancing blow” to the head — but he later said the youngster might have hit the floor harder than he first thought.
Defense lawyer Kirk O’Bear pointed out that the child was not bleeding, and there were no other visible signs of severe injuries.
Online court records did not indicate when Aguirre will enter a plea.
(Story courtesy of Wheeler News Service)
