Trial for Two Rivers man charged in 2018 infant death pushed back for a seventh time

Alisa M. Schafer, Manitowoc Herald Times Reporter
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The U.S. flag flutters outside of the Manitowoc County Courthouse, Tuesday, May 24, 2022, in Manitowoc, Wis.

MANITOWOC - Matthew Brown-Edwards' trial, which was scheduled to start June 27, has been pushed back to Sept. 26.

This is the seventh time his trial has been rescheduled in the Manitowoc County Circuit Court.

Brown-Edwards was arrested in January 2018 after being accused of abusing a 2-month-old baby girl who died as a result of that abuse.

He faces two felony charges — first-degree homicide and child abuse — and a misdemeanor charge of possession of drug paraphernalia.

According to the criminal complaint, rescue workers were called to Brown-Edwards' Two Rivers home on Jan. 17, 2018, for a baby found unconscious and not breathing. The baby died shortly after being flown to the Children's Hospital of Wisconsin in Milwaukee for life-threatening injuries.

At first, the 27-year-old Two Rivers man told police different stories about what happened to the child, the complaint said. Eventually, he said he picked up the baby and shook her forcefully earlier that afternoon while his girlfriend, the baby's mother, was out of the house.

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He told police he tried to give the infant CPR and then put her back in the swing and left her there for the rest of the afternoon until finding her unresponsive and calling 911.

Brown-Edwards' has been incarcerated at the Manitowoc County Jail on a $150,000 bond for more than four-and-a-half years.

First-degree reckless homicide is a Class B felony punishable by up to 60 years in prison.

His trial will begin Sept. 26 and is scheduled for the entire week through Sept. 30 at the Manitowoc County Courthouse.

Contact Alisa Schafer at aschafer@gannett.com. Follow her on Twitter at @AlisaMSchafer.

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