Dec 10, 2025

Kansas man jailed after 4-year-old dies at a hospital

Posted Dec 10, 2025 1:00 AM
Martin photo Sedgwick County
Martin photo Sedgwick County

SEDGWICK COUNTY —Law enforcement investigating the death of a 4-year-old have made an arrest.

Just before 3:30p.m. Monday, police  responded to a medical call regarding an unresponsive 4-year-old child in the 2600 block of South Topeka in Wichita, according to police department spokesman Andrew Ford. The child was transported to a local hospital in critical condition and was pronounced deceased at 4:07 p.m.

Police booked a suspect, identified as 34-year-old Daniel Martin,  into the Sedgwick County Jail on a requested charge of Child Abuse pending the Medical Examiners autopsy report.