11 March 2024
WICHITA, Kan. (KSNW) — Two parents went before a judge Monday afternoon and were charged in the death of their baby boy last fall.
Emergency crews rushed to a grocery store at Pawnee and Broadway on Oct. 31 after the mother of 1-year-old Kaiden McCullough noticed he was unresponsive. EMS tried to revive the baby and rushed him to the hospital, but he died. An autopsy report says Kaiden died from “the toxic effects of fentanyl.”
Wilma Presley, 36, and Brijin McCullough, 31, appeared before a judge on Monday.
Wilma Presley (KSN News Photo)
Brijin McCullough (KSN News Photo)
The district attorney is charging Presley with first-degree murder and aggravated endangering of a child.
McCullough is charged with first-degree murder and three counts of aggravated endangering a child.
The bond for each parent is set at $1 million. They are due back in court on March 22.
According to the autopsy report, on the day of Kaiden’s death, he had been with his father in his father’s car. The report says he was returned to his mother before she went into the store. It goes on to say the mother thought Kaiden was sleeping, but at some point, she noticed he was unresponsive.
The autopsy report also mentions that Kaiden “was removed from his parents’ care at birth when he tested positive for methamphetamine.”
The report says Kaiden had recently been returned to his mother’s care.